its kinda crazy...

how do you think flat glass is made. what if i told you they fucking pour molten glass onto molten tin at like 1000° so it floats & forms a perfectly flat layer & then slowly bring the temperature down until the glass has hardened enough to exit the tin bath.

that's crazy but what about pre-1960 before that method was industrialized?? oh, they would just literally blow that shit into a cylinder and cut it down the middle & reheat it until it became pliable before smoothing it out no big deal.

ok cool, any other ways? yeah sure, imagine a baker's dozen of non-lads (sorry but she specifies no lads even though some of the non-lads are clearly not pulling their weight...) dumping scoops of molten glass onto a plate where it's mixed with a fork before being smoothed out between two hollow water-cooled rolling pins.

ooey gooey molten glass, why do you look so enticing yet frightening....

    • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 months ago

      I've heard there is a glass-blowing studio located in the Badain Jaran that is said to be able to trace its history back millennia. they are known for crafting the world's finest meth pipes - but surprisingly, this is a task the forge-master usually reserves for apprentices! it is said in some texts that at night, desert travelers may be able to hear the sound of meth pipes as they catch the evening breeze...