Okay, I finally following up as promised, although I’m a little late in doing so. This really is a just a follow up learning idea for those that wanted to try making all of those spacers. . .I think once your confident in your ability to make them, the next step should be learning how to shape your glass beads. As I was thinking about a shaping exercise that may help you become familiar with the process, I remembered that Kimberly Affleck released a tutorial months ago that teaches how to create and properly shape a barrel bead without using tools. Given that Kimberly has such a wonderful reputation as a glass bead maker and a teacher, I’m sure this tutorial will be a fantastic resource for new bead makers. You can read more about here tutorial here.  Once you’ve got the shaping down pat, move on to working with color and trying simple designs. This is where the book that I suggested a few blog posts back comes into mind, “Making Glass Beads”, by Cindy Jenkins. I learned a lot from this book and I think it’s a great resource. I still have mine and it’s doubtful that I’ll ever part with it.

At this point, I hope that I’ve given some of you new folks a little bit of help at least. If any of you have  questions, feel free to ask them here in my blog. I’ll answer them as quickly as I can. Happy torching!!