Garland Bowl-A Reproduction of a 1st Century B.C. Roman Piece at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Make a 12 inch across pattern of a circle.  I used newspaper. Use a sharpie to draw the pattern on the glass. 

I used 3mm tekta clear 90 COE glass from Bullseye for this project.

I use a pistol grip cutter to score the glass.  A pair of running pliers to break it.



Fold the pattern into 4ths.  Draw pattern on the four pieces of 3mm glass using your sharpie.  This will be the second layer of glass.

Transparent Blue

Transparent Purple

Opaque Yellow

I use a pistol grip cutter to score the glass.  Then break it with running pliers.

Ready for the grinder

All edges need to be ground smoothly on the grinder

Lay out all pieces of bottom layer to make sure they fit together 



Add second layer of clear glass to make sure it fits  

Clean all pieces of glass with warm soap and water to remove all sharpie marks and debris. Dry.  Clean all pieces of glass with rubbing alcohol using a paper towel. Dry thoroughly.
 

Top, third layer of glass.  Layout millefiori pieces to create garland in each quadrant.  I used six different kinds of millefiori.  Each garland has a different layout for the millefiori pattern. Like the original piece.  Tack glue in place.  I like No Days because the secure hold it gives when I do mosaics.




Using a candle flame I  bend the glass stringers to the shape I want for the garland strands.

 




Move all 3 layers of glass to kiln.  I use thin fire paper on prepped shelf with kiln wash.  I find that when I do this for larger pieces bubbles under the piece are less likely to form.  Fire to a full fuse and then anneal.

On reverse apply signature and date using glass paint

Air dry

Prepped mold with boron nitride in center of kiln on stilts. Ready for slumping.



Prepped piece placed on mold.  Ready to slump.



Slump completed



completed piece



completed piece



Original 1st Century B.C. Roman