incalmo
n.— «Koch’s vases incorporate a technique called “incalmo,” meaning to fuse two colored halves of glass together while hot.» —“Campus glass lab hosts open house and sale” by Tom Sinclair University of Wisconsin–Madison Apr. 27, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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