I was wearing a blue enameled one on a long chain while out shopping and the next thing I knew the chain came undone and the bead fell off and bounced along the very hard brick paving. Bounced. It did not have so much as a nick in it.
Tink, your beads are a marvel of beauty and I can attest to their durability!
Yay! Whenever I'm trying a new technique or style that is appreciably different (like the bangle beads) I torture the first few to see what they can take. I did manage to break a bangle bead last week, which led me to revise the construction a bit.
Thanks for letting me know you guys. "Tinkbeads: Glass with Muscle"
Another Tink Bead Miracle.
Yours is not the first...:-)
Deirdre
So I'm outside taking pictures for this week's auctions. I have a Bead Girl tote bag nearly full to the brim with beads sitting on top of my car. (I had my little photo setup arranged on my trunk because I like the look that natural light is giving me these days...)
In a convoluted twist of coincidences, a gust of wind causes me to jump to grab the white paper the bead is sitting on, causing me to lose my balance, which makes me panic that I will drop my camera, which leads to, eventually, the whole bag of beads tipping over, the contents bouncing all over the driveway. Concrete driveway.
I never really realized how bouncy glass can be.
Out of what must be 200 beads or more, the only loss I had was a hollow fish. He was cool, too... *sigh* And all he lost was the tip of one fin. Everything else was just fine! I'd say proper annealing really DOES work!
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