Each vase is blown with carefully selected Reichenbach, Kulger and Gaffer imported colors glass rods. These rods are approximately one inch in diameter and twelve to fifteen inches long. They come in a multitude of colors and allow the glass artisan to blow many different colors with only one clear glass pot of glass. A one inch piece of color is broken off the glass rod and two to three different accent color chips of thin color glass are added to the main color. It is then marved into a uniform cone of color, pulled and twisted into swirls, reheated and shaped for attachment onto the blow pipe. After the initial bubble is blown, the color is encased with several layers of clear glass and blown into the final shape.