An informative look at the closely guarded secrets of the lamp worker ........

Glass rods in their 'raw' form... ready to be turned into beads......


Lampworkers then use a duel fuel torch, burning  propane and oxygen to melt the glass and create the beads, and are often found  working  in a chaotic little space  like this....


This is how the magic works..... ( I nicked this picture off google  as a stand in... not a bad looking stand in I might add :OP )


............. and this is what we end up with .......



Voila !!! A pretty glass bead !

To see a video demonstration of how to make beads, click the video below