Archive for the ‘thoughts’ Category
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Types of Lampwork Beads
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The thing is, at some point in the lampworker’s working life, they make nearly every shape of bead. In the practice required to make handmade lampwork beads, one way to alleviate the stress of making the same bead over and over is to try making the different shapes. So, a beginning lampworker will try to [...]
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Space, Storage and Conservation
Monday, January 4th, 2010
The really great thing about collecting lampwork beads is that storage requirements are minimal per item. They, of course, add up as the collection expands, but each one needs very little space. Think about the collector of punch bowls. Now that guy needs space! So, if space is not the problem, what might be? Glass is pretty sturdy, and [...]
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To Begin
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
In the last two decades, there has been an explosion in lampwork glass beads made by glass artists. This is a part of the explosive growth of the entire bead industry, which has erupted with innumerable styles of and sources for beads. The history of beads has gone from a one-man (Peter Francis, Jr.) obsession [...]