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My finished necklaces

My finished necklaces

(BelovedLampworkBeads)
Hi, my second passion to making these beads is stringing my beads. I have been stringing beads since I was a little girl. Even did a lot of complicated seed bead patterns. Now, I am still addicted to all beads, so I love to buy them and string them with my lampwork beads. I haunt antique stores for vintage swarovski's - they are my favorite and most of my necklaces have swarkies and pearls and stone beads - I love freshwater pears and chalcedony and jade - anyway - here are a few, and more will be added later - thanks for looking - Virginia
Family beads celebrating the family of four

Family beads celebrating the family of four

(SheilaM)
The re-make of the family of four. After mailing a bead to the wrong place, at the wrong time, I have now made two beads to replace my accident....so, these are those.
January 2008

Butterfly Heart Focal Beads

Butterfly Heart Focal Beads

(AdielGarrison)
I donate purple heart beads pretty frequently to Beads of Courage. So I am making heart beads a lot. The program also needs butterflies donated for the parents of the cancer patients who pass on. So I sort of meshed the two together in one bead. It is meant to give to the patient as a badge of courage and triumph. The butterfly heart symbolizes the transformation that has taken place in the patients life. They have overcome a great sickness called cancer and at the same time have been reborn.
Mermaid

Mermaid

(JillElkins)
I've just made a few mermaid pendants. They are pretty fun! I love making the human form. Used to draw portraits back in Sweden and actually made some money on it as well. Today I don't draw much at all, except for together with my daughter, whom is quite and artist at only age 5 (and quite the jewelry designer as well)
Kaleidoscopic mandalas

Kaleidoscopic mandalas

(IsinglassDesign)
Here are two different types of mandalas. They all start out as regular beads with large holes, but some have been flat fused. I had an accident while I was attempting to fire polish them so the insides would be nice, and ended up having to fully fuse them. I was so excited when I flash vented the kiln, I could hardly bear to close it up! The next batch I tried I over cooked, so who knows if I'll be brave enough to try again!
Toothknockers

Toothknockers

(StarlightDesigns)
This was a short series of very large focal beads, I liked to call "toothknockers" which is a term I use for something that is large enough that when worn as a pendant, when you bend over, it knocks out your teeth.

Anyhoo ~ as much fun as these were to make, this series was short lived simply because most of these cracked. Still, I thought it would be fun to show them because I really, REALLY liked them...

gardenparty :-)

gardenparty :-)

(Carlee)
... there are snails in my garden... but i love em :)
PLEASE READ COMMENT !!!!
(nudibranch... postet the best story i`ve ever heard ...
:) thanks you put

greets from the patio
carla

PAINTED BEADS

PAINTED BEADS

(DreadDesigns)
These beads are hand painted fired and then applied to a base glass bead and annealed per glass COE requirements. Custom painted beads will be available soon.
Kimberly Affleck

Kimberly Affleck

(KimberlyAffleck)
More Beads for Tucson!! I am haveing a great time making these. I think I have become hooked on tube beads. BTW, most of my beads are in the 2 1/2 inch to 4 inch category.
Zanfirico Beads.  (That's Zanfirico:  Zan-fear-ah-co, kinda weird I know)

Zanfirico Beads. (That's Zanfirico: Zan-fear-ah-co, kinda weird I know)

(HaroldWilliamsCooney)
If I could master one thing in my glass life it would be the technique used to make these beads. I have begun making vessels with this technique and in all reality I have a lot of work to do. The Zanfirico beads have a solid color background and that is a trick that I have had only experimental success with in vessels. The Zanfirico beads sell slowly because of the price/time thing, but they have been widely published and people seem to be encouraging, telling me to keep working on them and my vessels with the same look. I have seen a few finished pieces strung up with Zanfirico beads and I am always impressed that somebody has spent all that time with my glass work. For me, this is the oddest part of being a lampworker; people do stuff with my stuff. They wear it, they string it, they drink out of it, or they put it on a shelf. God bless them.
Stunning Focals made with Silver Leaf/Effetre

Stunning Focals made with Silver Leaf/Effetre

(BearfootArt-Scott...)
Silver Leaf used in glass beadmaking has turned out to be my favorite material to work with. I love the beautiful colors and intense effects that can be created by using the techiniques that I have discovered by working with it and letting the process teach me. I am still learning. That is what I love about this art form, there are endless possibilities/com...
Focal Beads 2005

Focal Beads 2005

(Christina)
These are some of my loose Focal beads that I have made. I love to make focals because I can concentrate on just one bead and really play with colors, technique, etc. It is also nice to not have to worry about size, since they don't belong to a set.
Caliente Cane bicone with reduction stringer wrapping

Caliente Cane bicone with reduction stringer wrapping

(Michelle-MarieLusk)
Working with the Caliente cane makes regular beads look fabulous. Because the cane comes out wispy, colours mixed together look amazing. The palette of Caliente cane is a whopping 33 colours so my mind is always racing to see what I can put together. I love encasing with the Northern Lights, this glass has been fumed on the inside for that extra bit of sparkle to a bead.
Lamp and lapidary cane donut

Lamp and lapidary cane donut

(STOFFOBEADS)
This piece is fresh off the grinder and it took me some time to get it down to the thin, 5mm shape I like.
Hope you like it also.

Sold !

Please visit my bead blog at www.stoffobeads.b...

Anie's Focal Beads

Anie's Focal Beads

(AnieS.Heynis)
Any of these can be ordered by specifying which ones you are interested in. My work is at Vetro Art Glass Gallery in Grapevine, TX or can be seen at www .art-for-educatio... in the artists section. I love making jewelry and selling single focal beads.
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