My Studio
How my beads are made.
All the jewelry you see have been made by winding molten glass around a narrow stainless steel rod (mandrel). The glass is held in the flame of a torch, then layered and manipulated in an endless number of ways. Then placed in a kiln all night for strength called annealing. The next day the bead is removed from the rod and cleaned with a dremel.
Once beads are cleaned I create then into unique one of a kind pieces using mostly sterling silver and swarovski crystals.
Here are a few pictures of my studio. As you can see you need a lot of supplies to work with.
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