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Make Handmade Glass Beads

The strategy and technology of making handmade glass beads is regarded as one of the oldest creative past-times of humans.  Egyptian faience beads are glass-like beads which come from a type of clay bead that has a self-forming vitreous coating.  They are perhaps the earliest beads found from the ancient Egyptians.  In some cultures, glass objects were reserved for royalty and owning a glass object was closely related to owning other luxurious objects. 

What are glass beads?  Glass beads are beads made of glass.  They are sometimes called lamp work beads.  This kind of bead can be poured into moulds, cut and polished as faux gemstones, and can be stretched and pulled into any shape you desire.  These beads can be simple or ornamental depending on the artist's preference.  Different sorts of glass and colors are used and played with to create the required look.  Before you begin to make your own beads and finish up with a bowl full of different sorts of beads all mixed up, take a little time to learn How to Organize Your Beading Stuffs. 

The very first thing to do before using the torch and other dangerous tools for glass bead making is learn some Safety Tips in Jewelry Making.  These tools can be very dangerous not only to you, but to others around you.  When creating glass beads, you have to melt a narrow rod of glass using a torch.  The molten glass is wound around a mandrel which is a thin length of chrome steel.  The space where the mandrel is placed becomes the hole of the bead.  Holding and turning the mandrel in different positions permits gravity to help form the bead.  There are particular tools needed for pushing and pulling glass beads to form different sorts of shapes. 

Working with a lamp to form glass beads isn't easy, but patience and practice will help along the way.  You've got to remember that you are working with glass and a torch ; you will have to learn the different levels of heat that are required for the glass to flow. 

The beads are pulled out from the flame to cool ; they are left out in the open air that means that while the exterior of the bead is rapidly cooling, it remains awfully hot within.  The uneven temperature coming from this technique will probably cause a bead to crack as the beads sometimes cool too quickly.  

Kiln hardening is a process by which both the inside and outside temperature can be closely controlled.  The bead is placed in a high temperature kiln to make sure that all of the glass is uniformly heated.  After a couple of hours, the beads can now be put out at 70 degrees for cooling.  But it is significant to make sure the glass beads you buy are all kiln annealed.  For tiny glass beads, you may try cooling them within layers of insulation.  This technique is different from the hardening process but it has proved to be effective for small quantities of glass.  Most products and tools come with a set, so always follow the Beading Instructions an Important Tool for Beading if you need to learn and get it right.

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