My flowers are all hand formed. I am self taught, trial and error and many failures my mutts. Flameworking has become a passion of mine. I can sit in my studio creating flowers for 5 hours and probably finish 5 flowers. I did take a class in Vegas from Russian gal that used blown glass to form pedals but process was interesting but I found my way more adaptable to my abilities. I never use presses to make my flowers. Starting to master butterflies with transparent colors that are reactive to heat and thickness. Fun……