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Millefiori

Millefiori is a special kind of pattern that people make on glass or clay. Imagine you're making a cake, but instead of frosting you're using different colored sugar cubes. After you bake it, it looks like there are little flowers all over it. That's what they do with millefiori, but with little pieces of glass or clay. They stick these pieces together in a special way to create a pattern that looks like different colorful flowers. Then, they cut the pattern into slices and use them to decorate things like jewelry, plates, or paperweights. Millefiori patterns are very pretty and unique!
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