GLASS BEADS

LE TRAVAIL DES PERLES DE VERRE

PART I

GLASS BEADS

I love beads! I really love beads! Especially glass beads. I am always amazed at the amount of work that goes into making some beads. They are tiny little pieces of glass that some superb artist has melted, blown and decorated into a little wonder of a bead; and if the beads are simple, tiny pierced glass specs no larger than a grain of rice, other artists manage to knit, string, sew and basically weave them into something just as extraordinary. 

the plain color bead ready for some genius to dazzle us with.

the fascinating intricate work of a glass bead maker

Amy Kinch

Venetian beads with gold flake and color inclusions

50's beads and Venetian wonders from the yearly flea market in Barjac

France

bead like a liliputian sculpture

Murano beads; the masters

images amy kinch, stephanie sersich, normandie, fullxfull via google

au revoir.