Message #50197

[Jungle Jas]

Dear Joey,  I wasn't trying to imply Chinese workers aren't some  of the best and most highly skilled in the world, indeed I believe they are, however this is due to the low pay they receive, therefore they can spend far more time on their pieces and they are still affordable.

As for your remarks to Adrian, they can indeed cast shapes and apply them to bottles by fusing, however it would not be as easy as it is today as they didn't have such well regulated kilns. They would have however had to cut in the surface detail after the applied glass was fused onto the bottle. As for it being uneconomical, well not necessarily as snuff bottles have very limited subject matter. The small cast pieces could be applied in different combinations then you could end up with totally different bottles. Just a thought.

Regards Jason.