The glass base of the Heart is suitable to decorate any cosy home.

Glass base Heart – place fruit, nuts or your favourite treats on this stunning piece of glass art – it’s an eye-catcher on any table.

The base is handmade in Järvakandi glass studio. The same studio has also made the glass base Leht.

Glass-blowing is a technology that is thousands of years old and is still practised in Estonia in only a few places. Järvakandi Glass Studio is one of them. The glass studio produces beautiful coloured vases, bases and much more.

How is coloured glass made?

Coloured glass is usually made by adding mineral or metal oxides during the melting of the glass.

To start with, ordinary glass is made, usually consisting of basic ingredients such as sand (silica), soda ash (soda ash) and lime (calcium oxide) fused together at high temperatures.

Addition of colouring agents: during the melting process, the desired mineral or metal oxides are added for colouring. For example:

Iron oxide gives a red, brown or pink colour.

Cobalt oxide gives the colour blue.

Copper oxide gives green colour.

Selenium oxide gives the red colour.

Chromium oxide gives a green colour.

Mixing: the colourant is thoroughly mixed with the melted glass to achieve a uniform and desired colour shade.

Shaping and cooling: once the paint is evenly mixed, the glass can be shaped to the desired shape and size. When the glass is uniformly shaped and moulded to the required size and shape, the glass is gradually cooled to avoid cracking or breaking.

Finishing: Chilled glass is often subjected to a finishing process where the surface is polished or treated to meet end-use requirements.