Glass Cutting for Mosaics

[@lorrainehayes4688]

Thank you, I did not know that grozing pliers could grind the glass. I always just pulled. 😊😊😊

[@nancystroh5045]

Really nice video. Could you tell me where to find the Groziers and the Running pliers? Thank you

[@ImTheReal]

Pretty beauty and a lot of work!!!

[@VivienneHope]

Great vid. Thanks.

[@nostalgia565]

To smooth out the edges is there a tool like something to sand the edge?

[@corningmuseumofglass]

We have leather strips in the studio to sand edges. Thanks for watching!

[@cindaren79]

Not sure I quite got the purpose of tapping the underside of the glass with the metal tool on the third go...? Great video though, very interesting!

[@glossywhite8634]

I'm no expert, but I do work with glass, so here's my educated guess. The score creates stress, but in curved sections (from other cut curved sections) the stress may not contain the final break, so tapping the underside along the score increases the steress along that score with tiny fractures. The pliers send the final amount of stress along that score that has been weakened further, so the break doesn't reach into the desired piece.

[@lorrainehayes4688]

I have watched the tapping technique many times, when my artist friends create stained glass. It works really well. 😊

[@yasminemohamed807]

Thank you

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching!

[@noname-lg2ey]

I'd hope for better from a Corning video. This is amateur. You've got a square there but draw a line and then try to cut a straight line freehand. All of those cuts could be broken out by hand. Your tapping is just random bashing of the underside of the glass on a score that doesn't even need encouragement to break out. To top it off you're using your grozing pliers upside down at the end