What is a bubble glass?
Bubble Glass is a glass that has bubbles, whether unintentionally caused by production or material deficiency, or intentionally in glass design. The deliberate glass of the bubbles is often made of recycled glass and raw materials, so it counts as environmental. The glass is processed at high temperatures and the bubbles are formed when the gas pockets are caught in the molten glass. Bubbles are also intentionally created by adding certain chemicals to molten glass or inserting spikes into molten glass.
By introducing bubbles of different shapes and sizes, along with the colors of different shades into molten glass, they can create stunning designs with engaging light effects. From futuristic inflexes to cold effects similar to drops, bubble glass comes in various visual styles and can be used to increase any setting. For this reason, this glass proved to be popular with homeowners and glass collectors since then for the first time created.
Czech glass artist Emanuel Beranek was one of the first to change what was a glass defect into interesting glass art. Bernek GlassWorks Factory in Škrdlovice, located between Česká and Morava, was founded in 1940 and its three brothers and the lack of high -quality raw materials in Škrdlovice, which is located between Bohemia and Moravia. For glass production used peat to fuel furnace and fragments of glass coal and coal. Limited and inferior sources inevitably caused the bubbles in glass A, because he could not completely get rid of them, the ram experimented with the glass that was blowing the great weight of the bubbles and incorporated them into the design. The results looked good and attracted to buyers, so the concept of bubble glass was born.
It was really the case when it is the best of necessity. Other glass manufacturers followed the suit, began to produce different types of bubble glass of their own and the industry grew. Further experimentation of individual glass artists as followsValo The Arrival of the Glass Studio at the age of 60 and new creative efforts continue to expand the artistic boundaries of bubble glass.
In addition to common daily glass objects such as plates, bowls, glasses, glasses, jugs, glasses and bottles, bubble glass, are used to produce decorative and art objects such as vases, perfume bottles, paper weight, figures, lamp shades, chandeliers and art. He also found a niche in the construction industry, where it is used for panels, doors, glass walls and formed blocks.