Interesting site!

I stumbled on this site by accident looking for information on making
furnace glass beads! It talks about the process by which the cheap
import lampwork is made... very, very interesting!

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-Kalera

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"Kalera Stratton" wrote in message
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I stumbled on this site by accident looking for information on making
furnace glass beads! It talks about the process by which the cheap
import lampwork is made... very, very interesting!

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-Kalera

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http://www.beadwife.com
auctions at http://www.snurl.com/1sfe

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"Kalera Stratton" wrote in message
...
I stumbled on this site by accident looking for information on making
furnace glass beads! It talks about the process by which the cheap
import lampwork is made... very, very interesting!

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-Kalera

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http://www.beadwife.com
auctions at http://www.snurl.com/1sfe

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Kalera Stratton wrote:

I stumbled on this site by accident looking for information on making
furnace glass beads! It talks about the process by which the cheap
import lampwork is made... very, very interesting!

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-Kalera

And I forgot to post the URL... oh no, I wonder if I can find it again?

Yay! I found it:

http://www.catgen.com/tara/EN/100221.html

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-Kalera

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http://www.beadwife.com
auctions at http://www.snurl.com/1sfe

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vj wrote:

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kalera Stratton
:
] I stumbled on this site by accident looking for information on making
] furnace glass beads! It talks about the process by which the cheap
] import lampwork is made... very, very interesting!

]http://www.catgen.com/tara/EN/100221.html

"After some time, when the bead cools down they takeout from the rod
and keep it in a box near the window for a slow cooling process.
Extreme temperatures can cause crack in the beads. After a few hours
the bead is taken out from the iron/clay box. Finally when the beads
are ready, they are cleaned with the help of an iron tool. The broken
beads are removed to be used again as raw material."

interesting! thanks, Kalera!

You're welcome! I thought that was the neatest site, as it gave me new
insight into, and respect for, the "cheap" import lampwork! Yes, it's
cheap, and yes, it's more-or-less "mass-produced by hand", but it's made
by craftspeople who do maintain a standard of production, even though
it's not the same as ours.

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-Kalera

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http://www.beadwife.com
auctions at http://www.snurl.com/1sfe