Zhukov is building a community out of blown glass

COOL UNDER FIRE: Rebecca Zhukov, co-owner of Blackstone River Glass Center LLC in Cumberland, works with the furnace at the glass studio, which she started with her business partner about six years ago. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO
COOL UNDER FIRE: Rebecca Zhukov, co-owner of Blackstone River Glass Center LLC in Cumberland, works with the furnace at the glass studio, which she started with her business partner about six years ago. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

A furnace the size of a Mini Cooper presides like an industrial centerpiece over the space that is Blackstone River Glass LLC. Inside the furnace’s highly insulated chamber, up to 400 pounds of molten glass are ready to be shaped and blown by artists into delicate works of art. The temperature is maintained at a

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