Millefiori ( Italian: Ã, [mille'fjo: ri] ) is a work art techniques that produce distinctive decorative patterns on a glass. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words "mille" (thousand) and "fiori" (flower). Apsley Pellatt in his book Curiosities of Glass Making was the first to use the term "millefiori", which appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1849. The beads were previously called " mosaic beads. While the use of this technique precedes the term "millefiori", it is now most often associated with Venetian glassware.
Since the late 1980s, millefiori techniques have been applied to polymer clays and other materials. Since the polymer clay is sufficiently flexible and does not need to be heated and heated to melt it, it is a much easier medium to produce a millefiori pattern than glass.
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History
The making of mosaic beads can be traced back to the days of Ancient Rome, Phoenician and Alexandria. Sticks, probably made in Italy, have been discovered as far as 8th century archaeological sites in Ireland. Melliofori beads have been found from excavations in Sandby borg, ÃÆ'-land, Sweden, dating from the late 5th century or early 6th century. A piece of millefiori was found, along with an unworked garnet, in a wallet at the early seventeenth-century Anglo-Saxon burial site at Sutton Hoo.
The technical knowledge to create millefiori was lost in the eighteenth century, and the technique was not revived until the nineteenth century. Within a few years of the rediscovery of these techniques, factories in Italy, France and Britain were producing millefiori sticks. They are often incorporated into fine glass art paperweights.
Until the 15th century, the Murano glass maker only produced Rosetta beads made from Rosetta's printed rod. The Rosetta beads are made by coating a number of different colored glass layers in the mold, and by pulling a soft glass from both ends until the cane reaches the desired thickness. Then cut into short segments for further processing.
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Production
Millefiori techniques involve the production of glass or sticks, known as murrine, in a colorful pattern that can only be seen from the tip of a piece of sugar cane. The murrine rod is heated in a furnace and is pulled thin while maintaining the cross-sectional design. Then cut into beads or discs when cooled.
See also
- Mille-fleur, the French term used to refer to a background consisting of small flowers
- Museums and glass galleries
- Venetian beads
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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