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Information about glassblowing, equipment and supplies.
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Delphi Glass - Delphi offers tools and supplies for many different forms of glass art including: stained glass, lampworking, fusing, and mosaic.
Olympic Color Rods - Olympic Color Rods is where I order all my glass and tools for traditional glassblowing. They carry a large selection of colored glass and a great variety of tools including my favorite tools by Jim Moore.
Wale Apparatus - Wale Apparatus is a glass supplier that can be used for lampworking. I choose to order from them because they have the best customer service of any supplier I have ever ordered from.
Steinert Industies, Inc. - Steinert Industries makes good quality pipes and punties. They also have a large variety of different molds that can be used for lampworking or glassblowing.
Gott Steamer© Glass Shaping Sytem - Gott Steamer carries many unique glassblowing tools including a hand shaping pad that gives off no smoke.