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Member Spotlight

Michael Schiaffino

Member Spotlight

In what way are you involved in the world of glass?
I am a glassblower who works for Mothership Glass.

What do you enjoy doing that's glass related?
I enjoy troubleshooting and working to improve my processes in order to be more efficient and to improve the quality of my finished product. There is always something new to learn or a new style of work to experiment with.

Why did you decide to join the ASGS?
The ASGS offers the opportunity to network with a diverse group of professionals who work with Glass in many different capacities and who can assist with technical questions. I have also been able to attend meetings across the country and visit glass shops to see different ways to set up glass equipment.

Member Spotlight

Jill Korgemagi Clarke

Member Spotlight

In what way are you involved in the world of glass?
I have been training as a Scientific Glassblower for 10 years. I predominantly work with borosilicate and also do projects in quartz.

What do you enjoy doing that's glass related?
I do love the entire catalogue of glassware that we make at work. But I enjoy repairing scientific glassware. It's exciting and rewarding to figure out how and why something broke because, by successfully repairing glassware, you learn how the original piece was made and how to make sure the same break doesn't happen again. I've learned the most about scientific glassblowing manufacturing through repair work.

Why did you decide to join the ASGS?
I apprenticed with Ron and Philip Legge, who have a family history of ASGS membership. I saw how much they enjoyed attending section meetings and reconnecting with scientific glassblowers and friends. They both have such an abundance of ASGS history and are admirable in their willingness to teach scientific glassblowing. I am very fortunate to work with them, as they have helped guide me into the ASGS, I too have become involved in the society and have been a member since 2017.

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This is Kipp’s apparatus. It was an essential piece of scientific glassware 100 years ago. The video shows how it was made by furnace glassblowers out of soft (soda lime) glass.

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The device was developed by a Dutch chemist in 1844 in collaboration with local glassblowers. It is used to generate gases of various kinds for chemical reactions.

To use it a liquid is added to the upper chamber and a solid to the lower chamber. As the liquid drips onto the solid various gasses can be generated. This was an essential piece of scientific glassware for most Chemistry labs 100 years ago. Here is the Wiki page with more details.

These are museum pieces today as most Chemistry labs rely on commercial gas suppliers to deliver the gases they need in convenient safe steel bottles of various sizes.

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Look at membership benefits here.

Fusion our Quarterly trade journal and Proceedings the compilation of technical presentations at our annual symposium have been moved to the ASGS Library. Access is a benefit of membership.

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