Describes glass vessels formed by a glassblower gathering molten glass on a blowpipe and inflating it with their own breath. The process relies entirely on manual rotation, hand tools, and gravity to shape the piece, distinguishing it from factory press-molded or machine-blown glass.
Heard on the job
We need a set of handblown cylinders for the chandelier restoration, so variations in thickness are expected.
Also heard as
- mouthblown