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I don't know about Devardi specifically but I did see an hour long video about -A- glass factory in India and at that place it would definitely "surprise" everyone if there any kind of inspections.

Human labor in India can be had for pennies a day and in a country of some 1 point something billion humans I don't see that changing in any realistic time frame.

So the question that comes to my mind is "If they are going to continue to make glass the way they do, will not buying it myself here make any real impact over there?"

"Probably not" is the answer I come up with.

That is it won't make any change over there until India becomes dependent on a very large market for selling their stuff over here.


I see by your post count and join date that you may be new to the glass addiction.
If you are thinking of buying a metric ton of glass you may want some other information about the Devardi line.

If you do some searching here you will find quit a few discussions about the qualities, workability and consistency of Devardi glass.

It is much less expensive than a lot of other glass but you will find that it works pretty stiff even in the bigger torches, sometimes has problems with air bubbles and / or foreign matter in the glass and there are some colors that just will not go directly into the flame without exploding like hand grenades no matter how dedicated you are about pre-warming and easing it up to temperature. The last are often referred to as 'frit' on a stick.

Don't get me wrong, when I first started I order some $600 worth of the stuff myself.

I knew there were issues with it then (this was back in 2006 I think) but I felt a lot better about experimenting and learning how to melt glass with the "inexpensive stuff" and I did learn a great deal from it.


But I still have most of it because the cost of glass from other sources came down a large amount three years latter and the qualities of those other sources are so much more forgiving and consistent.

Devardi does have some wonderful colors and I know of a lot of glass artists that have made wonderful work with it but I limit myself to only getting a quarter pound of any one color to play with and the word 'play' is really important here.

I don't have enough experience working glass to be able to sell anything I made with Devardi and be confident that the buyer won't have problems with it latter.

I don't feel that way about any other glass maker.

Your Mileage May Vary and the above is only my own opinion.