{"id":5379,"date":"2009-10-21T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-11-17T12:16:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T11:16:13","slug":"glass-blowing-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masmallorca.es\/en\/local-produce\/glass-blowing-mallorca.html","title":{"rendered":"Glass Blowing"},"content":{"rendered":"
The process used in Majorca to make handcrafted glass objects, or at least the most common process, is glass blowing, the origins of which date back to the second century.<\/div>\n

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Up until then, glass artefacts were fashioned by using sand or clay moulds in which the molten glass was poured.<\/p>\n

The process of glass blowing consists of placing an iron tube into a mass of molten glass, and then blowing down the tube, inflating the glass as though it were a balloon.<\/p>\n

To give shape to this \u201cballoon\u201d, it is revolved on the tube while the molten material is pulled into shape with tongs.<\/p>\n

Tongs and a blowpipe the only tools for making the most varied glass objects. When the piece has been given the required form, it is separated from the tube with a blade.<\/p>\n

Buy Majorcan blown glass<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Master Glass blowers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vidrieries Gordiola. <\/em>
\nCarretera Palma a Mancor, km19. Algaida: all kinds of blown glass as ornaments. One can visit the museum as well as the workshop.<\/p>\n

\"GlassS.C.L. Menestralia. <\/em>
\nCarretera de Palma a Alc\u00fadia, km 36. Campanet.<\/p>\n

La Fiore. SA. <\/em>
\nCarretera de Valldemossa, km 11. S\u2019Esglaieta.<\/p>\n

Vidrier\u00edas Mayra Carr\u00e1. <\/em>
\nC\/ de Tiziano, 26. Palma.<\/p>\n

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\"Glass<\/p>\n