I stumbled on this site by accident looking for information on making furnace glass beads! It talks about the process by which the cheap import lampwork is made... very, very interesting!
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Interesting site!
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You stumbled across your own site?
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Where's the site?
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And I forgot to post the URL... oh no, I wonder if I can find it again?
Yay! I found it:
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kalera Stratton : ]> I stumbled on this site by accident looking for information on making ]> furnace glass beads! It talks about the process by which the cheap ]> import lampwork is made... very, very interesting!
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"After some time, when the bead cools down they takeout from the rod and keep it in a box near the window for a slow cooling process. Extreme temperatures can cause crack in the beads. After a few hours the bead is taken out from the iron/clay box. Finally when the beads are ready, they are cleaned with the help of an iron tool. The broken beads are removed to be used again as raw material." interesting! thanks, Kalera!
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You're welcome! I thought that was the neatest site, as it gave me new insight into, and respect for, the "cheap" import lampwork! Yes, it's cheap, and yes, it's more-or-less "mass-produced by hand", but it's made by craftspeople who do maintain a standard of production, even though it's not the same as ours.