The first sintered method of pâte de verre uses glass the size of sugar and powder and is packed into a plaster-silica mold and kiln fired to a tack fuse texture known as sintered.

Rather then using a plaster silica mold and talc as an inner core, this method uses a ceramic fiber mold and no inner core.  This creates a sugar crystal effect on the outside of the piece and a shiny texture on the inside of the piece.

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