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Design Gallery
Glass Bangle Making
The craft of glassware
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The gas burner of the furnace.
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Metal pipes with glass.
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Craftsman putting a thin glass wire onto the bangle-coiling rod.
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A pointed tool preventing the bangles from sticking with each other.
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The thin glass coiling around the rod and taking the shape of the bangle.
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Heat is constantly supplied so that the bangles don’t crack because of sudden cooling.
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A craftsman preparing the glass stream to be put on to the bangle rod.
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Bangles being removed from the rod.
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Glass spring generated by coilingthe glass.
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The coil being cut using a diamond cutter, separating the bangles from each other.
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Unfinished Bangles.
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Bangles whose open ends are joined, ready to be sold.
Glass is a unique material for the expression of art and craft. Amongst all material, it offers the highest degree of flexibility for shaping into a wide variety of products varying in design, forms, color and appearance. Firozabad with the changing time has entered in to new era of glass manufacturing. It has become a major hub of glass products and has registered its global presence, diversifying its industrial base. Glass is totally recyclable. There are different types of processes for making bangles, tableware (glass-blowing) and small items like toys, idols for worship etc. (glass-fusing).
For more details: http://www.dsource.in/resource/glass-work-firozabad
