HOW?

Step 1:
The Recipe

We use sand, limestone, soda ash and recycled glass in our glass recipe. Then the combined ingredients are sent to the furnace to melt.

Step 2:
Melting

Our furnace heats the batch mixture to about 1,565 degrees Celsius, or 2,850 degrees Fahrenheit, creating molten glass.

Step 3:
The "Gob"

The molten glass is removed from the furnace by our glass blowers and cut into “gobs” to form our glass items.

Step 4:
Forming

We divert the gobs into forming molds and then mold them into beautiful, functional glass items.

Step 5:
Conditioning

Formed glass items pass through the lehr, a machine that reheats and gradually cools them to relieve any stresses and strengthen the glass.

Step 6:
Inspection

Finally, we inspect our glass items to make sure they meet our high quality standards. We recycle and remelt any items that fail to meet these standards.