A glass artist who shapes glass rods and tubes using the focused flame of a torch. They typically work seated at a bench, manipulating the molten glass with hand tools, gravity, and breath to create beads, small sculptures, scientific apparatus, or neon tube components.
Heard on the job
We need to hire an experienced lampworker to repair the broken condensers for the chemistry lab.
Also heard as
- flameworker
- torchworker