This kit still has absolutely everything you need to get started making your own beautiful glass beads. We've eliminated the heat proof work surface and the millefiori....BUT we've added a Rod Rest and tweezers.
Heat Proof work surface and mille fiori are available at an additional cost.
plus $15.00 s&h
$125.00 total
your price here - $ 110.00
with $15.00 s&h fee added to the price..$125.00
-You can't make beads without this. It provides your flame.-
Table Top Torch Holder Kit (1) - $8.95
-These attach the Torch and Mapp gas tank securely to your work surface. -
Stainless Steel Mandrels (10 @ 9-12") - $8.50
-Wrap your hot glass around these to make the beads.-
Flame-Dry Bead Separator (2 Oz.) - $5.95
- Keeps the molten glass from sticking to the mandrel & makes the bead easy to take off the mandrel -
Morretti Glass Rods - $21.95
This assortment of glass rods will contain at least 15 colors, some opaque, some transparent and a filigrana rod or two. Plenty of glass. Average rod length 10" - 150 total inches of glass or more.
Grooved Marver (1) - $6.95
- Vital tool for your work area-
- Mash & shape your molten bead --pick up frit , foil and millefiori onto the bead -- roll the bead across the grooved side to make regular or diagonal impressions in your bead -
Bead Rake (1) - $5.95
- Also a "must have" tool -
- Push, poke, and control the glass--This is your hand in the heat -
5.5" x 10" Fiber Blanket (2 pieces) - $8.95
- At room temperature, your bead cools on the outside too fast, and breaks. While your bead is still hot, not red but "shape stable", put your beads between the blankets and they will cool without breaking -
Scrubbie Pad (1) - $.50
- scrubs the mandrel clean between uses -
Rod Rest (1) - $ 8.95
-This handy tool will help you keep your work area organized. Place your hot glass rods on it to slow cooling of the tip, prevent the hot glass from touching anything, and help you keep track of what's hot and what's not.-
Tweezer (1) - $ 7.95
-When the glass is really hot and molten, you just want to touch it and push it around. This tool lets you do that. This tool is your "fingers in the fire". Pinch and pull with it.
You Can Make Glass Beads (1) - $11.95
-This book contains all the instructions you need to setup your work platform make your first beads -
Starting off with basic techniques to get you started with confidence, this book will lead you through a variety of decorating and manipulating techniques with clearly written instructions and very insightful illustrations.
Thirty-two page book of glass bead making instructions featuring thirty-one detailed color photos, explicit instructions, and eighty-eight helpful line drawings that lead beginners as well as experienced artists to enjoyable, successful beadmaking!
Softcover, 32 pages.
plus $15.00 s&h
$125.00 total
