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Have you ever wondered what's in our glass-blowing toolbox? We wouldn't be able to make the glass pieces you know and love without a variety of handheld tools to transform the hot glass. Check out these five glass-blowing tools that you'll find inside our hot shop.
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1. BLOWPIPE
The blowpipe is a steel pipe with an air passage throughout its entire length. One end has a mouthpiece and the other end is used to gather hot glass and form the glass bubble.
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2. BLOCK
The block is forming tool made out of cherry wood and used to shape the molten glass.
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3. JACKS
Long, steel tongs that help create and control the shape of the hot glass piece.
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4. SHEARS
A glass artist's scissors that are made with a heavy-guage steel and are used for cutting, trimming and shaping hot glass.
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5. NEWSPAPER
Thick layers of wet newspapers folded to provide a cool, safe pad for the glassworker to shape the hot glass by hand.
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