Blown beads

Blown Beads are the most fragile of all types of beads. In the past, these beads produced a homemade, manually, because their production was needed just a few. Actually, only a candle or lamp, glass hollow tube and forceps. And of course even more dexterous hands and good lungs. As its name implies, blown beads formed by blowing. Glass tube above the miner's lamp recorded and then it blew a desired shape. Over time, when the first timber and then the metal mold into which the pipe blew, and thus created the desired shape. The 70 the 19th century arose even the first blow machines (replacing oral blow) and multi-part mold, which facilitates the work. Today, used forms up to 60 pieces of beads. More information about blown beads.