handblown

Or hand-blown

[hand-blohn]

adjective

1. (of glassware) shaped by means of a handheld blowpipe.

   handblown crystal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of handblown¹

1925–30; hand + blown ¹ (in the sense “formed by blowing”)

Example Sentences

The interlocking handblown vases by Los Angeles artist and designer Mansi Shah — part of her first housewares line, Manu Nanu — fit together like molecules.

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Designed by Dean Maltz, a New York City architect, the handblown carafe is $260.

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The new series of elaborate and grotesque handblown glass figurines by brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre, the celebrated Mexican American art duo, is a surreal trip.

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Dario Buratto, a fashion designer, grew up in Rovigo, Italy, near Murano, and has long been fascinated with the Venetian island’s handblown glassware.

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The Rock Lights are unique table lamps with handblown crystal lights draped over different minerals.

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