Dave I am no expert but I did observe something when I have been working through mine. First of all I want to share with you something I watch marcel from the Netherlands do. He made his pendant then puntied the side or edge of piece. Then he super heated the opposite side or edge of pendant in the flame and using heat and gravity had some of the clear move down which he pinched a hole for the bail. He did all this without moving any of the colours or design inside because he was up close to the face of the torch which was cranked so the surface glass was heated quickly. You can do this same thing with the edge of what you are making. Don't punty to the edge just keep your front punty on and melt all around the edges. But i also found I still have to add more clear to the back being careful not to trap bubbles or distort the stem. Hope this makes sense and someone jumps in to help clarify.
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