Spanish Wineglass | Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking

This video shows the canes being made, cut, and preheated on a ceramic place-holding plate. A solid cylindrical mass of glass on the end of a blowpipe is rolled over the canes, thus attaching them. The glass is then inflated. Next, in an unusual process, both the stem and the foot are formed from a single bubble of glass. Learn more about this object in The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking by William Gudenrath renvenetianstyle.cmog.org/nod... 🍷
Between about 1500 and 1725, Venice was nearly the sole supplier of fine luxury glass to the royal and aristocratic, the wealthy and powerful, throughout Europe. The Venetian government went to extreme measures to protect its lucrative and prestigious monopoly by isolating the highly skilled workers on the nearby island of Murano and severely restricting their movements. However, with the promise of personal freedom and the hope of fortune, they gradually fled the lagoon to set up workshops in a variety of locations on the Continent and in England.
The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking - renvenetianstyle.cmog.org - presents detailed 360° photography and high-definition video related to objects from nine glassworking centers influenced by Venetian style as researched by master glassmaker and scholar William Gudenrath.
The resource is a follow-up to Gudenrath's popular Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) also available free online at renvenetian.cmog.org.

[@janisfroehlig7744]

"Exponential curve." 👏💚

[@WonderLady]

My goodness.... this is beautiful work It’s so wonderful

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@ATMAtim]

I would do backflips to watch Bill make any piece. I love how he works alone with Swiss precision. I've seen many precision things in the NASA environment but Bill tops it all.

[@corningmuseumofglass]

We agree: Bill is so great! Thanks for watching.

[@janisfroehlig7744]

5:54 on. Wow. Just wow.

[@clearlake3492]

Beautiful - but how the hell can you drink easily out of that glass?

[@harrodguy]

OK, Love all of these videos. But why do you blow on the end of the punty rod before you attach it?

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Hi, Bill says, "I blow on the end of the punty glass to cool its surface just before attaching it. This makes it stick not quite as thoroughly as if no cooling occurred. It contributes to having a tidier punty mark on the completed object." Thanks for watching!

[@harrodguy]

That is great to know. Thanks for informing me and thanks for the superb videos!

[@ANathan123]

Definitely a different looking glass...

[@dlwatib]

Centripetal is misused where centrifugal is meant.

[@nickynarbin]

How long did it take to make this glass?

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Hi Nicky, the video length is very close to the actual time it took Bill to create this wineglass. Thanks for watching!

[@nickynarbin]

Corning Museum of Glass Now I am even more impressed!

[@mingjanewu7325]

Wait, how is anyone supposed to drink from that?

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Very carefully. Being able to drink from glasses like this was a mark of one's refinement. Thanks for watching!

[@nesmuelmnostromo5295]

I had the same thought. I imagine you hold it and lap the contents out like a cat... Very refined technique.