AmboyTrading.com
Title
Lampworked beads, lampwork beads, handmade lampwork beads, wholesale beads
Description
Unlike seed beads and pressed glass beads, which are made by machines, all lampwork beads are handmade by artists, one at a time. Due to the nature of their creation, lampwork beads posses a quality that only handmade things have: the mark of the hand. Their beauty and uniqueness makes them a frequent choice for use as the focal point of a piece of jewelry or simply as an additional accent.
The artist works with a gas burner (called the lamp), which produces a narrow, steady and powerful flame. The artist, holding a glass rod in one hand, melts the tip of the rod in the flame into a honey-like state, while holding a special metal wire in the other hand and winding the melted glass on the wire by constantly turning it.
Different techniques are used to decorate the beads. For example, the artist pulls a fine glass fiber from the melting glass. Then the fiber is used to "paint" a pattern on the bead, melting it firmly into the bead surface.
Languages
English
Contact
- Amboy Trading
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- Willits California
- United States 95490
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- 7074569486
