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🧑‍🎨 The glass craft 🧑‍🎨 To shape glass
to glassworking

to glassworking

6.5
To shape objects from hot glass using heat and tools
  • verb
  • Specialized
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  • She spent hours glassworking in the studio, creating delicate vases and ornaments.

Examples

  • The artist is glassworking a beautiful vase.

  • She spent hours glassworking, shaping beautiful glass ornaments in the hot studio.

  • After learning the basics of glassworking, he was able to make his first glass sculpture.

  • The artist demonstrated glassworking techniques to the fascinated audience at the museum.

  • He enjoys glassworking in his free time.

  • After mastering glassworking, he created stunning glass sculptures that impressed everyone.

  • The artist showcased various glassworking methods, captivating the audience with his skill.

Synonyms

to blow
vsto glassworking
  • Specialized
42 7.8

To shape glass by forcing air through a tube

is the overall craft of shaping glass using heat and many techniques
to mold
vsto glassworking
  • US
35 3.2

To shape something by hand or in a container

is the general craft of shaping glass not limited to casting
to marver
vsto glassworking
  • Specialized
9.9

To shape and smooth hot glass by rolling or pressing it on a flat metal surface

is the broader craft that includes many forming and finishing techniques

Surface Forms

glassworking infinitive
glassworked past
glassworked past participle
glassworking present participle
glassworks third person singular

Morphology

glassworking = glasswork (transparent) = glass + work + ing

The verb is the regular present-participle/gerund form of 'glasswork', formed by adding '-ing' to the verb base.

Etymology

Glassworking comes from glass plus working, where work means 'to make or shape', like in woodworking. So to glasswork or to be glassworking is to shape or form objects from glass.