Why am I seeing lentil shaped lampwork being called "orbs"? Orbs are spheres. Lentils are shapes like convex lenses (hence the name).
Tina
Orbs?
Feb 10, 2006
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"Orrbs" are lentils with straighter sides named by Corina, after Calvin Orr who originally made that shape with a graphite tool. CattWalk calls theirs 'buttons'. I don't know what Zoozii's calls theirs.
Yes, what Lori said. Here is a picture from Corina's site where she shows lentils and orbs together. Lentils have a "U" shape at the bead hole, this one supposedly doesn't. I don't have this press but it seems fairly popular. It looks like the outer edge might be a bit thicker too.
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