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Find out everything you wanted to know about glass.
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GLASS
Glass is an amorphous solid. There a number of properties that make glasses unlike any other material. Here at the Notre Dame Glass Club, we focus mainly on the artistic aspects of glass and work with primarily soda-lime glass...
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ETCHING
Etched glass can be achieved in a number of ways. Two of the more popular methods include sandblasting and acid etching. Due to the cost of the equipment required to sandblast pieces, we only use acid to etch our work...
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STAINED GLASS
Stained glass is an elegant way to create complex patterns with glass. Modern techniques allow us to easily produce moderately sized, original pieces in our on-campus studio...
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BEADMAKING
The name says it all. If you can dream it, you can make it. Beads are made over a small torch that burns at about 1500F. The glory of working with hot glass is that there are no restrictions to what you can make...
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LAMPWORKING
Lampworking is a lot like beadmaking, but it does not focus on the additive process about a mandrel. Lampworking is more often used to create larger pieces and scupltures from medium sized figurines to small blown pieces...
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SLUMPING
This simple, yet elegant technique provides a safe and effective way to create medium- to large-sized masterpieces. It's as simple as casting a mold, placing it in a kiln with a sheet of glass, and warming it up...
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