Glass Engraving Etching

Orrefors has a well-deserved reputation as one of the world's leading twentieth century art glass manufacturers. This new book by Alastair Duncan is the first major study in history of the output of the Oreffors factory will be of great interest to all collectors and connoisseurs of glass. In 1914-15, the first art glass creations, heavily inspired by art nouveau glassware from France and Belgium, were produced at the Orrefors factory in Sweden. Soon realising the need for an identity, the company experimented with techniques and forms of decoration and by the 1920s with the outstanding talented designers Simon Gate and Edward Hald and the excellence of the engravers, the firm was producing individual pieces of the highest quality. At the Exposition Internationale in Paris in 1925, Orrefors glass received international acclaim and was awarded the coveted Grand Prix. New techniques, such as Graal, Ariel, Kraka, Ravenna and Fuga, were developed at Orrefors while engraving, etching and hand-painting on glass continue to reach pinnacles of perfection. A separate section on the most prominent designers includes examples of their work, and a useful list of the marks to be found on the glass assists with dating and with the identification of both engravers and designers. The manufacture of glass and glass-making techniques are also discussed and illustrated.

VIN etching - VIN etching is a countermeasure to car theft, which involves the use of a stencil and glass etching paste to etch a car’s VIN (vehicle identification number) onto its windshield and windows. This makes the car no longer profitable to thieves, as they end up having to replace the glass (at considerable cost) before they can sell the stolen vehicle.

Frosted glass - Frosted glass is produced by the acid etching of clear sheet glass. It has the effect of rendering the glass Translucent, obscuring the view while still passing light.

Laurence Whistler - Alan Charles Laurence Whistler (January 191912-December 122000) (always referred to as Laurence Whistler) was a British poet and artist, who devoted himself to glass engraving, including some celebrated examples of stained glass. He was the brother of Rex Whistler.

Intaglio (printmaking) - Intaglio is a printmaking technique in which the image is incised into a surface. Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface, and the incisions are created by etching, engraving, drypoint, or mezzotint.

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Glass Etching - Glass Etching VIN etching - VIN etching is a countermeasure to car theft, which involves the use of a stencil and glass etching paste to etch a car’s VIN (vehicle identification number) onto its windshield and windows. This makes the car no longer profitable to thieves, as they end up having to replace the glass (at considerable cost) before they can sell the stolen vehicle. Frosted glass - Frosted glass is produced by the acid etching of clear sheet glass. It has ...

Etched Glass - Etched Glass Dribble glass - A dribble glass is a drinking glass that has holes hidden in the etched design. Solid state nuclear track detector - A solid state nuclear track detector or SSNTD (also known as an etched track detector or a dielectric track detector, DTD) is a sample of a solid material (photographic emulsion, crystal, glass or plastic) exposed to nuclear radiation (neutrons or charged particles, occasionally also gamma rays), chemically etched, and examined microscopically. The tracks of nuclear particles are ...

Art Glass Vase - Art Glass Vase Art glass - Art glass normally means the modern art glass movement in which individual artists working alone or with a few assistants to create works from molten glass in relatively small furnaces of a few hundred pounds of glass. It began in the early 1960s and showed continued growth through the end of the century. Glass art - Glass art includes the creation of stained glass and the making of glass shapes through glass blowing. It dates back to ...

Art Glass Rochester - Art Glass Rochester Art glass - Art glass normally means the modern art glass movement in which individual artists working alone or with a few assistants to create works from molten glass in relatively small furnaces of a few hundred pounds of glass. It began in the early 1960s and showed continued growth through the end of the century. Glass art - Glass art includes the creation of stained glass and the making of glass shapes through glass blowing. It dates back to ...