The creation of Chinese Liuli Jewelry is different from the processes responsible for normal glass artwork. For tableware or jewelry, glass blowing is favored since one re-useable mold can be employed. Art pieces like Liuli on the other hand, require more detail and must use a lost-wax or pate-de-verre style process. For Liuli glass, 12 steps are necessary to produce the final product.

Each piece of Chinese Liuli Glass Artwork is unique for several reasons. The Handcrafted mold for each piece can only be used once since the high-temperature firing process normally destroys it. Also, the mixture of different colors varies from piece to piece, so two pieces can never be made exactly the same.

The first thing people notice about Chinese Liuli Jewelry are its bright multiple colors. Normally, glass and crystal artwork can only be fired in one color. Any attempt to mix the colors will cause cracking when burning. Only Liuli Glass can contain multiple colors within one piece, allowing the creator to put even more artistic expression into each individual piece.

Another typical feature of Liuli Glass are it's bubbles. Liuli Glass work always contains bubbles trapped inside during the high-temperature firing process. Since the bubbles are random in number and location, some artists feel they add to the uniqueness of each piece and give it some life of its own. To find out more about these beautiful works of art, please visit us at Liuli Glass Jewelry

Liuli Gongfang or Liuligongfang was the first glass art workshop in greater China. It was founded in 1987 by actress Loretta Yang and director Chang Yi. Their name refers to liuli, a form of archaic Chinese glasswork; the founders chose to use the world liuli, rather than the common name for glass, boli, as it sounded more exotic. The founders aimed to revive the art of antique Chinese art glass, whose production had dwindled following the Opium Wars. After much trial and error and taking more than three years, she and Chang were able to master the French pate-de-verre or lost-wax casting method. At the time of their founding, they operated a two-person workshop in Tamsui, Taipei County.

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Pate de Verre is another form of kiln casting and literally translated means glass paste. In this process finely crushed glass is mixed with a binding material (e.g. a mixture of gum Arabic and water) often with colorants and enamels. The paste thus formed from the mixture is applied to the inner surface of a negative mould forming a coating.

After the coated mold is fired at the appropriate temperature the glass is fused creating a hollow object that can have thick or thin walls depending on the thickness of the pate de verre layers.

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