ocr: Faience Maker Egyptians made beads, figurines, and tiles out of faience. Faience isa bright blue glassy material. Itis made to look like lapis lazuli, a blue semiprecious stone. InA Ancient Egypt, faience was made by covering a carved piece of soapstone with copper ores. The soapstone could be in any shape, such as the shape of ab bead or a doll. The stone was heated ina a closed container over a hot fire. The faience maker blew air into the fire through a tube to make the fire hotter. When the soapstone was removed See Also: from the fire, the copper ore had melted Makeup and Jewelry and the ...