| Impressive in both shape and beauty, this vase is adorned with intaglio cut horses. Accents of brown on a background of yellow contrast together perfectly to reflect elegance and timelessness of this piece. Completely hand crafted with layers of mouth-blown glass, the design comes to life with layering and acid etching techniques on various layers to bring out the colours. CAMEO GLASS is a technique similar to the cameo cutting of stones and shells use by the ancient Egyptians and Romans, and revived in the nineteenth century. The technique involves cased glass, or the overlaying of several thin layersÿ of different colored glass, two and three and more rarely four or five, and then to acid-etch or wheel carve the design of one colour on another in relief. The difficulty of this technique lies in the fact that various layers must have the same dilation coefficient and the same thickness in order to avoid any breaking while the piece is cooling, or when working in the glass once it is cold. The chemical composition of each colored layer of glass is therefore decisive and kept secret. |