Early Egyptians were the first to develop these skills, providing their elite with exquisite domestic glassware. Lizard Works Glass is upholding this 3500 year old craft, combining beauty with utility, for lovers of handmade glass anywhere in the world.

A base layer of clear and each individual colored piece are cut from flat sheets using a hand held tool. The design is then assembled and fired in a kiln to about 1400 degrees Fahrenheit until all the pieces fuse together to make a single flat form. Glass is very sensitive to sudden changes in temperature so this whole kiln cycle takes about twenty four hours. In the above picture you can just see the kiln in the lower left.

To form a bowl, the fused piece is laid over a clay mold with the desired contour (in the above picture you can see a mold on the shelf under the table), the glass and mold are then once again fired at a high temperature until the glass slumps into the mold. A little grinding and polishing and the finished piece is ready to show.