Topic: Terminology... Hot-worked "*&@!

[rosieposie]

Well I have written for Wiki, and my stuff is still as oiginally entered.....and I still think the glass description is as good as you will get,  and I wish I had written that one!!

All that said....there is a load of rubbish on it,  but I think as a group we are pretty well educated enough to sort the wheat from the chaff! :wsh:

[Anne]

"Hot worked glass" was used by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2002:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hotw/hd_hotw.htm so I don't think we can claim it as a GMB phrase, can we?

[Anne]

Oh and the Wikipedia article was mainly rewritten by one contributor in 2009/2010 when the term hot worked was first included in it. I know the name of the contributor but it's not one I recognise, but it's someone who clearly knows a fair bit about glass IMHO.

I know Frank has worries about Wikipedia, as in the early days anything could be written by anyone and it stood as gospel, but over the last few years huge efforts have been made to back up the statements made with good solid evidence and references, and a lot of articles are now written by (or checked by) specialists rather than enthusiasts, so we can start to have more faith in them. The powers that run Wikipedia are getting very strict in who writes and how they do it, and if you can't back up what you say it gets reviewed and/or deleted, or has a warning added for the reader.

[angel2]

 :angel: :angel:

It seems to me that the term hot-worked is very descriptive. It conjures images of a hot sweaty glassworker creating a wonderful shape with whatever means s/he decides to employ.     :phew:     It leaves the impression also of a unique item and much else besides. Apart from this, on an etymological note, language is plastic in a sense and constantly evolving. Words, terms and phrases do seem to appear spontaneously and become accepted and readily used. That's language. Sorry Frank,     :ooh:    it applies to glass as well as long as it isn't incorrectly used and in this instance, doesn't seem to be.

angel2