In Hebron's workshops glass is blown by hand, in blues, greens and amber, beside ceramics painted with a brush.
Hebron is a city of crafts, and its glass is among the things it is best known for. In the workshop a furnace burns without rest; a glassblower gathers molten glass on the end of a long pipe, then blows and turns it until it becomes a cup, a vase or a lamp.
Hebron glass is mostly blue, green and amber, and many pieces hold tiny air bubbles: the mark of hand and breath, not a flaw.
Beside the glass, ceramics are made too: plates, jugs and tiles painted by brush with flowers and branches, then fired in the kiln.
It is a craft passed down in families from one generation to the next. When you visit, ask to watch the glass being blown: some workshops open their doors to visitors.
