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The newest beads are the furthest down on the page
I always enjoy doing custom work....even more so if you have a concept or idea you might like to see as a bead.
I don't stock these, I make them to order, so many of these can be done in your choice of size or color, and some can be made quite a bit smaller than what you see here for less cost.
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$10 ea. | Az-Mal
Lapis - This bead came from playing around trying to make something that
resembled the mineral Azurite Malachite.
The copper coloring comes from a process that Tiffany perfected.
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Red-Mal - Same story as Az-Mal Lapis above
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$10 ea. | Trans-Mal- Az-Mal in transparent base colors |
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$12 ea. | Small Worlds
- Made with the same technique as the Az-Mal but requires much more
in the process due to the cranky nature of turquoise glass.
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Seashells
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$10 ea. | Vines
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$10 ea. | Vines variations - same idea as vines above but with different color cane and the vines can be melted in a little more. |
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Waves - This one is not an original, it comes from Cindy Jenkins "Making Glass Beads" book. It starts life as a two color bead and then the line where the colors meet is heated and twisted with a stringer (small rod) of red glass. |
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$10 ea. | Birch Bark - It ws a toss-up whether to name this birch or appaloosa, but birch won out. |
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Millefiori -Well, you just can't find
very many of the old african trade beads like this, and I'm quite fond
of them, so I thought it would be nice to make something like them once
again. The pattern comes from slices of a glass cane (rod) built
up in large scale and then stretched out smaller. The slices are placed
on the bead and then compressed. See "Murrine" below.
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$10 ea. | Hearts or Swirls
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$10 ea. | Bamboo- green or turquoise - The name comes from what you might see looking out from a patch of bamboo |
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$10 ea. | Tea leaves-green or turquoise
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$10 ea. | Gator - In our family the women are all big football fans and the men go shopping. These are the colors of our local college football team. |
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$10 ea. | Confetti 1 color
White or ivory with black, red ,lapis, or choice of Morretti/Effetre glass, 1.5mm hole |
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$10 ea. | Confetti 2 color - Actually I'll put on
as many or as few colors as you want
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$10 ea. | Snowcap - The beads are made from transparent glass but they are nearly opaque at these sizes. The decoration on them is opaque glass. I can make them for you in many colors. |
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$10 ea. | Eyes - One of the oldest bead designs, intended to ward off the evil eye. Looks like the middle one had a rough night. |
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$10 ea. | Whitehearts - Transparent glass over opaque
white.
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$10 ea. | A few different shapes |
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$10 ea | Fractals - Made from fractured pieces leftover from other projects, or canes assembled and fractured for specific effects. |
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$10 ea. | Twistmist - Twisted canes wound onto the bead |
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$10 | A few random patterns |
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Price depends on how complex - email me about what you want and I'll figure a price. | Murrine are glass patterns made up on
a large scale, then heated and drawn out into a cane. The pattern becomes
a miniature in each slice you cut from the cane. The "db" ones were a signature
cane I used for a while. Many more patterns and designs are possible beyond
what you see here.
I've also been making custom canes to use as body jewelry (plugs) in piercings lately. These can be made in many sizes, colors, patterns, too. |
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$12 ea. | The Lotus Eaters - These can be done in your choice of colors. These are quite labor intensive so a bit more costly. |
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$20 ea. | Hearts - Same story as the Lotus Eaters above |
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