Here is a new Mega Bead that will eat your children and spit on your grandmother's rug! This badness is for sale on my etsy as usual, complete with lots o pics. Come have a look! [link]
I use different types of glass rods and heat them in a torch-flame until they are malleable. Then I spool them on to a steel mandrel. The dots are created with a different process using little blobs of glass placed on the skin of the actual 'bead' then using various reducing and oxidizing flames, i create different patterns and colors depending on how each color reacts to the flame type. I hope that answers your questions!
its well worth the money and time. I think that artisan/manual crafting should be a part of everyone's life. we are losing our manual thinking, our dexterity and replacing building and creating with video games, movies and tv.
Well said! We were born to make and create things and modern society is definately killing a lot of talent. But thank god for people like you and lot others talented ppl on dA!