Unique Glass Home Decor

Blown glass is unique in that the artistic process begins well before a blowpipe ever comes into play. Just creating glass out of raw materials takes skill and access to high-temperature furnaces. Sand is a primary ingredient of course, but most decorative glass also contains limestone, potash and a few additional components. Once the fused glass is removed from the furnace, it’s up to an artist’s creativity, imagination and adept hands to craft a masterpiece.

Of all the cultures that have embraced the glass blowing over the centuries, Mexican artists have perhaps contributed most to the medium. With little more than a glob of fused glass positioned at the end of a blowpipe, artists can create vases, beads, bottles and many other types of hand blown glass art. In some cases, the pieces are embellished with individual flourishes such as blobs of color or tiny stones.