Thursday, 8 July 2010

Christmas in July Sale!















Enjoy nice discounts on items in my Etsy shop and also at Fresh Collective from July 15th-August 1st! There will be sales on new items and discontinued stock! Amazing! Check back for new designs soon....I'm in the lab concocting the latest fancies!

The chicken is just for fun.....
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Process

Bauble Box beads are hand-made by Stephanie Atkinson using the following process:

Each bead is formed in a torch that uses an oxygen concentrator and propane tank. A bead is made using rods of coloured glass melted around a steel mandrel and formed in the flame. After completion beads are put into the kiln to anneal. Following the “cooking” time beads are cleaned using a diamond tip reamer to remove the clay solution that covers the mandrel during the creation process. You will see photos of the torch process on the right side of the blog. Scroll down!

Beads are then made into jewelry. Designs are often sketched beforehand and are then made into the final product. Bauble Box also does wholesale orders of certain styles of beads and jewelry pieces. I also do custom orders. Please inquire.

Step 1

Step 1
It puts the glass in the flame "or it gets the hose again"

Step 2

Step 2
Meltin'

Step 3

Step 3
Wrap the glass around the mandrel

Step 4

Step 4
A bauble!