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**Kaptenen** · 2010-11-01, 19:41

Vackert glas med lite "ruff" gravyr och Eremitagets verkar vara graverade med samma handlag eller teknik. Grattis, det väcker habegär!

Glas med liknande kantbård samt bilder från bruksmuséet

Exposición La Real Fábrica de Cristales de la Granja-01

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Tre bilder från glasbruket 2006

Fábrica de Cristales (La Granja - Spain)_1

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Just look at his hands on this one... I have never seen anyone working with glass before, so visiting the glass factory in La Granja de San Ildefonso (Spain) was an extraordinary experience I will never could forget for many reasons. First, when you are traveling with children (5 and 8 years old), it is a risky proposition to visit a glass factory. Nevertheless we decided to ignore common sense and to our surprise & delight the children were even more fascinated with the process than we were. Once we got to the hot ovens were the craftsmen were making glasses we just stood there watching such an amazing process. Most of the tourist went in, look, out. Not us, we were there for 45 minutes just looking at them. (And when I say “we” I mean me and the kids… think about attention spam for a 5 year old… that was her longest time ever without moving) Of course, and this is the second reason I could not forget the experience, the artisans could not but notice us standing there quietly, and as they smile at us we did warm up to ask them questions and they did kept talking to us. At a given moment, after the last in-and-out group went they invited Samir and myself to cross the barriers to see the ovens from a close distance (you could actually not see them otherwise) and that I will never forget. The hit of an oven at 450º C is something I could not have imagined, the colors, the shapes, the smell. One of the craftsman smile at me. He could see in my eyes what he probably thought the first time he saw the same thing. He knew exactly what I was thinking and I just could not do anything else but smile back at him and look at his hands… No picture whatsoever could capture that, but I hope these ones get you a glimpse of the beauty of such a process. And by the way, they do still use molds from the 18th and 19th century, so if you ever happen to go to Spain I highly recommend you visit La Granja. It is quite a learning experience

**E.B.** · 2010-11-01, 20:29

Najs, supernajs! Hade haft svårt att säga Spanien på en gång, men med lite info och litteratur så. Hatten av för ett vackert glas!

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La Granja De San Ildefonso

La Granja De San Ildefonso

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