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Millefiori, the art of a thousand flowers

Millefiori, an age-old mosaic technique which still thrills us today, dates back
to the antiquity and was rediscovered by Venetians in the 15th century for the
art of glass making. The qualities and wide range of colours offered by FIMO
make it easy to create these enchanting flower patterns.
Flowers and leaves play the leading role in these beautiful creations. Unique patterns
can be made with FIMO modelling clay and used on objects made out of glass, wood
and metal as well as on other surfaces.

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You will need these STAEDTLER articles:

product colour art. no. quantity 3
material FIMO professional leaf green 8004-57 1
white 8004-0 1
turquoise 8004-32 1
true yellow 8004-100 1
acrylic roller -- 8700 05 1
You can find our products in well-stocked blade set -- 8700 04 1
sales outlets. Should you have any modelling tools -- 8711 1
queries, please call our hotline: +49 gloss varnish -- 8703 01 BK 1
(0)911 9365-888. You will also require:
smooth work surface (glass or ceramic)
Have fun crafting!
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The grooves on the back of the blocks enable an exact
portioning. Using the acrylic roller or pasta machine, roll
out an approx. 3 mm thick sheet out of three portions of
green FIMO.
Mix half a strip of turquoise with three strips of yellow.
Knead them together until an apple-green colour is
created and then shape into a thick slab.
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Divide the slab into 4 pieces and place a thin layer of the
dark colour between each one. Then join them together
again and form into an oval shape.
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Cut the oval down the middle and press along the
outside edges to make the dark green lines slope. Place
both halves next to each other, making sure the veins
of the leaf are sloping in the same direction and add
another layer of the dark colour between the two pieces.
This creates the leaf pattern. Join the two halves
together again by pressing carefully around the edge.
Apply slightly more pressure towards the tip to create a
leaf shape.
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Another strip of the dark green colour is then wrapped Form the leaf into a tip using your fingers and continue Here, you can see a smaller version which is created by a
around the outside. shaping until the pattern is uniform. continued pressing and shaping of the pattern cane.

When the cane is made thinner, the pattern looks

distorted at the ends. The correct pattern can be seen
when the ends are cut off.

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The grooves on the back of the blocks enable an exact
portioning.
Using the acrylic roller or pasta machine, roll out an
approx. 3 mm thick sheet out of two portions of yellow
FIMO.
Shape three strips of white into a thick roll and do the
same with three strips of turquoise too.
Tip:
Always begin with the lightest, most sensitive
colour.
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Press the rolls to make them a little flatter and use the Wrap strips from the sheets of yellow FIMO around the
blade to cut them into quarters. four blue pieces and arrange them in a row. Place three
of the white pieces in the spaces in between. Cut the
remaining quarter of white FIMO in half and use the two
halves to finish off the ends.
Carefully press around the edge to join the pattern
together. Apply more pressure at the bottom in the
middle in order to create a flower shape.
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Continue to press and shape the pattern until a triangu- You can see here how a small triangle is made out of the Roll the honeycomb-shaped cane in the palms of your
lar shape with three equally sized sides is created. large triangle. hands until it is round.

The long cane is now cut into six pieces of equal length. Here you can see the pattern in a smaller version too
These are then put together to create a flower pattern. this is created by a continued rolling of the cane.

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In order to be able to arrange the pattern correctly, it is Arrange the different FIMO patterns on the glass frame In order to ensure that the surface is even, the pattern
important that all slices are equally thick. as required and then press on firmly. can be smoothed over again using the acrylic roller.

The FIMO cutting blade serves as an ideal tool here. The finished objects are hardened in the oven for around
30 minutes at 110 C. Once cool, a thin coat of FIMO
gloss varnish can be added.

We hope you have fun making, trying out and creating

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