This beads are a lot fun to make. What's a bangle bead? It's a bead that has a loose movable ring around the middele of another bead that is capped off at the ends so the moveable ring can't come off. After the ring is made it is slipped onto the main bead while it's being made in the flame. You have to be very careful so it doesn't get to hot and melt or get to cool and crack. Then it's capped off on the end so that the movable bead can't come off! A tricky but fun technique! If you like a challenge, this is the bead of choice! I have some examples here.....
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