Powderglass, Beer Bottle Amber Color 1970s Era Beads, 5x8mm, Short 10-inch Strand
SKU: AFG-162
Sale price
$5.00
Shipping calculated at checkout
Only 1 in stock
Description
- A blast from the past....early 1970s powder glass single color from amber beer bottles. 10 inch strand of 4-5x8mm beads. Quite charming reeally.
- Ground glass, the consistency of sand, was funneled into 5x8mm depressions in a clay tablet. A small stick was inserted in the center of each glass filled space. When the clay slab was heated the glass would melt enough to fuse and the stick would burn away leaving the hole. These were what I now call level 1 powderglass beads. Level 2 saw the advent of different colors of glass being layered on top of each other creating horizontally striped beads. Level 3 brought vertical stripes and we are now at Level 4 where glazed surface decorations have taken over from patterns made with the powder in the mold.