A beautiful set of Borosilicate glass accelerating spiral disc beads ~ shades of dreams. Average size 15 x 5mm.

 

Forming them in the hot flame of my torch absolutely does release my own mind into a creative splendor, and I truly believe they will do the same for you while working them into your own jewelry creations. You can see how I've used some of them in my own designs in my Gallery, but the design possibilities using these super Boro beads are endless, from totally basic, to downright extravagant.

 

I start by creating a custom cane by layering several colors of glass on to a base color, and then pulling that out into a useable cane. As I have written in my blog post there are many variables involved to achieve the end results that I do. For these reasons, no two are quite alike. Sure, they are of the same family, but they are created in small batches of color combinations, and although there may be some similarity from batch to batch, no two will ever be the exact same which is something I adore about working with magical, mysterious Borosilicate glass ~ and something I do intentionally.

 

They are excellent to mix and match, because as you may have noticed while viewing some of my work, I tend to work within a harmonious field of colors...yet one more of my obsessions which I will write about on another day! Sometimes, they have totally different colors on each side! A little trick that I discovered many moons ago ~ something I keep under my hat, and is downright super cool. When there is such a great difference from one side to the other, I have included pictures of both sides.