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Overview of the craft of Jombang glass beads

eads Flower are not the only artisan glass beads in Plumbon Gambang Jombang in East Java. At least this time there are about 100 more units handicraft beads with the total number of craftsmen not less than 1000 people.

Of the many crafts center of glass beads Beads Flower consistent only in developing themselves, so not only able to achieve marketing success to the whole world, but also able to develop a bead-making techniques and making techniques that are difficult to study. Flower Beads matter content is also doing research on ancient beads that many grave stones found on the excavation of prehistoric times. Expected from the research can be made replicas of ancient beads are approaching their original form.
Making wound glass beads in the style of Java glass beads, Venetian style, the style of African and Indo-Pacific style, good for a replica of ancient beads or make modern beads. Making jewelry items from recycled glass that is already known in Jombang, East Java, since 1971 or maybe long before that year. Originally glass crafters Plumbon Village did not make the beads as known today, but a variety of jewelry made from glass like a pendant and earrings. Mr. Nur Wakit is Beads Flower founder is younger sister of Waget Riyanto who was one of the pioneers of this craft industry in Jombang.

Glass Beads made from waste glass

Making glass beads begin with some preparatory process. Raw materials of glass waste is cleaned and separated by type and color. Subsequently the material was mixed with dye and burned until melted and evenly mixed. Melting is performed in an earthenware from clay, using the flame from the compressor. After further mixed odonan hot glass pulled so getting a few pieces of glass rod.

In this first phase will produce glass rods that will be formed into beads over an open fire and a bar of steel wire coated with kaolin. This manufacturing process is known by the name of Lampworking. Some types of beads with a high difficulty level as the motive Cevron, Mellifiore there are special techniques that complicated once at making the glass rod. While I mentioned this is a technique for making glass beads for a simple form.

Furthermore, by Technique Lampwork beads one by one formed by the model as planned earlier. Making process carried out until all the rods of glass that had been prepared to be exhausted and beads of glass beads.
After the glass beads are formed beforehand to a gradual cooling process. How this is done to avoid the risk of rupture caused by yag too drastic drop in temperature. Simple way we have done is to hoard the glass beads are still hot on the ash heap.
Cooling process can also be done by putting a bead granules near the flame temperature is gradually lowered further.

Bead lampworking process the results of further washed with water and dried. In this process produces a plain glass beads or monochrome.
These beads are of a material to be assembled into various forms of jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets, key chains, earrings and various other craft forms.
I hope with a little explanation of this can open your insights about a quick way of making glass beads using Lampworking Techniques. A bead-making techniques that have hundreds of years old and used by all the crafters of glass beads around the world.