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GLASS BEADS -The History and Making Of

Beads are amongst the oldest human art andfashionable and popular in modern times for
technology, dating back 30,000 years. Theyall  cultures.
have been dated back to at least Roman times.
Perhaps the earliest glass-like beads wereThere are many types of beads and all are
Egyptian faience beads, a form of clay with anamed according to the way they are made,
self-forming  vitreous  coating.including wound, drawn, moulded,lampwork,
Dichroic,  furnace  and  lead  crystal.
Glass beads are usually categorized by the
method used to manipulate the glass. MostThe Types of glass used to construct these
fall into three main categories: wound,include rod, sheet, soda lime, lead, and
drawn, and moulded. There are composites,borosilicate. The material chosen often
such as millefiori, where cross-sections of adepends on the hardness, colour, durability,
drawn glass cane are applied to a wound glassand  size  required.
core. A very minor industry in blown glass
beads also existed in 19th century Venice andNowadays the Czech Republic is a well-known
France.and reputable producer of these object. Both
online and in stores worldwide, Czech glass
It is believed that the Egyptians first usedbeads will be sold for a much high price on
faience (a glazed fused quartz composite) butaverage than most other types of glass beads.
later developed the core, wound and mosaicThese Czech pieces are often used in
methods of using glass to make beads andnecklaces and bracelets and are sold in
other decorations. They were the firstrenowned jewellers across the globe. The
culture  to  have  glass-making  guilds.Czech's have a reputation for creating
beautiful yet durable glass beads
Glass beads, however, were not limited to theconsistently.
Egyptians in ancient times. There have been
glass beads found in archaeological sitesMany people enjoy making their own jewellery
dated between 2,000BC and 10AD in both. There are even stores where one can pay to
Austria  and  Switzerland.make their own jewellery with glass beads
that are provided for them. This has become a
In modern times, they have become a popularpopular hobby for many people and has
form of jewellery, especially in Africanincreased the recognition of glass beads
cultures with necklaces,bracelets, andacross the world. In additon , Lampwork and
anklets made of these materials. They can beother artictic craftybeads are back in vogue
extremely colourful and bright, making themon the jewellery ciruit.



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