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.Handmade Lampwork beads are made one at a timeby heating a cane or rod of glass over a flame torch and then applying the molten glass around a mandrel. The bead is held over the flame while it is worked on and cooled slowly to strengthen the glass. It takes a lot of skill to keep the bead from losing its shape and the adding of other colors in swirls or flowers demands much concentration.
To see more work by T.C.Glass Arts check theirwebsite.This very large bead (30 x 61mm) has a depth of 30mm that when viewed from the front shows a spiral of blue, tan and brown descending in the bead much like the chambers of a mollusk.The photos above of the back show the colors that make up the piece of pale blue, tan and brown in an intricate pattern of swirls Rotating the piece from the front the design appears to move around.
This is a work of art.
There is a loop at the wide part of the piece approximately 5mm available for stringing.
Price is for the individual bead. Bead Artist: Irene Stuart of T.C. Glass Works
