Handmade glass beads made by manipulating slender glass rods in front of a gas burner.
A form of glassblowing where the glass is heated over a flame. Originally from the Middle Ages, the term lampwork referred to oil lamps with a blowpipe directed into the flame to increase the heat generated. Today, modern torches use propane, natural gas, or hydrogen mixed with compressed air or pure oxygen to generate the intense heat required.
Articles formed out of thin rods or canes over a small burner, usually small ornaments (also miniature flowers, insects etc for inclusion in paperweights)
Lampwork beads are handmade by manipulating slender glass rods in front of a gas burner.
Handcrafted glass beads made from think glass rods to which heat has been applied.
The manipulation of a glass with a gas burner or torch; also the process of creating representational paperweight objects.
lightweight manipulated glass made and worked over an open flame or lamp, such as small glass figurines made at fairs.
term for manipulation of glass by means of a gas burner or torch; a process of creating representational paperweight subjects.
The process of manipulating glass with a gas burner to create flowers or other objects included in a paperweight.
Also referred to as flamework, it is a process dating back to the Middle Ages, in which glass is heated over a flame. Then, oil lamps were used to create the flame, today torches are used in combination with a mix of propane and oxygen to create the heat needed to turn glass to its molten form.
Lampwork beads are formed individually by hand; a glass rod or cane is melted and wound around a mandrel, the bead is shaped and designed by rotating the mandrel over an open flame. Also known as ‘handmade' or ‘flameworked' beads, they come in an amazing array of designs, shapes and colours.
The technique of manipulating glass by heating it with a small flame. An open flame is advantageous in very detailed work