Lampwork, handmade artisan beads are made of glass, so do they easily get broken ?
When you’re winding glass around the mandrel to make a bead, the glass is about 1500 F. You need to cool the bead very slowly. So, the bead is placed in a kiln at 940 F for about 30 minutes depending on the bead size and then the temperature is slowly ramped down following a specific programm. This is called annealing.
