Opal Glass

Opal art glass creates traditional and contemporary blown glass forms using hand tooled techniques.

Opal glass.

In some articles i read that such samples are called opal glass. Opal glass is also sometimes also referred to as milk glass although milk glass is a relatively new term. Opal glass are specialists in supplying and installing glass in waikato hamilton and cambridge areas. One point to note by the random nature of this product there will be differences between your sample and the final product installed.

Other articles where opal glass is discussed. Showers balustrades splashbacks mirrors commercial glass repairs. Not transparent product known as opal glass can be obtained. First made in venice in the 16th century lattimo as a translucent competitor for porcelain colors include blue pink yellow brown black and white some 19th century glass makers called milky white opaque glass opal glass the name milk glass is relatively recent.

We find our creative inspirations in the processes of glass blowing and forming which transports us beyond the day to day. Made into decorative dinnerware lamps vases and costume jewellery milk glass was highly popular during the fin de siècle. A milky white glass that is prepared by adding impurities as fluorine compounds which disperse as crystallites within the matrix of glass and that is used especially for ornamental pressed glass and for diffusing light without serious loss of lighting efficiency. We fit new aluminium windows and we can re glaze old windows and replace broken glass and install security screens.

During the synthesis of glass samples for 1 composition i got a milky white shiny opaque sample rather than a transparent glass. Opal glass has been used throughout the ages for everything from lamps to marquees to clock faces to tableware and more recently personal care containers. At opal glass we custom manufacture and supply antique effect splashbacks which can be made using clear glass bronze glass grey glass or etched glass silvered with unique antique effects. In the past leaded crystal tableware was made of.

The unique crystal designs reflect influences from the pacific northwest s environs culture and crafts movements. An acid etched product suitable for internal or external use it creates an attractive finish for windows partition walls glass doors furniture shelving wall cladding and many more applications. Another silica based variation is borosilicate glass which is used where high thermal shock resistance and high chemical durability are desired as in chemical glassware and automobile headlamps. We are no ordinary glass supplier.