[Jewelry making - Article 00132] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] Glass

[Benjamin Mark]

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    ... to rhyme with ... um.... Okay. Primitive man is on a beach
    working with two sticks to make a fire. The wood kindles. The group
    huddles about for warmth and finally falls asleep. When they awake
    ... they go about their chores ... barely noticing the little
    clouded glass beads that formed when the heated sand mixed with ash.
    And that was the beginning. 

    Circa 3000 B.C. Mesopotamia. Things have changed a tad since that
    time long ago on that beach. The Mesopotamians are the first people
    to deliberately fuse silica and alkali ash in order to make glass
    beads. And for the next century or so ... these beads are the jewelry
    rage among the rulers and the wealthy classes. And now a thousand
    years pass. 

    2000 B.C.  Craftsmen discover that by increasing temperatures, glass
    can be made fluid enough to pour into molds. Figurines are invented
    ... as is ornate jewelry ... and perhaps even shot-glasses. Hey ...
    Baba ... you want a little schnapps before going home to the missus.
    Pour it in here Cyrus. Ahhhh. 

    1200 B.C. Babylonia. It's time to learn how to blow glass. This
    process is refined by the Romans and soon Venetian glass is invented. 

    We zoom with lightning speed to 1904. The time of the Louisiana
    Purchase Exhibition  in St. Louis, Missouri to commemorate that day
    in 1803 when President Jefferson broke the law by purchasing the
    Louisiana Territory ... an event marking the largest real-estate
    deal in U.S. history. Somebody tell The Donald to move over ... the
    Trump was trumped a long time ago.. The Libby Glass Company of
    Toledo, Ohio creates a lead crystal glass plate that is nothing
    short of magnificent. It's entitled: Apotheosis of Transportation.  

    This item is on display at the Smithsonian folks. It is the stunner
    of all stunners. 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says:  Glass in
    order to view a dish of a dish.  

Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com

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