A Variation
A variation on the use of frit and powder is the method the production European blowers use when
they add sugary snow on the ornament.
Place some frit or powder in a wide flat bowl or saucer, marver [roll] the hot cylinder over the grit then reheat the frit covered cylinder in the flame.
Blow into shape. Stringers or Noodles (produced by Uroboros or Bullseye and available in 90 C.O.E.) offer another form of surface decoration. Select one, and while rotating the HOT Glaskolben counterclockwise (turn away from you) in the flame, heat the tip of the stringer in the flame.
Place it under the cylinder, attach it and then allow it to trail around the cylinder.
The stringer may be burned off at the finished end.
The point of the stringer may also be applied to the ball at 90° to dimple the surface.
ORNAMENT CAP & LOOP SETS
BLOWPIPE WITH CYLINDER &
SEALED-END TAPERED SPIKE END
Cat. No. 155101 - 1.0mm thick wall x 28mm cylinder diameter.
Cat. No. 155102 - 1.5mm thick wall x 32mm cylinder diameter.
This dual-spiked cylinder has a blowpipe on one end and a sealed taper spike on the other. This style allows the blown bulb to be worked into a wide variety of shapes. The dual-spiked ends facilitate picking up and marvering powders or frit onto the hot surface.
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