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In the Lavender Beads Studio
Flameworking Station
Jewelry Assembly Bench
Jewelry Assembly Bench
Andrea sculpts each bead in the flame of an oxygen & propane fueled torch using dental tools and tweezers to shape the lavender buds from both soft and borosilicate glass rods.
Jewelry Assembly Bench
Jewelry Assembly Bench
Jewelry Assembly Bench
The studio has several large workbenches along the windows for kilns, jewelry assembly, findings storage & organization.
Silversmithing Torch
Andrea experiments with hand fabrication using precious metals. Starting with sheet, wire and scrap metals she saws, solders, files, textures, forms, oxidizes and finally polishes each piece.
Metalsmithing Stations
The studio workspaces have various mounted bench pins and vices available for sawing and clamping.
Metalsmithing Tools and Process
Lavender Glass Bead Processes
Hot Lavender Beads
Making the lavender beads is a multi day process - here the beads are brought up to temperature in the kiln.
Annealed Lavender Beads
Controlled cooled (or annealed) beads coming out of the kiln on day two.
Ready for Assembly
Ready for Assembly
Cooled, soaked & cleaned beads becoming wearable jewelry.
The Finished Green Lavender Bead:
