Fumed Borosilicate Glass pointer

Travers Thurman (https://woodlanderglass.com/) makes these really beautiful glass pointers for us.  He uses a torch to "fume" gold or silver leaf into the wet glass. Since it's basically smoke, he has no control over what the end result looks like. Chaos and beauty at once! But here's a typical example. Glass colors, he does have control over. Talk to us.