Different types of milli/murrini
 

I have been trying my hand at making milli or murrini (not too sure what the difference is), I have made skulls, and different types of fish. I was wondering if any of you either have some pics of some different types you have made, or know of a link where I could find some. I am really looking for the more complex types, maybe some turtles or other sea life.

I'm not asking for tuts, just pics so I can get an idea of where to start.

Thanks in advance!!

I'm not sure how much detail you are looking to create, but the 2 links below have some neat stuff.


http://www.frantzartglass.com/index....index&cPath=73


http://www.dichroicimagery.com/index.php?cPath=424_36

Here are some that i've made-
http://www.glassartists.org/Gal32976_Bullseye_milli.asp
http://www.glassartists.org/Gal35505_104_Milli.asp
http://www.glassartists.org/Gal13356...Millefiori.asp

Thanks for the links guys, they help a bunch!!

Hi Honey~

I'm still a Mille NOOB, but here's a few snapshots of what I've made, along with a suggestion that I've found helpful:

Bubble Bees:
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...BeeMurrini.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...eeMurrini2.jpg

Footprint/Claw (suspended in a "test" marble to see image):
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...Footprint2.jpg

Skull Murrini and "test" marble:
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...ullMarble4.jpg

And here's a picture I took of how I did the "lay down" of glass to build up the Skull; I found it helpful and started with a half-round as the top of the head and base to build on. I then added stripes of glass in the order you see here, adding clear where I didn't want the shape to round (like at the jaw hinge) and then encased in clear before pulling:

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...kullLayout.jpg

Hope this helps you out!

De

Those are great De! I love the bee's, I will have to try those.

Here is one of my butterfly wings. The body would be placed and two wings attached.


And one of my beads with a ladybug murrini.


The trick here is that everything goes the same color when heated. I put a orientation dot on the Pyrex punty to keep things sorted out.

Steve

Here are some shots of a skull milli in the making http://www.glassartists.org/Gal20058...n_progress.asp

Wow that is a great butterfly wing!! The ladybug is really cute. Thanks for posting pics.

Thanks for the link to the skull milli, that's huge!!

I'm murrini-impaired so I just wanted to say WOW to all of these beautiful compositions.

I always enjoy looking through Effetre's Millefiori Catalog.

That is cool thanks for the link!!