Most three-dimensional glass objects are produced via either a molding, blowing or 3D-printing process. Chinese scientists, however, have devised a technique of folding such items into shape – and it ...

Plastic is a lot easier to work with than glass, which is one of the reasons it's used so much more often. That may be about to change, though, thanks to a new process that allows glass to be ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It’s no small task to shape molten glass over face-melting heat to create a delicate glass object.

Design fans in particular know that big things can often come in small packages. Such was the case with last night’s debut of glass artist John Hogan’s collection, dubbed “Menagerie,” at the San ...

ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects. The basis for this is a special resin that can be cured with UV light. Producing glass objects using 3D ...

TOLEDO, OHIO — A modest little saucepan used in the Roman Empire is among more than 5,000 glass artifacts and art objects in the Toledo Museum of Art's international glass collection. The everyday, if ...

Moments after molten glass slips through a vitrigraph kiln and auto coils into form, it’s merged with a glass-blown object made at the opposite end of the RIT glass program’s hot shop. RIT glass ...

"Milk glass" is the term for opaque white glass objects. They are typically covered in lovely patterns like grape leaves and come in the form of tableware, vases, candy dishes, cake stands, ...

Producing glass objects using 3D printing is not easy. Only a few groups of researchers around the world have attempted to produce glass using additive methods. Some have made objects by printing ...