Our passion here at Anchor Bend Glassworks is making
beautiful hand blown glass pieces. And with that in mind, we’re proud to be
part of a long and time-honored tradition. You see, hand blown glass is nothing
new. In fact, the art of making glass actually originated sometime around 2500
BC in Mesopotamia. And all these centuries later, we’re still just as intrigued
and impressed by the craft.
Handmade glass started as something primarily for practical
use, but it entered the “decorative” sphere somewhere around 50 BC with the
Romans. Ancient glassmakers in this time wrapped molten glass around a clay
frame.
During the Middle Ages, stained-glass windows really came
into the fore. Fun Fact: The Venitian Glassmakers Guild was founded during this
time in order to protect the art and prevent fires from the hot furnaces.
By the time the 18th and 19th
centuries rolled around, glassmaking became more of an industrialized process –
hearkening back to its practical roots. Luckily for us, glass reemerged as a
popular art form in the 1960s, and is still going strong to this day.
Experience the joy of hand blown glass art with the pieces
at Anchor Bend Glassworks. We’re so proud to be part of this long tradition.
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