When we think of glass, the mind leaps instantly to Venice, Murano and the gorgeous blown glass created there. What we perhaps don’t think of are the other techniques apart from glass blowing – like fusing, casting and glass sculpture, to name a few.
The results of these applications are often surprising, such as when a glass plate appears to made of ceramic.
To understand how this is done, we filmed Emanuela, one of the artisans at Studio Forme Roma, through the process of making a sculpted glass plate from our Bambù collection.
The video below shows just how these objects of rare beauty are born.
Sculpted glass
“The process is complex; oftentimes the plate will crack in the kiln and the mold has to be thrown away and rebuilt from scratch each time”, explains Emanuela. “You start by making the mold out of clay and applying the pattern. Then you fill it with refractory material and when it’s dry, the clay is removed and the negative of the mold remains. This is filled with colored or clear glass and then put in the kiln at 900 degrees. Once it cools, the mold is thrown away and you have a flat slab of glass with the decoration incorporated. To give shape to the plate, the slab is placed in a concave mold and put back in the kiln at a lower temperature. At this point the plate is finished“.
Interesting, right?
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The most creative glass dinnerware table settings
After learning about one of the many techniques of glassmaking, let’s see how we can set the table with these magical elements, luminous and transparent, with a mesmerizing charm that shimmers with iridescent reflections and refractions from every point.
Glass dinnerware has always been used to make a beautiful table, and it’s coming back into fashion, both because it’s 100% natural and recyclable and because glass is versatile, capable of making a table elegantly understated, sumptuously regal or cheerfully whimsical, depending on the occasion.
Italian Plates, bowls, centerpieces and, of course, glasses can be combined in many different ways, enabling every host to express their own unique taste and creativity.
Used as chargers, glass gives a touch of elegance to the table, which can then be coupled with other materials like ceramic or porcelain, patterned or plain, to give that elegance its own character.
Charges and Dinner Plates by Forme Roma
Glass based table settings
But there’s more: precisely because of this versatility, we can make glass dinnerware just for you, customizing the pattern, the shape and the colors, which are endless. Discover our glass collections and contact us at info@dishesonly.com for more info.
Share your table settings ideas!
How do you use glass dinnerware on your table? Send us photos of your own table settings at info@dishesonly.com – we’ll post them on our social media pages and the most original contribution will receive a DishesOnly gift!