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Answer for the clue "Art of making bottles etc ", 12 letters:
glassblowing

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble (or parison), with the aid of a blowpipe (or blow tube). A person who blows glass is called a glassblower , glassmith , or gaffer . A lampworker manipulates glass ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
glassblowing \glass"blow*ing\, glass blowing \glass" blow*ing\n. The art and process of creating glass objects, by shaping glass when reduced by heat to a viscid state, using various manipulations with the hands, especially by inflating it by blowing through ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it. n. The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end ...

Usage examples of glassblowing.

Keth could make the pieces Antonou needed, then practise his glassblowing in private, with no one to see how badly he did it.

Now, wearing a pair of goggles with didymium lenses, Toby was in his work chair at the glassblowing table, in front of the Fisher Multi-Flame burner.