Filigree Twist Foglio A181177 machine stitched

machine stitched

that casts glowing sparks of light around one's face

Something Blue Open Hollyhock and Blushing Bride Peony are the blossoms on display

J-hook clasp

For indoor or outdoor display

Filigree Twist Foglio A181177 machine stitchedThis blown glass vessel from Patchen's "Foglio" series is created with the cane technique. To make cane, Patchen encases a rod of white glass in molten clear glass then it is stretched 50 60 feet long, reducing its diameter to about the thickness of a pencil. After cooling, the long rod is cut into 6" lengths, reheated and rolled onto a molten glass bubble on a blowpipe. Closing the end creates a striped bubble which Patchen can then twist and