Making Cups from Murrine

Blowing glass for fun with my friend Jason (who will shot most of the "In The Studio" photos) gave me a chance to test out new patterns.  Before embarking on the very labor-intensive process of making a large amount of murrine (patterned tiles), cutting it, designing work with it, then blowing the work, etc....it's best to test out how the patterns will look on something small.  Cups are a great way to use a small amount of murrine to see how a pattern might look before scaling it up for other work.  The cups that come from these exploratory sessions are also usually really nice :)