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<p>[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 2293239, member: 70"]Frit is/are little pieces of glass. When included in worked glass it is done by spreading the frit on a hot surface (called a marver, once it was marble, now it's generally steel or cast iron). When the hot, soft glass is rolled over the frit it (the frit) is picked up by the gather[noun] in a process called [wait for it] <i>frit pick up</i>. Often this is on the outside of a piece, to put it in the interior, another gather[verb] of glass is made over it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherryhill, post: 2293239, member: 70"]Frit is/are little pieces of glass. When included in worked glass it is done by spreading the frit on a hot surface (called a marver, once it was marble, now it's generally steel or cast iron). When the hot, soft glass is rolled over the frit it (the frit) is picked up by the gather[noun] in a process called [wait for it] [I]frit pick up[/I]. Often this is on the outside of a piece, to put it in the interior, another gather[verb] of glass is made over it.[/QUOTE]
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