Unique Beads

Furnace Fired Glass Beads

These are my favorite beads of all!!! They are soooo neat. I haven’t made any jewelry with them yet but I will soon. I have a hand full of them to try them out.

Here are a couple of pictures of the beads that I have. Of course pictures do them NO justice, but it gives you and idea. The colors on these beads are so vibrant …just awesome!!
blue bead red bead

For a great read on the process of making furance fired beads, I have found Glasscapes a great resource! Their bead gallery is awesome as well.

If anyone has any other unique cool looking bead resources, please feel free to share them!

Peace

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Posted by Kristy on July 1st, 2006 No Comments

African Trade Beads

I recently found some beads that I just adore! They are called African trade beads. There is quite a history on these beads, and I find it quite interesting.

Excerpt from this awesome article

“Glass beads were first made in South Africa around 600AD and there was a large bead making industry in Nigeria by 1000AD. In middle age Europe, Italy dominated the trade, particularly Venice, but as trade grew so other European countries made beads.”

I am always on the hunt for exciting and unique beads!! If you know of something that might interest me, by all means contact me!!

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Posted by Kristy on June 23rd, 2006 4 Comments