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)
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Table of Contents |
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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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