All About Glass
All About Glass
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Listen as glass artist William Gudenrath describes the technique used to create the Corning Ewer, one of the finest pieces of cut glass in the entire Museum. The eggshell-thin colorless glass was covered with a green overlay. After cooling, the green was partly carved away to create the decoration.