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The greatest transformatory art in Mille Fiori perhaps lies in the fact that despite formal references to nature, the installation outlines a counter-world and presents it directly. A sealed-off, protected world, which touches us to the core through our senses and emotions, and strikes a chord within us. This world is not an illusion, because it refers to nothing but itself. It surrounds us in the exhibition space, and we are grateful to Dale Chihuly for allowing us to linger on this island of pure beauty. Bibliography: This enchanted glass world has as much to do with Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz as it does with the great Renaissance and Baroque festivals that sovereigns arranged to entertain their courts and subjects.Workshop Pro Tip; filling as many complete diamonds as possible is the key to victory in the workshop area, and don’t be afraid to steal the finishing move from other players to get that bonus card. All’s fair in love and glass making! The Residences You are choose any of the face up cards next to the board, so you can actually plan your turn rather than choosing from the random face down cards at the start of the turn The results of this labor-intensive process are gorgeous patterns and deep intensive colors that instantly make any object artistic and unique. These days, not only the nobility or the wealthy can enjoy Millefiori decorations, but anyone who admires Millefiori and Venetian glass can buy a piece of this art. From small rings, cufflinks, earrings, and pendants, to figurines, ashtrays, lamps and bowls - a variety of Millefiori objects one can buy is truly astounding, and so is the price range, which goes from just a few dollars to over a hundred.

Beautiful home brings a lot of happy moments into your life. Enjoy our large selection of artistic Murano Glass home accents imported directly from Venice, Italy and handcrafted by the best glass artisans on Murano Island. Please take the time to leave a comment and rate this 'ible! I'd really like to know if I've left anything out, or if something needs clarifying, what you think of the flower, etc. Also, let me know what you think of the video. There are many things I will change next time I do one, but I'd like to know what you think. This is the first time I've really played around with video editing. Thanks for taking the time to read! Although thousands of millefiori objects are made in Murano today, they are still made by Murano glassmakers entirely by hand, and each piece is unique. The technique is now used by glassmakers all over the world, but it is easy to recognize the amazing skills of Murano Glass artisans in the intricate and colorful pieces crafted with precision and passion. On opening the box for Mille Fiori you may find yourself initially overwhelmed by the look of the (frankly beautifully presented) board, all those spaces and symbols and numbers and colours and people and and and… Chill. It’s set in Italy, so it can’t be that complicated. Any readers who have played the excellent Azule games will be very familiar with this feeling. Set the board down in easy reach of all players then everyone fights over who gets to choose the best colour (it’s purple, obviously) and then take the corresponding 27 diamond-shaped glass tokens. Each player also gets a point maker, this starts on the “100” corner, marking zero points for the first round. Each player also gets a ship token, which is placed underneath the harbour, ready to take your goods around the world. When forming the pyramids, start by placing tiles on the bottom level, each tile on it’s own here is worth 1 point. Once you have at least two tiles together, you can place a token on the next row up, the second row scores 3 points per token. Again, once you have 2 adjacent tiles on the second row, you can build on the third, and each tile here is worth 6 points. Remember, you double the points for each token if both the colour and the symbol match your card when placed. You also gain points for all tiles supporting the one you placed. So, for example, let’s say you place a tile on the third row, you gain 6 points for this tile, 3 points for each of the two directly underneath, and a further 3 points for the bottom level tiles as well.Making of a millefiori pattern is a multi-step process, but it all starts with a glass rod prepared in a special way. It contains multiple layers of semi-liquid glass paste applied one on top of another around the cylindrical rod. Each layer is molded to have a certain shape (usually star or flower-like) and color. The preparation continues as the resulting multi-layered rod is stretched and then cut up into small cylindrical pieces called "murrine". But, the additional points are never doubled. Further to this, anyone who has a token in the pyramid also gains the corresponding points for just their tokens. The keen minded among you will have realised this means you can score multiple times from one token if you are successfully able to keep building on your own pyramid. However, bear in mind that your fellow players are also able to take advantage of your hard work. There is nothing to stop the next player putting the final piece on top of your pyramid and scoring all those lovely points for themselves, even if you did all the hard work. The story of Mille Fiori, written by the American artist in glass, Dale Chihuly, begins with sand and fire. Like an alchemist, he brings these elements together and transforms them into glass. For a glass-blower, there is nothing essentially remarkable about the production of glass from heated sand. On the other hand, if this transformation leads to such a diversity of form, such glorious colour, such a complex interplay of opacity and transparency as is the case with Chihuly, one is actually tempted to speak of a miracle. With his glass installations, Chihuly is creating a world of his own. To continue with the example, if you then placed another tile on a space worth 5 points, this will also score the bonus points as you have a tile on 2,3,4 & 5. As before, 20 for the first player, down to 5 for the forth. Finally, to gain the bonus card in The Residences, you need to have 3 and/or 5 tokens on different numbered spaces, just like with the bonus points. And that is the last of the areas in Mille Fiori covered, next up we will give some general rules and some advice on playing the game. The Bonus Cards FTW

There are three different symbols and three layers to each pyramid. The Nobili symbols are The Lion, Coin and Cross, whilst the Populi have The Fish, Shell and Crab (which looks like a lobster, but who’s to say…) The colour on your card will tell you if you can place a tile in the Nobili or the Populi sections, however you do not necessarily need to match the symbol shown. So you can play any card onto any symbol with the matching colour, i.e placing a token on a Lion symbol, even though your card shows a Cross. But If you are also able to match the tile to the symbol on your card, you score double points. The second thing to remember when placing tiles with the townspeople, is (just like in real life) you must build pyramids from the bottom up.Millefiori beads from Murano are still some the of the highest quality you will find in the world but of course other companies are always trying to emulate their beauty. India, China and Indonesia manufacture their own versions that are similar but it is obvious that they do not have the years of continued craftsmanship to compare with work from Murano. Here is a good article to help you identify the "non-Murano" bead. In recent years there have been many fake pieces and counterfeits from China and other countries offered for sale as "Murano Glass". It is more difficult to create fake Millefiori glass than some other types, but people still do it though they often use very different simple techniques or just plain decoration over glass to achieve the effect on pictures. There is some maths to do in this section but to save time, if you have all four trade symbols filled and you also filled all three ships for the trade fleet, you will gain thirty points for that row. Unique to The Harbour, there are no bonus points in this area. However, to get the bonus cards, you need to set out to sea. The millefiori technique involves the production of glass canes or rods, known as murrine, with multicolored patterns which are viewable only from the cut ends of the cane. [2] [9] A murrine rod is heated in a furnace and pulled until thin while still maintaining the cross section's design. It is then cut into beads or discs when cooled. [2] [9] See also [ edit ] Dine and entertain in style with fine Murano Glass tableware and barware. Our bowls, plates, tumblers, goblets, decanters, pitchers and other fine pieces come from the workshops of the most famous Murano artisans whose families have been blowing glass for generations.

The Harbour is represented by the Dark Blue cards and area on the board. The Harbour has two functions in Mille Fiori, you can either send your own ship out to sea on the “Sea Route” along the bottom of the board, or place ships in the Harbour itself to build a Trade Fleet. Let’s start with the Trade Fleet. Each fleet is made up of three ships and will be used to move the items stored up in The Trade Area. To win the bonus points for the townspeople is very straight forward. You just need to place a tile on each of the different symbols, and you can do this for both the Nobili and Populi areas. I.e. placing a tile on a Lion, Coin and Cross space with gain you the 20 bonus points. The same is true for the Crab, Fish and Shell. Bonus cards are scarce in this section, you get one card each time you top of a pyramid, so there are a maximum of six bonus cards available. Chihuly has worked with this medium since the 1960s, and has participated in many of the developments in recent art history, but the critical reception to his work has always been ambivalent. Even today, art critics have trouble with the medium of glass, which bears the ‘stain’ of craft. Chihuly’s major projects also call for a form of production that takes its bearings more from the big workshops of the Renaissance and Baroque artists than the concept of originality of modern art, and its commandment that works should be made by the artist’s own hand. But today there is a conviction – and not only in art – that only collective production and the collaboration of various highly specialised disciplines are capable of achieving outstanding work. Thus Chihuly’s works generally prove to be the fruit of a team which can, according to the task at hand, incorporate the most innovative international glass-blowers, and also light specialists, sculptors, metal- and woodworkers, photographers and an efficient administration. A highly creative enterprise, then, driven by Dale Chihuly’s unbridled creative impulse. Also, I'm always interested in seeing the results people get from following my instructable. If you decide to make something like this, please post a picture in the comments section! If you do, I'll send you a patch!Millefiori ( Italian: [ˌmilleˈfjoːri]) is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words "mille" (thousand) and "fiori" (flowers). [1] Apsley Pellatt in his book Curiosities of Glass Making was the first to use the term "millefiori", which appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1849; prior to that, the beads were called mosaic beads. While the use of this technique long precedes the term "millefiori", it is now most frequently associated with Venetian glassware. [2] [3]