What are different types of Glass beads?
ART GLASS is made by individual artists one piece at a time. SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS are considered to be one of the finest of its kind in the world. LAMPWORD BEADS are hand made by a process dating back to the middle ages in which glass rods are heated over a flame to form molten glass over a stainless steel rod, called amandrel, to create beads into all kinds of fun shapes and designs. DELICA (registered trade name), a Japanese seed bead made from cut glass, are uniform in shape, size and consistent in color. DICHROIC GLASS is made by layers of ultra thin layers of alumium, chromium, silicon and a metal alloy such as titanium or zirconium. The individual look to these glass creations are a result of pure light manipulation and will look different with lighting. DRUK refers to a round smooth glass bead. MILLEFIORI BEADS are created by the fusion of several glass rods to make a floral pattern or mosaic. MORETTI is a transparant and opaque soft glass made in Italy SEED BEADS are small beads
