Verzelini Goblet | Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking

This video shows the three parts-bowl, stem, and foot-attached directly from above without the use of mereses, which are more conventionally employed. 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.

[@peggyt5409]

I love seeing the pieces after anealing!

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Thanks for watching, Peggy!

[@jgb8038]

I wish you could show us how the engraving was also done

[@jensenh.6301]

Great job! I would love to see, though, how the designs on the chalice were created. ?????

[@corningmuseumofglass]

Hi Olympia, great question! We don't have videos demonstrating this particular technique, but here's more information about diamond-point engraving: www.cmog.org/glass-dictionary/diamond-point-engraving. Thanks for watching!

[@petegalvs]

@@corningmuseumofglass Does your workshop replicate these techniques, or are the pieces in their final state as shown at the ends of the videos?

[@corningmuseumofglass]

@@petegalvs We have the equipment to engrave the glass so that it looks more like the original piece, but Bill's focus is on replicating the hot glassworking techniques. Thanks for watching!

[@joshschneider9766]

I would be interested in a cold work companion to bills resource is that something he might try and find so me one to do?

[@negerbajs1239]

This is what I have problems with.. Adding the blown bits. How much time do you take from flash to adding the next bit?

[@belacickekl7579]

You'll want to get everything to a nice even heat as much as possible. I think he does that mostly by feel/color

[@negerbajs1239]

@@belacickekl7579 dont have any problems with that anymore.

[@belacickekl7579]

@@negerbajs1239 glad to hear it! They're definitely something that takes practice and repetition to nail, imo