{"id":756,"date":"2010-11-16T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hiredgunhosting.com\/~creation\/?p=756"},"modified":"2012-09-11T16:19:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T19:49:03","slug":"making-glass-beads-lampwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Making Glass Beads (Lampwork)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have so much fun making Glass Beads.\u00a0 Working with glass is fascinating.\u00a0 I light a torch, take a solid glass rod, melt it under the torch to a molten, liquid state, then start shaping a bead.\u00a0 Along the process of creating that bead, I am turning, shaping and decorating the bead.\u00a0 Then I slowly cool the beads so they don’t crack. The anticipation of getting my hands on that finished bead sometimes is hard, it is hard to wait to see the finished product.\u00a0 It never ceases to fascinate me as to what I can create with glass.<\/h2>\n

The photos above are taken by Lin Oakerson.\u00a0 The first picture is me making glass beads at the Village of the Arts, Manatee Chamber After Hours Event Dec 2008.\u00a0 The second picture is me showing beads I have just completed to guests in my gallery, Lee Shore Gallery, Village of the Arts, Jan 2010 at the Village Studio Tours Event.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  I have so much fun making Glass Beads.\u00a0 Working with glass is fascinating.\u00a0 I light a torch, take a solid glass rod, melt it under the torch to a molten, liquid state, then start shaping a bead.\u00a0 Along the process of creating that bead, I am turning, shaping and decorating the bead.\u00a0 Then I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[15,1,26],"tags":[377,64,14,65,69,68,67,66],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6BWVc-cc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2240,"url":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=2240","url_meta":{"origin":756,"position":0},"title":"Lampwork Glass Bead Making Class","author":"Christina","date":"December 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone, hope your having a wonderful holiday season so far. \u00a0 I am so excited to be teaching a Lampwork Bead Making Class on Saturday January 2, 2016 from Noon to 5 pm. 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