"Keith Cummings' latest book is an account of the techniques that have been developed over more than 5,000 years to shape and decorate that most magical of materials - glass. Most histories of glass talk about the material's role in society or the artistic merit of the pieces made, but from the standpoint of maker, Keith Cummings instead talks about the qualities of the material itself and the processes, skills, tools, devices and machines that have been developed over the millennia to explore and exploit its unique qualities."--Jacket.
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