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Top : Techniques : Millefiori

This graphic illustrates the process of making a paperweight containing millefiori canes.
Step A: Slices of canes are arranged in a pattern in a concave steel. mold
Step B: A gather of molten glass is lowered onto the mold and picks up the preheated canes.
Step C: The first gather is turned upright; a second gather of clear glass is attached to form the dome; The gather is clipped off the pontil with shears.
Step D: The gather is turned over; the dome is shaped and smoothed in a wooden block. The paperweight will be cut off the remaining pontil rod and the base smoothed or pattern-cut.

Graphic by Sue Huitt, Illinois State Museum

This graphic illustrates the process of making a paperweight containing millefiori canes.<BR><B>Step A:</B> Slices of canes are arranged in a pattern in a concave steel. mold<BR><B>Step B:</B> A gather of molten glass is lowered onto the mold and picks up the preheated canes.<BR><B>Step C:</B> The first gather is turned upright; a second gather of clear glass is attached to form the dome; The gather is clipped off the pontil with shears. <BR><B>Step D:</B> The gather is turned over; the dome is shaped and smoothed in a wooden block. The paperweight will be cut off the remaining pontil rod and the base smoothed or pattern-cut.
     
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