Lampwork Glass Beads – Part I
Can you imagine life without glass in your everyday life? It’s tough, especially when you realize that for hundreds of years, glassmaking was a well kept secret, known only to the lampwork masters – and the skills were passed on through generations, rarely letting someone from the outside onto the techniques. In the early days, it quickly became obvious that glass – besides its outstanding practical use (duh, windows..) – will also become the new fad of jewelry lovers. In the dark ages, only kings were the people whom glass jewelry was available to – and sometimes was valued more than gold, because every had it (gold), and not every kingdom had a good lampwork artist.
