Abstract: A method for permanently decorating glass including the steps of applying ceramic colorants, which have a higher cure temperature than a glass workpiece, to the glass workpiece, placing the prepared glass workpiece on a textured carrier, heating the glass and carrier to about 1450 degree Fahrenheit followed by a cooling cycle, and removing the textured carrier from the glass workpiece. At about 1450 degree Fahrenheit, the higher cure temperature of the ceramic colorants causes them to sink or absorb into the softened glass workpiece and remain below its surface, resulting in a subcutaneous effect with a pleasing sense of depth. At the same time, preferably a desired texture is achieved in the workpiece as the softened glass deforms to the texture of the carrier on which it lays when heated and cooled.