Zanfirico Twist Foglio - Vibrant Blue Color:White a rare earth element

a rare earth element

It is then blown into a bronze mold called a pineapple mold to give it the pattern of bubbles trapped in the glass

with accents of coral and olive

the granules fuse and become one with the item being granulated

Crafted from leather cut and fashioned to appear metallic

Zanfirico Twist Foglio - Vibrant Blue Color:White a rare earth elementThis blown glass vessel from Patchen's "Foglio" series is created with the involved zanfirico cane technique. First, Patchen makes "filigree" cane, by encasing a rod of white glass in molten clear glass then stretching it 50 60', reducing its diameter to a pencil. After cooling, the rod is cut into many 6" lengths; with about 50 of them arranged parallel on a ceramic plate, they are then reheated and rolled onto a molten glass core again. This is then