Announcement    Handmade lampwork / torchwork and kiln fired glass, inspired by art history.

WHERE I'LL BE:
1.Saturday, April 27, 10 AM - 4 PM: Salem Etsy Team Spring 2024 Handmade Market. Scottish Rite Center, 4090 Commercial St., SE, Salem, OR.
2. Saturday, May 4, 10 AM - 4 PM: 38th Annual Sheep to Shawl Festival. Willamette Heritage Center, 1313 Mill Street SE, Salem, OR.

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What is lampworking, you ask? Lampworking is a type of glass work in which a torch is used to melt the glass. Once in a molten state, the glass is shaped with tools and hand movements. It is also known as flameworking or torchworking, as the modern practice no longer uses oil-fueled lamps. This technique was first developed around the fifth century BCE. Lampworking differs from glassblowing in that glassblowing uses a furnace as the primary heat source. Early lampworking was done in the flames of oil lamps, with the artist blowing air into the flame using foot-powered bellows, or by melting the glass in a wood fired kiln. Most artists today use torches that burn either propane or natural gas for the fuel, mixed with either air or pure oxygen as the oxidizer.