Wall Hangings and Glass-scapes
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GLASS BEADS
All our 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 2000º. 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.