> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Kathy Hovas > Reference:: Hovas, K., Glass blower crafts intricate creations for Cornell scientists. (2022, March 3). https://chemistry.cornell.edu/news/glass-blower-crafts-intricate-creations-cornell-scientists > Date:: 2022-03-03 > Tags:: #warp #glass > WeftLinks:: [[Scientific value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - There is craft in laboratory and other scientific work]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Karl Termini is a glass blower at Cornell University who creates and repairs custom scientific glassware for researchers. His work saves time and money while helping scientists get the equipment they need for their experiments. Termini enjoys solving challenges and contributing to important research that can benefit society. ### Highlights Karl Termini’s worktable holds pieces of glass, metal and rubber, from glass tubes and pipettes to flasks, funnels and columns. Some are intricately crafted together in systems that are headed to research spaces in Baker Lab. “The success of my project depended on the use of a specialized solid-addition funnel that didn’t exist in the catalogues,” said Kaitlyn MacMillan, a graduate student in the lab of [Phillip Milner](https://chemistry.cornell.edu/phillip-milner), assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in A&S. “It is cool to think that I am the only person in the world doing this type of work because I am using custom-made glassware handcrafted by Karl.” Termini also brainstorms ideas for new types of glassware designs with members of Milner’s lab. the American Scientific Glassblowers Society, a group of about 400 members who consult with each other on some of their more complicated projects. Termini said he’s never called himself an artist, rather a skilled craftsman who “once in awhile stumbles into art,” he said. “This isn’t about what it looks like, but about what it does.”