Last night I took the opportunity of re reading :A Bead Primer: (I notice that I bought it from Carole Morris)
It would appear that they were produced by "Lamp work" (Suppialume) and all that I can find on the net indicates that they had some form of air pump and oil lamps to soften/melt the glass. There are other simple/ethnic methods illustrated too in the above book. I can only think that the candle/oil lamp, descriptions, came about as the result of cursory glance at a bead maker working at a table. I.e. not realizing that there was a supplementary source that hotted up the flame. I have discovered a great bead data base, though I did a search and could not find square cuts in it but Kitty Fisher eyes are there. http://www.bead-database.org/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=26 or http://tinyurl.com/4og7lau Just as an after thought, there is a table in the above book (A Bead Primer) that allows you to ID a country of origin by the colour of residue left in the hole of the bead! Fascinating. Thank you again for the information on modern availability of square cuts. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
