I’m an artist who works with glass – here’s how the physics and chemistry of glassblowing work

I’m an artist who works with glass – here’s how the physics and chemistry of glassblowing work

Artists physically work with glass in its molten state at the Glass Hot Shop at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Carlos Ortiz/RITGlass as a material is full of contradictions. Depending on the form and use, glass can be fragile or strong, opaque or transparent, rough or smooth. The studios my colleagues and I teach and learn in, as glass instructors, echo this abundance of physical opposites. These environments are simultaneously immersive…