Definitions for "Coldworking"
This is what is done to glass after it has been annealed. Coldworking as a skill is completely different from hot glass furnace work. All of the operations that involve grinding, blasting, carving, etching, cutting, or polishing are considered coldworking.
The generic name refers to a wide variety of techniques used to form glass sculpture without heat. Coldworking as a skill is completely different from hot glass furnace work and involves such techniques as grinding, sawing, carving, etching, cutting, laminating, or polishing.