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Alright, now we are going to talk about the tools we are going to use to make the bead today. First off, there's a mandrel. A mandrel is what you pretty much make the bead on. And we...

So, we have the ancients working and discovering glass about thirty-five hundred years ago, four thousand years ago. And then, about two thousand years ago, glass underwent a further transformation....

I'd like to show you next the making of a cylinder bead. We did a basic donut bead using our colors again of gray. I'm going to preheat my mandrill and I will put on a wrap of...

Hi again! Harlan Simon of harlanglass.com. Welcome back. In this segment, I will be discussing the torch that is used in glass bead making. Briefly talk about the glass that is used again in glass...

The next type of tool that I'd like to show is a marver. This is a basic shaping tool. Its a graphite pad that's connected to a paddle. And on this pad we will take the beads that...

Hi! Welcome back. This segment is uniquely devoted to the issue of flame control. Torch control. And, I am going to light my torch with the striker. Again remember, do not use a lighter or have that...

We are at the stage where I will dip the steel rod into the bead release. And, it is very simple. Just go straight in and pull straight out. And, voila! Now, we set it into a can. In this can over...

The next thing I am going to do is show you a little bit about how silver bezel can be used in a process called fuming. This is a piece of silver bezel that remember I cut with regular scissors and...

Alright now that you've got your dots melted in, you'll see kind of in this area here, where this amethyst bead, this amethyst dot, has been forced into a diamond. What we're...

Today we're going to make a Mardi Gras bead which is also known as a harlequin bead. What we need to do first is pick our colors. So today we're going to use traditional Mardi Gras...