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The article focuses on the collection of glass materials and information on glassmaking history in the Rakow Research Library, which can be used by artists for using glassmaking tools to create glass marbles.

The author focuses on four tools that he considers important in the creation of glass art. He notes that hand-forged Japanese pruning shears allow him to cut through glass while avoiding to squirt the glass out. He adds that an elevated marvering plate provides greater opportunity to shape hot glass. He also mentions that he changes tanks half as often with his tank manifold.