Wow! What a beautiful bead … (20mm x 50mm x 11.5mm)
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A New Glass Bead with Some Cool Rocio Glass
Wow…what a terrific color. I just can’t get enough. I used some Rocio glass in this bead. I also used a little silver foil and .999 Silver 30ga wire. I photographed this bead at different times to show the color variation.
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handmade glass beads by Elizabeth Long, aka lizlong
properly kiln [...]
Deep Blue Sea | Rocio Lampwork Bead
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handmade glass beads by Elizabeth Long, aka lizlong
properly kiln annealed
bead measurement(s) (width x length)
20mm x 44.5mm x 12.5mm
mandrel size
1/16″
other items used to create this bead
silver foil
one-of-a-kind, artisan lampwork beads
Wild at Heart
This bead was made on a white base with loads of blues and greens, and of course silver.
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handmade glass beads by Elizabeth Long, aka lizlong
properly kiln annealed
bead measurement(s) (width x length x thickness)
12mm (bottom) 27mm (top) x 71mm x 15.5mm
mandrel size
1/16″
glass used
Effetre (Moretti)
other items used to create this bead
silver foil
30ga .999 pure silver [...]
Lovely Blue Texture | Lampwork Bead
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handmade glass bead by Elizabeth Long, aka lizlong
properly kiln annealed
bead measurement(s) (diameter x height)
18mm x 15.5mm
mandrel size
1/16″
one-of-a-kind, artisan lampwork bead
Sometimes whenever I get a few free minutes during my day, I’ll google lampwork or “lampwork beads” and tunnel over a few pages, then pick a random site. Today I discovered Rebecca Werner’s [...]
Pretty Blue Disc Earrings | Lampwork Beads Sterling Silver
These earrings can be made with two or more different color discs. If you don’t have two different colors, you can etch one disc of each pair for an interesting contrast. Here I have used Transparent Medium Blue (591054).
I find that when I close the large jump rings, if I close [...]
Summer Colors | Handmade Bead
This lampwork bead has a Effetre (Moretti) white base (591204). The top is encased with Effetre (Moretti) dark blue (591056) and the bottom is encased with a green which I have had for a few years and am not sure where/what it is, except that it’s COE 104. It’s very similar to [...]
Ocean Breeze Pendant Bead
This is another bead from last year. My plan was to create a pendant with small sterling silver sea shells and other ocean related charms dangling from the bottom, along with some Swarovski Crystal beads. I think I will be moving this to the top of my ToDo list.
This lampwork bead was [...]
More Silver Explorations | Big Hole Bead
Not sure about the base of this big hole bead, but I think the blue side is one of the early Rocio colors.
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handmade glass beads by Elizabeth Long, aka lizlong
properly kiln annealed
bead measurement(s) (width x height x thickness)
24mm x 6.5mm x 5mm
Inside diameter is 14mm
mandrel size
1/2″ big hole mandrel
glass used
Effetre (Moretti)
Rocio
other [...]
lampwork.com back with new design
I’ve been having a bit of a lampwork hiatus this past year, but I am ready to get back to the torch and try some new things. Thanks to my friend Vonna Maslanka – justvonna for the encouragement.
Some of the last beads I created were with Rocio glass. I made 3 of [...]
