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Glass Trivia


GLOSSARY OF TERMS

I, BAND-AIDS..... USED IN LIEU OF GLOVES WHEN HANDLING GLASS, THEY ARE FOUND ON THE PALMS, FINGERS, WRISTS AND (rarely) THE FACES OF GLASS ARTISTS

2, GLASS SCRAPS.....THE PERFECT COLOR OF GLASS WHICH IS ALWAYS TOO SMALL AND / OR OUT OF STOCK AT ALL THE GLASS STORES FOR MILES

3. LEAD CAME....A LENGTH OF PLIABLE METAL WHICH lS CUT ONE SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH TOO SHORT

4.SOLDER...., A SEMI –PRECIOUS METAL WHOSE PRICE INCREASES RESEMBLE THAT OF GOLD AND SILVER,

5. GLASS JEWELS....A SEMI- PRECIOUS STONE WHO PRICE INCREASES RESEMBLE THAT OF EMERALDS,

6. FOIL GAP....THE VERY MINUTE GAP BETWEEN FOILED PIECES THAT VISUALLY GROWS WIDER AND WIDER DURING SOLDERING AND POLISHING, OF YOUR GLASS PROJECT

7. PATINA.... A MAGICAL LIQUID USED TO CREATE A COPPERY – GOLDEN SURFACE ON SOLDER (AS SHOWN IN ADS) WHICH IS PERFECT FOR 5 SECONDS KEEPING US STRIVING FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFE,

8. STUDIO GEOMETRY.....ANY HORIZONTAL SURFACE WlLL SOON BE PILED HIGH, NO MATTER HOW MUCH CLEANING, THE PILE GROWS TO THE CEILING,

9. CLEAN GLASS....THERE IS NO SUCH ITEM, lT IS AN ILLUSION NO MATTER WHAT CLEANING PROCESS IS USED

-Author Unknown

{however over the years it has been added to and adapted along the way!}

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