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This necklace was made with handmade lampwork beads and Onyx beads
Lampworking is a type of glasswork in which a torch or lamp is used to melt the glass. Once in a molten state, the glass is formed by blowing and shaping with tools and hand movements. It is also known as flameworking or torchworking, as the modern practice no longer uses oil-fueled lamps. Although lack of a precise definition for lampworking makes it difficult to determine when this technique was first developed, the earliest verifiable lampworked glass is probably a collection of beads thought to date to the fifth century BC.[1] Lampworking became widely practiced in Murano, Italy in the 14th century. As early as the 17th century, itinerant glassworkers demonstrated lampworking to the public.[2] In the mid-19th century lampwork technique was extended to the production of paperweights, primarily in France, where it became a popular art form, still collected today. Lampworking differs from glassblowing in that glassblowing uses a furnace as the primary heat source, although torches are also used.
Czech Beads
Czech glass beads are beautiful handmade treasures you'll want to add to your collection. Glass making in the Czech Republic is an age-old cottage industry and these glass beads are still produced in small batches by skilled artisans.
Karen Porciello
Artist
This artist is a full-time federal government employee who commutes into D.C. every day. She was looking for a creative outlet to maintain her sanity, after spending the day dealing with the bureaucracy of the federal government, and one that also paired well with wine… She found it making jewelry.
She now happily creates her jewelry with seed beads, crystals, Czech beads, and wine…..lots of wine….