Great beginning book on lampworking: Making Glass Beads by Cindy Jenkins.

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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Making Glass Beads by Cindy Jenkins

Making Glass Beads by Cindy Jenkins cindy jenkins CINDY JENKINS

Making Glass Beads by Cindy Jenkins

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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