Red Dragon | Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking

This video shows the three parts-cup, dragon, and foot being made, then kept hot in an oven in readiness for assembly. The parts are joined using small amounts of glass freshly gathered from the furnace called ‘glue bits.’ 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.

[@AdirondackRuby]

Been working my way through all the videos you put up today (well, yesterday now, since it's after midnight) and this one is my absolute favorite. Just so stunning and detailed. Bill is a great teacher too, he makes glassblowing even more fascinating.

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@suse2424]

gorgeous ❤

[@iantherealg]

I love how full that furnace was. That would make controlling the gather so much easier than banging around the bottom of the crucible for glass the day before it gets filled 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@anthonygreene5389]

We need some close up beauty shots on that! Outstanding

[@dinkvjr]

Completely agree

[@dinkvjr]

Thanks so much, I enjoyed watching this do much! I wish I could do this!

[@kyoko703]

WOAH!

[@billkgeorge]

Majestic work, what a superb artisan! He deserves recognition.

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@karebear1775]

This is so mesmerizing

[@corningmuseumofglass]

We agree! Thanks for watching!

[@yoannmarot1188]

19/20

[@ATMAtim]

So very neat. I'd love 2 of those.

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Hi, we have some of Bill's work for sale in The Shops if you're interested: shops.cmog.org/artists/made-locally/william-gudenrath. Thanks for watching!

[@yoannmarot1188]

Hello 😁

[@DragonLaggin]

lol "like gathering honey with a chopstick"? why not a honey dipper?

[@joshschneider9766]

There is such a thing as a gathering ball, mostly use to drag up big blobs for cutting off into pressed glass molds. But for furnace work that's not really precise enough