Filigree Twist Foglio - Vibrant Blue A181019 It closes with a hook

It closes with a hook clasp

A unique process of low temperature fusing is used to create this remarkable piece

after which the piece is again heated in the kiln

Lay flat to dry

Filigree Twist Foglio - Vibrant Blue A181019 It closes with a hookThis 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