Understanding millefiori
How a cane is built and drawn, why every slice carries the same design, and what to judge once you have stopped counting flowers.
Category Paperweights
How to identify a glass paperweight
Where to look and in what order — the base before the top, the individual canes before the pattern, and why stopping short of a name is often the honest answer.
A tiny universe inside glass
Why a close-packed weight looks like a bouquet, what a cane actually is, and why the dome over the setup is a lens rather than a lid.