A year ago this week, Spectrum announced that they intended to close their doors. Now, there’s a new chapter in our sheet glass manufacturing story and I have LOVED writing it up. Seriously, I was almost sad to turn this puppy over. It was hard to put my pen down, power off the laptop, and just, finish this. BUT… so it is. And the SGAA has the ENTIRE Special Report in Spring 2017 Stained Glass Quarterly! If you’re ready to take an in-depth look at how things went from A to Z to WTF… Subscribe to the SGQ today! http://stainedglassquarterly.com/
McElf for the SGQ: Glass, Science, Definition: The Never Ending Struggle
“Glass, Science, Definition: The Never-Ending Struggle” Stained Glass Quarterly Vol. 111, No. 4 Winter 2016. 48-53. Authors: William LaCourse, Ph.D. & Megan McElfresh Glass is one of nature’s oldest inventions, yet humans are only beginning to understand and exploit its full potential. It may be visually transparent, colored or clear, but scientifically opaque with a host of internal secrets and anomalies. Thus, while artists can capture and tame its beauty, scientists still struggle to fully understand the nature of the glassy state. Physicists and glass scientists still ask the question, “What is glass?”, and have lively discussions with… Read More »