How I Make A Glass Ornament On The Torch

Step 1: One end of a glass rod, with a small neck pulled out a little ways from the end. This end is closed, the other end is open.

Step 2: A thinner rod of glass in a different color is melted onto the tube to make stripes.

Step 3: Using another rod of glass attached to the closed end of the tube, the striped portion is evenly heated until slightly viscous and twisted.

Step 4: The same area is evenly heated until uniformly molten (very important for a nice round, symmetrical shape) and then inflated by blowing into the other end of the glass tube, which is open.

Step 5: Using the torch to melt the necked area, the ornament is separated from the tube, a tiny relief hole is made, a loop is formed with tweezers at the top, and then the piece is annealed. Voila!