With the focus and patience of a surgeon, the bearded Egyptian artist delicately places a small piece of stained glass in the face of one of his portraits.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Saad Romany Mikhaiel peers through a large magnifying glass in his studio.

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And,he likes to work near the other glass artists in the school because they can exchange ideas and methods.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

The four levels of rooms center on a beautiful courtyard with a glass ceiling to let light shine in.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Once the clay dries, the glassmaker dips the form in a container of hot liquid glass until it is covered.

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Other experts say glass making first started four to five thousand years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, present day Iraq and Syria.

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In modern terms,the hot oven that the glassblower uses to quickly reheat the glass is called a "glory hole."

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Obsidian is a kind of black glass formed when the heat of a volcano melts the silica material in sand.

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In the center of the courtyard, there is a huge glass and steel pyramid surrounded by water fountains and smaller pyramids.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

They thought it's just glass." In fact,the outer surface of the German entry was covered with solar panels.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

Once the solid glass object cools, an artist uses special tools to carve an opening in the container.

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In fact,the Murano glassblowing tradition has been a major influence on one of the most famous American glass artists today, Dale Chihuly.

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Tate works with a team of glass artists at a studio in the state of North Carolina.

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A big stone and glass building holds young plants before they are placed in the ground outside.

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In the Smithsonian, there is a blown glass heart with a flame coming out of the top.

VOA: special.2009.09.16