If you are new to Glass Lab, please read through these two articles and watch the videos. They will provide background information on techniques, shapes, and questions that we encounter in our research and give you some vocabulary to use in the lab.
Articles
Stern, Marianne E. “Roman Glass-Blowing in A Cultural Context.” American Journal of Archaeology 103 (1999), 441-484.
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Sterrett-Krause, Allison E. “Evidence for Glass-Working from the Yasmina Necropolis in Carthage.” Annales of the 17th Congress of the Association International pour l’Histoire du Verre. Antwerp, 2009: 241-246.
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Videos from the Corning Museum of Glass
“Glassblowing”
“Spiral thread and handle on a Roman bottle”
“Bowl with Roman foot and folded edge”
“Mold Blowing”
“Coloring glass”
“Cracking off”