What is a Punty?
A punty is the long iron rod a glassmaker uses to gather molten glass with. Punty is short for pontil. Pontil is a French word that was derived from the Italian word puntello which can be traced back to the … Read more →
A punty is the long iron rod a glassmaker uses to gather molten glass with. Punty is short for pontil. Pontil is a French word that was derived from the Italian word puntello which can be traced back to the … Read more →
In a way, you could say that Jong-Pil (JP) Pyun’s journey into glass was a happy accident. He was in the right place at the right time—time and time again—a series of events that paved the way to a life … Read more →
Glady West has been working with glass since 1982 as an independent artist. When The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass opened in 1996, Glady took her first flameworking class — and hasn’t left since. What do you do here at … Read more →
On November 8, The Studio participated in the second annual Veteran’s Glassblowing Day. Veteran’s Glassblowing Day is a national initiative that aims “to provide US veterans and those in Active Service with a free opportunity to experience glassblowing with the … Read more →