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bead basics

A little bit about the process.

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            I am a glass artist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  My focus is individually created art glass beads. These small works of glass art are made with  "soft glass" or soda lime glass.  Working in my studio, each bead is created by melting glass rods and wrapping the melted glass onto a mandral.  My torch uses an oxygen propane mixture.   The bead is shaped, decorated  and place in a kiln.  The kiln then holds the beads at a constant temperature.  While being worked in the flame, stress is created in the glass.  Holding the beads at a constant temperature and then allowing them to cool slowly allows the molecules in the glass to realign.  This relieves the stress which can cause cracking or breaks.  The process is known as Annealing.  All of the beads I create are properly annealed to prevent stress cracks.


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2025 Show Schedule
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  Dates for the Fall shows have yet to be announced



Santa's Stocking                                        Nov.          
Kempsville Recreation Center                   Sat,   9-5
800 Monmouth Ln                                         Sun,  9-5
Virginia Beach, VA

4th Annual Hampton Holiday Fine Arts Bazaar
Chalres H. Taylor Visual Arts Center    Saturday
4205 Victoria Boulevard                              Dec. 
​Hampton, VA 23669


                     


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