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Wonky beads

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Wonky Beads

 

What to do with wonky beads?

I still make my share of them, and don’t always want to throw them away. Usually I just try to dress them up somehow so that the indisputable weirdness isn’t as obvious. Here are some examples—-I always get compliments on these when I wear them and wonder if anyone (except for other lampworkers of course) notice the asymmetry?

Another thing I sometimes do is split the bead in half and melt the halves down in the kiln. Sometimes these turn out to be junk, but sometimes they can be made into nice little cabs.