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Artist-made Borosilicate Lampwork Beads

There's a mouthful! Boro beads for short - but not "borrow beads." We're sure you'll want to buy your own when you get a look at these!

These are handmade (and cleaned and annealed) in the US from borosilicate glass - which is a "hard glass." You probably know it as Pyrex.(TM) The colour palette in the borosilicate glass is quite different, tending to lots of variable, streaky colours, interesting effects, and a lot of earth tones. It is also hugely expensive, and therefore is used very deliberately, instread of with the abandon that is characteristic of soft glass (the regular stuff.)

The end results are some strikingly beautiful beads that we are sure you will find as appealingly different as we do (judging by the way we had to pry ourselves off the shipment when it came in.) And, as the lampworkers around here all agreed - you couldn't pay us to make these for ourselves for these prices!

BTW, the "Teardrop Swoops" are an interesting shape - here's a few more pictures to help make the shape clearer - as when they are all together, it's hard to see what they are.

 

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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Banana Beads - Mars (1)
Oh, the possibilities. Curved, flattened beads. Like a slice of a banana. Handmade borosilicate beads. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. Not as well cleaned as the other beads - it's harder to clean a curve. The white stuff will wear away, or you can hand clean them with a pipe cleaner. 12mm x 40mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 6.20
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Banana Beads - Monarch Butterfly (1)
Oh, the possibilities. Curved, flattened beads. Like a slice of a banana. Handmade borosilicate beads. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. Not as well cleaned as the other beads - it's harder to clean a curve. The white stuff will wear away, or you can hand clean them with a pipe cleaner. 12mm x 40mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 6.20
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Banana Beads - Magic Moss (1)
Oh, the possibilities. Curved, flattened beads. Like a slice of a banana. Handmade borosilicate beads. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. Not as well cleaned as the other beads - it's harder to clean a curve. The white stuff will wear away, or you can hand clean them with a pipe cleaner. 12mm x 40mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 6.20
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Banana Beads - Bippity Boppity Blue (1)
Oh, the possibilities. Curved, flattened beads. Like a slice of a banana. Handmade borosilicate beads. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. Not as well cleaned as the other beads - it's harder to clean a curve. The white stuff will wear away, or you can hand clean them with a pipe cleaner. 12mm x 40mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 6.20
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Banana Beads - Pluto (1)
Oh, the possibilities. Curved, flattened beads. Like a slice of a banana. Handmade borosilicate beads. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. Not as well cleaned as the other beads - it's harder to clean a curve. The white stuff will wear away, or you can hand clean them with a pipe cleaner. 12mm x 40mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 6.20
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Banana Beads - Marlee (1)
Oh, the possibilities. Curved, flattened beads. Like a slice of a banana. Handmade borosilicate beads. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. Not as well cleaned as the other beads - it's harder to clean a curve. The white stuff will wear away, or you can hand clean them with a pipe cleaner. 12mm x 40mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 6.20
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Butterfly - Lee's Bane Flutterer (1)
Dainty, very dimensional, etherial butterfly - with spash of dichro in the wings. Handmade, so sizes are approximate. 30mm x 20mm Hole size is approx. 2 mm. Hole is vertical. By the each.
Price: $ 12.00
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Butterfly - Volito Novi (1)
Dainty, very dimensional, etherial butterfly - with spash of dichro in the wings. Handmade, so sizes are approximate. 30mm x 20mm Hole size is approx. 2 mm. Hole is vertical. By the each.
Price: $ 12.00
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 10 mm Encased Donut Spacer - Iridescenece (strand 25)
Handmade borosilicate beads, deeply encased. Lampworked, made in the flame. I didn't name this one either. I think it means your sister's daughter who is really irritating. Irid-neice. Maybe it's a spray for getting rid of said niece. Niiice. 10mm x 4mm Hole size is approx. 2 mm. (strand 25)
Price: $ 16.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Halo Heaven - Mandarin (Pair)
Two separate rings - hand made from glass. Hang one inside the other, or made an asymmetrical design. Larger ring is about 37 mm across, the smaller is about 20 mm. The thickness is about 5-6 mm. Handmade, so sizes are approximate. (No additional holes other than the big obvious ones.) By pair, we mean you get one large one and one small one. 37mm By the pair.
Price: $ 18.00
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 25 mm Infinity Bead - Pomegranite (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads, curved into an infinity symbol. Lampworked, made in the flame. Handmade, so sizes are approximate. (No additional holes other than the two big obvious ones.) 15mm x 25mm x 5mm By the each.
Price: $ 7.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 25 mm Infinity Bead - Mandarin (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads, curved into an infinity symbol. Lampworked, made in the flame. Handmade, so sizes are approximate. (No additional holes other than the two big obvious ones.) 15mm x 25mm x 5mm By the each.
Price: $ 7.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 25 mm Infinity Bead - Alligator (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads, curved into an infinity symbol. Lampworked, made in the flame. Handmade, so sizes are approximate. (No additional holes other than the two big obvious ones.) 15mm x 25mm x 5mm By the each.
Price: $ 7.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 25 mm Infinity Bead - Eel (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads, curved into an infinity symbol. Lampworked, made in the flame. Handmade, so sizes are approximate. (No additional holes other than the two big obvious ones.) 15mm x 25mm x 5mm By the each.
Price: $ 7.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Large Lentil - Mars (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads. A swatch of dichroic. A big pair of earrings - just waiting to be made! Lampworked, made in the flame. 25mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 11.00
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Large Lentil - Nile Delta (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads. A swatch of dichroic. A big pair of earrings - just waiting to be made! Lampworked, made in the flame. 25mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 11.00
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Large Lentil - Pluto (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads. A swatch of dichroic. A big pair of earrings - just waiting to be made! Lampworked, made in the flame. 25mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 11.00
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Medium Lentil - Mars (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads. A swatch of dichroic. What a great pair of earrings! Lampworked, made in the flame. 20mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 9.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Medium Lentil - Pluto (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads. A swatch of dichroic. What a great pair of earrings! Lampworked, made in the flame. 20mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 9.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 12 mm Marble Round - Sandy Beach (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads, streaky colour. Lampworked, made in the flame. Handmade, so sizes are approximate. 12mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 2.00
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Spanish Dancer - Perelandra (1)
Oh, we've been reading C.S. Lewis, have we? Handmade borosilicate beads. A swatch of dichroic. A spanish dancer (the sea creature) undulating through the ocean. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. 20mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 4.80
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - Spanish Dancer - Green Lipped Ochre (1)
Handmade borosilicate beads. A swatch of dichroic. A spanish dancer (the sea creature) undulating through the ocean. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. 20mm Hole size is approx. 1.5 mm. By the each.
Price: $ 4.80
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 8 x 11 mm Teardrop Swoops - Pastel Salmon Orange (strand 25)
Handmade borosilicate beads, deeply encased. A snippet of colour, wrapped in a swab of clear. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. 8mm x 11mm Hole size is approx. 2 mm. (strand 25)
Price: $ 16.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 8 x 11 mm Teardrop Swoops - Tangerine (strand 25)
Handmade borosilicate beads, deeply encased. A snippet of colour, wrapped in a swab of clear. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. 8mm x 11mm Hole size is approx. 2 mm. (strand 25)
Price: $ 16.50
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Handmade Boro Lampwork - 8 x 11 mm Teardrop Swoops - Pastel Green (strand 25)
Handmade borosilicate beads, deeply encased. A snippet of colour, wrapped in a swab of clear. Very interesting shape. Lampworked, made in the flame. 8mm x 11mm Hole size is approx. 2 mm. (strand 25)
Price: $ 16.50
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