Archive for the ‘possibilties’ Category

  • Lampwork Cats

    Friday, April 1st, 2011

    Most of the animals we are familiar with can be found as lampwork beads, both those made in an artist’s studio and those made as lampwork beads wholesale. The cat lampwork bead may be a head only, the whole cat, or, in one case, the head and body as separate lampwork beads with a rhinestone [...]

  • Fish Beads

    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

    Fish make wonderful lampwork beads for several reasons. First, the tropical reef fish come in many colors and patterns for those who want to recreate creatures that exist, and the possibilities of the fish shape allow others to create wonderful animals with bright colors in a form that is not too complicated. The fish shape [...]

  • The Aquarium Bead

    Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

    With the transparency of glass, it is perfect for the aquarium bead. Each one looks like a small world of water, with coral, algae and fish. Better than a tide pool because you get a side view and not  the view from above. And it does not smell like the beach at low tide, which is a [...]

  • Shape

    Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

    The beauty of working with glass is that you can make it into nearly any shape. Working in a torch heats the glass enough to make it malleable, but it is still firm enough to retain the shape it is given. So the lampwork glass bead artist can form the glass into the shapes of [...]

  • Surface Types

    Friday, August 21st, 2009

    Lampwork beads, when completed, come in two basic forms: ordinary beads and focal beads. Although anything but ordinary, by “ordinary bead” I mean beads that are intended to be used in numbers in a piece of jewelry, versus beads meant to be used as the single point of interest. Sometimes the lampwork artist makes ordinary [...]

  • Lampwork Beads Guide

    Friday, July 17th, 2009

    Many beautiful lampwork glass beads are being made these days.  I hope you will come along with me as I explore the possibilities.