Randall Grubb talks about the importance of industry supplying glass formulated for glassblowing to universities. Oral history interview with Randall Grubb by Barb Elam, conducted via telephone, January 4, 2020, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 01:06.

Randall Grubb: There’s such a difference between glass that’s actually formulated for glassblowing, which remains soft and malleable and, and carries the heat for a long time, versus bottle glass, which is made to be shot into a steel mold, and solidify instantly and hold the shape, and not be molten for excessive amounts of time. So—and everybody has access to broken bottles, but to get your hands on blowing glass, that was so huge. And the ability to get your hands on these beautiful colors, you know, cobalt blue, emerald green, black. We, you know—it was just great. So. So yeah. And yeah, the support of the arts by industry, That’s what—and we don’t have that anymore. So yeah.