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<p>[QUOTE="desperate_fun, post: 405175, member: 132"]<font size="4"><b>Foglia d'Oro</b></font></p><p>“Foglia d’oro” is a technique for including a <b>thin 24 karats gold leaf inside of the glass</b>. A small quantity of <b>glass is molten, blown, shaped in a form of a cylinder and rolled over gold leaf laying on a plate</b> in order for to attach.Afterwards, <b>more glass is applied to the item and the leaf is enveloped in the glass</b>. Once the master starts <b>working on this mass</b>, the thin <b>gold leaf breaks</b> and appears as a mix of <b>golden straws</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desperate_fun, post: 405175, member: 132"][SIZE=4][B]Foglia d'Oro[/B][/SIZE] “Foglia d’oro” is a technique for including a [B]thin 24 karats gold leaf inside of the glass[/B]. A small quantity of [B]glass is molten, blown, shaped in a form of a cylinder and rolled over gold leaf laying on a plate[/B] in order for to attach.Afterwards, [B]more glass is applied to the item and the leaf is enveloped in the glass[/B]. Once the master starts [B]working on this mass[/B], the thin [B]gold leaf breaks[/B] and appears as a mix of [B]golden straws[/B].[/QUOTE]
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