Making Glass Beads

by Cindy Jenkins

Our top recommendation for an inexpensive how-to first book on Glass Beadmaking.
This full color book has many pictures of beads made by current artists and many how to techniques with descriptions and pictures.

112 pages

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This is a great book! and inexpensive!

Although we believe the best beginning books are:

 The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking ($21.95) or Passing The Flame. ($69)

Table of Contents

Getting Started Basic Tools and Supplies Specialized Tools Setting Up a Work Station Safety Tips Making a Basic Bead Preparing Mandrels Igniting the Torch Forming a Bead Extinguishing the Torch Removing Your Bead from the Mandrel Finishing Touches Simple Variations Shaping Your Beads Overwraps Multicolored Beads Spots, Dots & Eyes Stripes & Trails Pulling Stringer Fun with Stringer Raked Patterns Taking the Next Step Mixing Colors Ribbon Cane Twisties Making Your Own Filigrana & Encased Stringer Combing, Feathering, Side-Shifting & Furrowing Pinching, Poking, Snipping & Plunging Adding Metals Inclusions & Surface treatments Commercial Millifiori Advanced Techniques Making your own Millifiori Cased Beads Dichroic Glass Sculpted Beads Buttons Marbles Core Vessels Appendix A: Jewelry-Making Basics Appendix B: Nature of Glass Appendix C: Troubleshooting

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