For the crafting of crystal and glass, one must interchangeably use a dozen or more techniques that lead to infinitely varied artistry, such as the blowing, pulling, dewaxing, fusing, and slumping of hot glass; and the sandblasting, grinding, cutting, painting, and inlaying of cold glass.
以水晶玻璃的製作技術來說，有熱工的吹製、拉絲、脫蠟、熔合、烤彎，與冷工的噴砂、磨刻、切割、拋光、彩繪、鑲嵌等十餘種方法，交互運用，變化萬千。