Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a word from the Zulu and Xhosa languages and means so much as “I am because we are”

Basic Optical Stress Measurement in Glass

During the manufacture of all glass products, both temporary and residual stresses develop. Such stresses arise as a consequence of the manufacturing processes and for proper process control to be exercised it is necessary to be able to quantify thes...

Christian Herdeg (neon)

Glas Christbaumschmuck Austria - Czechoslovakia

The Glasshouse

When John Ruskin disparaged the Crystal Palace as 'a great cucumber frame', he hit upon a truism. Representing the zenith of Victorian glasshouses, the Crystal Palace epitomized a building type that had been developed by horticulturists and garden ...

Faszination Glas.

Creative Glass Techniques provides a complete introduction to three fascinating methods of working with glass: fusing, painting, and lampwork (shaping glass with a torch). Every procedure is explained in detail: fusing glass by melting pieces togethe...

Heisses Glas. Techniken und Projekte aus ofengeformtes Glas.

Contemporary Warm Glass

Chandeliers

The crowning glory in many a classically proportioned room, the chandelier is once again enjoying the spotlight. This book takes the reader through the history of the chandelier from its first candle-lit forms to the innovative designs produced today...

Mieke Groot

The window Glass makers of St. Helens

This is a record of window glass making by the Company of Pilkington Brothers, at Grove Street, St. Helens from 1826 to 1952. It is wholly about the sheet and rolled glass making factory known as Sheet Works, located in St. Helens at Grove Street onl...

Ceramics and Glass: a Basic Technology

At first sight the two crafts of producing pottery and making articles in glass seem to be completely separate, however, they have a great deal in common. One process involves the cold working of a plastic material which becomes permanently hardened ...