To start the process, one of the master’s assistants gathers a small amount of hot glass from the crogioli onto a blow pipe and rolls it around on a flat metal surface to shape it. Then, the glass master blows the molten glass and shapes it by hand with a variety of special tools.

The piece is reheated and then reshaped, which involves much physical effort. The glass master leaves his own personal mark on each piece he creates, and in this way, no two SALVIATI pieces are ever identical.