Handcrafted lampwork beads are a popular jewelry component. You'll find lampwork beads in beaded necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry. The jewelry is sold on the Internet and in local stores where jewelry artisans sell their creations.
The quality of any handcrafted item is equal to the expertise of its maker and lampwork beads are no exception to that rule. Choose beaded jewelry in a style you like, but remember that style isn't the only th le perline lentamente you must consider when you buy handcrafted lampwork beads.
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Lampworkers use a torch to melt the tips of colorful glass rods. As it melts, they wind the fluid glass around a mandrel, a narrow stainless steel rod. Later, when the bead is removed, the space occupied by the mandrel becomes a hole in the center of the bead--the hole used to str le perline lentamente it onto jewelry.
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To prevent cracks, beads are cooled in a kiln, where temperatures can be closely regulated. The beadmaker anneals the bead as soon as it comes out of the flame. That means the bead is left to soak up heat in the kiln so that all glass within it is the same temperature.
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The slow reduction in temperature produces glass beads with fewer stress points, so they're less likely to crack. Very small glass beads are sometimes slowly cooled between layers of insulation. It's not the same as anneal le perline lentamente, but the process is usually successful because the small amount of glass in tiny beads cools at a more even rate