What are glass blowers?

Glass Blowers

Glass blowers are craftsman that create pieces of glass. Automation and the advent of plastics have greatly reduced the number of active glass blowers. The vast majority are now artists that use long metal pipes to blow bubbles into molten glass. By shaping the glass, adding colors, attaching handles and bases and other key items, they create unique works of art that are used as vases, glasses, pitchers, and any other sort of container that can be formed with glass. Some still use metal molds that force the bubble into a specific shape, the way most early glass bottles and containers were created.

Glass blowers were actually some of the first craftsman in North America. One of the first industries in Jamestown was a glass factory.