ArtFire

These earrings are made up of silver infused obsidian twist lampwork beads with handmade foil lined seed beads. These earrings measure 3/4" from the end of the earwire.



I can always switch out the earwire to whatever your preference is at no additional charge. Simply add a note to me when you check out requesting your preference.

I absolutely love lampwork beads. These beads reminded me of a cloudy day just before a thunderstorm and how the cloouds look just before the first raindrop falls. These silver beads are each a little bit different.

Lampworking is a type of glasswork that uses a gas fueled torch to melt rods and tubes of clear and colored glass. Once in a molten state, the glass is formed by blowing and shaping with a variety of tools and hand movements. It is also known as flameworking or torchworking, as the modern practice no longer uses oil-fueled lamps. Although the art form has been practiced since ancient times, it became widely practiced in Murano, Italy in the 14th century. In the mid 19th century lampwork technique was extended to the production of paperweights, primarily in France, where it became a popular art form, still collected today.

Early lampworking was done in the flame of an oil lamp, with the artist blowing air into the flame through a pipe. Most artists today use torches that burn either propane or natural gas, or in some countries butane, for the fuel gas, with either air or pure oxygen (which can be produced by an oxygen concentrator) as the oxidizer.

In addition to beads and artwork, lampworking is used to create scientific tools, particularly for chemistry.

twisted lampwork beads, silver lined seed beads, nickel-free earwire