D'source Design Gallery on Glass Bangle Making

Design Gallery

Glass Bangle Making

The craft of glassware

The gas burner of the furnace.
Metal pipes with glass.
Craftsman putting a thin glass wire onto the bangle-coiling rod.
A pointed tool preventing the bangles from sticking with each other.
The thin glass coiling around the rod and taking the shape of the bangle.
Heat is constantly supplied so that the bangles don’t crack because of sudden cooling.
A craftsman preparing the glass stream to be put on to the bangle rod.
Bangles being removed from the rod.
Glass spring generated by coilingthe glass.
The coil being cut using a diamond cutter, separating the bangles from each other.
Unfinished Bangles.
Bangles whose open ends are joined, ready to be sold.

The gas burner of the furnace.	Metal pipes with glass.	Craftsman putting a thin glass wire onto the bangle-coiling rod.	A pointed tool preventing the bangles from sticking with each other.	The thin glass coiling around the rod and taking the shape of the bangle.	Heat is constantly supplied so that the bangles don’t crack because of sudden cooling.
A craftsman preparing the glass stream to be put on to the bangle rod.	Bangles being removed from the rod.	Glass spring generated by coilingthe glass.	The coil being cut using a diamond cutter, separating the bangles from each other.	Unfinished Bangles.	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).

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