All of my beads
All of my beads are made entirely by hand in my studio. We begin by melting a premium barium crystal glass batch (imported from Sweden) in a furnace at 2200 degrees F.
Layers of molten glass, either plain crystal or in combination with colored glasses, are gathered on a steel blowpipe. An elongated bubble is blown into the mass of glass, which is then formed into the desired final bead shape (round, oval, or square).
Finally, the still molten glass is pulled into long hand-blown tubes of appropriate diameters. As the tubes cool to a solid state, they are broken into shorter pieces, which are cooled slowly in an annealing oven.
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