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Reader Submitted: Traditional Japanese Wood Joinery Cast in an Untraditional Material: Glass

I have created Japanese Joinery cast in glass. The process goes from 3D model to 3D print to rubber mold to wax to plaster silica and finally glass.


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Nejire-kumi-tsguite
Cast in glass at Corning Museum of Glass
Credit: Rebecca Erde
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Nejire-kumi-tsguite
Cast in glass at Corning Museum of Glass
Credit: Rebecca Erde
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Nejire-kumi-tsguite rubber mold
Rubber mold created at Corning Museum of Glass
Credit: Rebecca Erde
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Nejire-kumi-tsguite plaster silica mold
Mold created at Corning Museum of Glass
Credit: Rebecca Erde
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Shihou-hozo-tsguite
Cast in glass at UrbanGlass in Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Rebecca Erde
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Kawai-tsguite joint mold
Mold created at Corning Museum of Glass
Credit: Rebecca Erde
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Kawai-tsuguite in two orientations
Glass cast at UrbanGlass in Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Rebecca Erde
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Kawai-tsuguite in one orientation
Credit: Rebecca Erde
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Simple Dovetail in Glass
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http://www.core77.com/projects/63231/Traditional-Japanese-Wood-Joinery-Cast-in-an-Untraditional-Material-Glass