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glass-blowing

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noun

  1. the process of shaping a mass of molten or softened glass into a vessel, shape, etc, by blowing air into it through a tube

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“I’ve tried welding, woodworking, painting, drawing, glass-blowing, lampworking and working with clay,” she says about working with her hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

There, archaeologists discovered pieces of raw glass, glass-melting furnaces, utilitarian glass vessels and debris from glass-blowing.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2023

My students created fun process stories about niche talents like woodworking and glass-blowing.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2023

As she was a living link with the glass-blowing past, he surely would have got more than a hint of it.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022

There was plenty of work for all, chiefly in glass-blowing, weaving of linen, and the manufacture of papyrus. 

From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

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