Du Meng gave explanation on the principles and functions of each glassmaking process, and talked about his inspirations on site vividly.

吹制的过程有趣且充满热情，杜蒙还在现场亲自做起了现场解说，包括每个工艺步骤的原理和作用，以及艺术创作过程中的灵感闪现。

youdao

Since the museum is located in a former glassmaking workshop and the designers tried to protect the old structures (open workshop ceiling, rough floor and walls) to keep the former function visible.

因博物馆本身坐落于曾经的玻璃窑炉车间内，设计师试图保存原来的建筑结构(开放式的工作室顶棚，粗糙的车间地面，墙壁)使原先的空间功能仍然清晰可见。

youdao

By the late 15th century, the glassmaking industry was burgeoning, and with it came the creation of high-quality colorless glass.

15世纪末时，玻璃制造工业已经开始萌芽，并随之出现了高质的无色玻璃。

youdao

So, practitioners who understood what we would know to be chemistry were highly valued in that society. And then, you may expand it to other chemical processes, dyeing of cloth, glassmaking, and metals extraction.

所以，理解我们所知为化学的,先行者们，在那个社会是,非常宝贵的，当时，你可能将其扩展到另一个化学过程，如布料的染色，玻璃的制造，还有金属提取。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

The market soon found another solution for glassmaking, a new type of coal furnace, patented in 1611 by Edward Zouch.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Most importantly, he inspired people to experiment with glassmaking as art.

ECONOMIST: Glass on show

It was compounded from a mixture of practical knowledge of things like metallurgy, pharmacy and glassmaking with the Greek practice of analysing and theorising about the world that is known as philosophy.

ECONOMIST: The twisted history of alchemy: Alchemists, ancient and modern | The