The main ingredient of our glass figurines are sand (silica), soda, and Lime. Over the centuries these ingredients have changed very little. There are many different types of glass available for use. The glass used by our artistic glass blower is borosilicate glass.

The glass rod is heated in the flame of the Oxygen/LPG burner, to the working point, where it is shaped using any number of different techniques such as, applying glass, twisting, folding, blowing, squashing, cutting etc. When the final shape is completed, the item must be annealed, to remove the stress built up in the glass during and after working

Internal stresses are relieved in glass by slowly heating to the annealing point, the temperature at which the molecular arrangement is so altered within a reasonable period of time that the internal stresses disappears. After the internal stresses have been removed, the temperature is gradually lowered - so slowly that all regions of the mass are at practically uniform temperature during the cooling. The mass shrinks uniformly and no strains develop. The treated piece is said to be "annealed"

All figurines are carefully kiln annealed to ensure the strength of the glass. Annealling at a temperature close to 1000 degrees allows the glass molecules in the figurines to alleviate any stress that has formed during the lampworking process. A slow descent to room temperature ensures that the glass is strong enough.