HGTV.comHGTV.com

Lampwork Bead Pet Bracelet

Jennifer Howard creates pet-shaped lampwork beads to design this adorable charm bracelet.

That's Clever! : Episode HCLVR-330 -- More Projects »
Click here for a larger image
Steps 16-19
« Steps 13-15 | Steps 20-21 »
16) To make the cat bead, apply bead release to a mandrel and heat it in the flame. Pick up a dark gray glass rod and heat it in the flame at the same time. When the glass becomes molten, start to wind it around the mandrel making the base bead. Rotate the mandrel to balance out the glass.

17) Create a nice even round bead and keep it rotating in the flame. With the tweezers, smash the glass between the tweezers plates to create a flat oval bead of even thickness.

18) Melt the ivory glass rod in the flame and add a blob at the center of the flat oval bead. Smash the ivory down and melt it into the gray.

19) Melt the dark gray glass again and add two thin lines of glass down the front of the base bead for the front legs and shape them with tweezers.



Lampwork Bead Pet Bracelet

Steps 1-5

Step 6

Steps 7-9

Step 10


Steps 11-12

Steps 13-15

Steps 16-19

Steps 20-21

Steps 22-27


Steps 28-31

Steps 32-33

Step 34

Step 35

Jennifer Howard



Also in this Episode
That's Clever! : Episode HCLVR-330
•Lampwork Bead Pet Bracelet
•Just Friends Teacup
•Log End Table
•Table Lovely
HGTV.com
Services Popular Content About
Our Sister Sites

Comparison Shop for Home Decor & Garden Tools at Shopzilla & BizRate

UpMyStreet and uSwitch.com provide UK comparison services.

© 2008 Scripps Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.