Cut glass

Japanese: カット・グラス(英語表記)cut glass
Cut glass
A method of decorative glass processing, and the products that result from this process. In Japan, it is called kiriko or cut glass. The method involves pressing a rotating grindstone made of stone or metal with an abrasive against the surface of the glass to cut grooves or carve curved surfaces, and is often used to decorate transparent lead glass vessels. Due to the nature of the technique, it is impossible to cut curved lines, and the designs are based on geometric patterns made up of an accumulation of straight lines. The cut surface and the cross-section of the linear grooves change depending on the diameter of the grindstone and the shape of the cross-section.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ガラスの装飾加工法の一つ,およびこれによる製品。日本では切子(きりこ)あるいは切子ガラスと呼ばれる。ガラスの表面に,石または金属製の回転砥石を研磨剤とともに押しつけて,溝を切ったり曲面を削ったりする方法で,多くは透明な鉛ガラス製の器の装飾に用いられる。技法の性質上,曲線をカットすることは不可能であり,デザインは,直線の集積によって構成される幾何学的な文様を基本とする。また,砥石の直径,断面の形状により,カット面は変わり,線溝の断面も変化する。

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