BEADS

Pictured below is a representation of Andrew's beads.  For further information about pieces, please contact us at  webmaster@rvisions.net or call R Visions in Glass (360) 798-0077   Glass Beads All beads are handmade of hot glass done as torchwork.  A torch using oxygen and propane is turned on to produce a blue flame.  Mandrels are prepared with a release solution, and rods of glass are readied.  While turning the mandrel in one hand above the flame, the glass rod is held in the other hand above the flame. The glass can reach heats of 2000◦.  This causes the glass to become liquid and allows it to be wrapped around the mandrel.   It takes many delicate wraps of glass to create one bead.