A History of Glassforming – HOR056

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A HISTORY OF GLASSFORMING. K. Cummings

Hardcover, 186 pages including an index and with full colour photographs. Keith Cummings’ latest book is a fascinating account of the techniques that have been developed over 5,000 years to shape and decorate that most magical of materials – glass. Most histories of glass talk about the material’s role in society or the artistic merit of the pieces made, but maker, Keith Cummings instead talks about the qualities of the material itself and the processes, skills, devices and machines that have been developed over millennia to explore and exploit its unique qualities. The result is a unique book thyat should greatly add to our understanding of glass and its development.