Elizabeth Johnson - Glass Red Cherries Necklace

Glass Red Cherries Necklace

Glass Red Cherry Christmas Ornament featuring two handmade glass small red cherries and two handmade glass leaves in dark green. The cherries are each about 1/2 inch across. All the parts are are suspended in front of a 3" frosted glass lens that serves as a background.


Elizabeth Johnson Glass Fruit Jewelry

Lampworking Process
Lampworking (also called Flameworking) is the process of sculpting glass in the 4000F flame of an oxygen propane torch. The Italian-made glass Elizabeth most often uses has a working range between 1,000F and 1,700F. In the upper part of that range, the glass can become as liquid as honey and must be constantly rotated to prevent it from dripping. Toward the lower end of the working range, the glass begins to solidify and develops plastic qualities much like clay or soft wax. The...

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