Handmade Lampwork beads are made one at a time by heating a cane or rod of glass over a flame torch and then applying the molten glass around a mandrel. The bead is held over the flame while it is worked on and cooled slowly to strengthen the glass. It takes a lot of skill to keep the bead from losing its shape and the adding of other colors in swirls or flowers demands much concentration.

There are three different patterns in this set of beads - blue and red stripes, red with blue dots, and red with blue swirls.  Size of each bead is different with the largest (striped) being 12 x 17, and the smallest (red with blue swirls) being 6 x 12mm.  These are apparent in the photos above.  Exact measurement of each bead is available upon request.

Colors in photos are fairly true to the actual.

Price is for the set of 6 beads.                              "Jeepers"   Artist Unknown