{"id":8573,"date":"2015-08-28T10:36:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T14:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=8573"},"modified":"2015-08-28T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T14:36:35","slug":"friday-findings-lampwork-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/28\/friday-findings-lampwork-beads\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Findings-Lampwork Beads"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If any of you have been beading for any time at all I’m sure you’ve encountered lampwork\u00a0glass beads. Today I thought I’d tell you a little bit about how they are made.<\/p>\n

Several years ago a friend showed me how to lampwork, and I took right to it. I loved doing it and really had hoped to continue to build my skills and get good at it. The part I enjoyed most was the sculptural work.<\/p>\n

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(Above photo from Beadworx. Click on it for a photo tutorial on how a lampwork bead is made.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Sadly, circumstances intervened so that my space for\u00a0\u00a0lampworking was\u00a0no longer available.\u00a0So instead I turned to polymer clay for sculpting, which probably worked out for the best, although I do still miss playing with fire and making glass beads. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

(This explain why the beads I show you aren’t that great, I really needed more time to get better. Still, I was rather pleased with what I was able to do, and still wear that cat pendant every year around Halloween.)<\/em><\/p>\n

By the way, I misspoke in the video, the bead that is in the upper right, the black and purple swirly one, was made by my friend. It was one of her rejects but I absolutely love it and wear it often.<\/p>\n