“And each color—and whether it’s transparent or translucent or opaque—responds differently to heat,” Elena continued, “and you have to learn how to work with two responses at once. Then when you add a third or fourth color, you need to know how to add it without ruining what you’ve already got, because each time you heat it in the flame, it changes. And all the colors look orange when they’re hot, so you must remember what is what. But you won’t be doing anything complicated for a long time. First you must learn to control molten glass on the rod. Do you have any honey at home? Transparent and
...more
