Information on stained glass, fusing, kilnforming and glass working
Sunday, 17 December 2017
Table Glass
This glass was produced by pouring the molten glass onto a metal table and sometimes rolling it. The glass thus produced was heavily textured by the reaction of the glass with the cold metal. Glass of this appearance is commercially produced and widely used today, under the name of cathedral glass, although it was not the type of glass favoured for stained glass in ancient cathedrals. It has been much used for lead lighting in churches in the 20th century.
Modern example of rolling glass. The operator is waiting to take the rolled sheet off the table
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