Each piece in this fine line of mouth-blown and hand-decorated crystal is produced individually in the European country of Romania. The Milano Collection provokes the mind and stimulates the eyes with its unpredictable swirl design and “stained glass” like finish. Each glass is a piece of art created by a worker best described as an artisan. We’ve prepared this to give you a better idea of what goes into producing these wares.
Glass blowing is the art of creating an object from molten glass by blowing air into it utilizing a tube. The glass in the oven takes days to melt (the oven is never turned off). The artisan collects molten glass onto the tip of his blow rod, being careful to accumulate just the right amount for the piece to be blown. To apply the intricate cobalt glass pattern, one craftsman rotates the blob of glass on its axis while another dabs a rod into molten cobalt and spins a thin strand of the material onto the lower portion of the piece. Each ware is then blown to the proper thickness and into the proper shape by mouth. When the glass is just right, the piece is taken out and allowed to cool.
After the glass is cooled, other craftsmen paint the vivid colors within the pattern using different colored luster and 24k gold. One last firing ensures that the color will last a long, long time.
