It's perhaps the most difficult glassmaking process out there, and it's probably why it's still the calling card of glassmakers in Venice and Murano.
It's perhaps the most difficult glassmaking process out there, and it's probably why it's still the calling card of glassmakers in Venice and Murano.There are many steps involved in the creation of a millefiori design, but the process begins with a unique preparation of a glass rod. The cylindrical rod is encased in a thick coating of semi-liquid glass mixture that has been applied in multiple layers.