About Millefiori

Millefiori / DMG (digitally made glass) is the next logical, or perhaps illogical, step towards trying to capture some of the light, life and vibrancy that you will find in studio glass, on paper, inspired by a visit to Murano, and the millefiori works they make there.

Millefiori tend to be quite small glass objects, often paperweights, broadly made by cutting lengths of multicoloured glass rods, and fusing them into larger pieces, dense with colour, intricacy and detail.

Taking that inspiration as my starting point, I’ve drawn a fairly random collection of glazed pebbles, and set them within a circular form, with no particular rhythm outside of the four circles that contain them.

Each is then sculpted internally to contain a four, five, six or seven pointed star form, with a kind of abstracted flower at its core.

It’s probably the most complex piece I’ve built to date, and really needs to be seen at scale, in the flesh, to really understand the detail and colour that it contains.

For the pigment print editions, I’ve made a silvery white version, and a deep charcoal/navy piece. Both have 66cm cores, with a good amount of paper surrounding them.

If I was choosing the framing, I would mount them flat, and put them ‘straight in’ under the fillets. So the whole focus is on the drawing, not the paper or the mount.

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Link here to view the work as a 120cm diameter Plexiglass edition

Millefiori in situ

Price and dimensions

Millefiori / DMG / silver base is a ten colour archival pigment print on 305gsm, 100% cotton, Hahnemühle fine art paper.

The work can be supplied unframed, or framed and ready to hang. I tend to use fairly minimal glazed and painted tulipwood frames, and set the work ‘straight in’ under the fillets, without a window mount. If you’d like to discuss other framing choices to suit your space please do get in touch.

Individually signed and numbered
From an edition of 24 prints, plus 2 APs

Image size ⋅ 66cm H x 66cm W
Sheet size ⋅ 86cm H x 86cm W

Artwork only, ready to frame ⋅ £780
Dry mounted and fitted with a hand painted tulipwood frame ⋅ £980

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Millefiori / DMG

Publications /

12, an overview of twelve years in the studio

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Associated works