There are lots of things to take into consideration when you start off with jewellery making as a hobby, the first will probably be the cost of getting a good stock of beads and findings together! There is no...
Last update: 19 November 2006 Do be careful when buying paperweights. Attributions, especially to classic manufacturers such as Baccarat, St. Louis, and Clichy, are sometimes wrong - not because of any intent...
Recycling is planet friendly and cost effective. This guide will hopefully give you some new ideas on finding free packaging materials. When posting items sold on ebay it is in the seller's interest to package...
The term "Trade Beads" typically applies to beads made predominately in Venice and Bohemia and other European countries from the late 1400s through to the early 1900s and traded in Africa and the Americas....
Millefiori owes it particular beauty to a very complicated and skilful process which was discovered by the glass makers of Murano. It starts out with Murano glass rods. These rods are made from taking a 1.5...
A Brief Introduction To Beads Basic Cut Glass Crystal:The quality of cut glass crystal is vast, so our comments within the next paragraph relate to the most basic range of cut glass crystal. Basic cut...
First Edition 1969 by Paul Hollister Jr. with 140 weights in full colour and 250 in black and white. A comprehensive study of glass paperweights. Encyclopedic in scope and copiously illustrated, it surveys...
Glass beads come in a wide range of types and finishes, which can be confusing for a new jewellery maker. They can be as small as a grain of sugar and as big as a conker and come in every shape imaginable....