Narrated Chevron Beadmaking Demonstration

[thatswhatshesaid.literally]

😂 *@**3:34**, "Let me guard your hand from the heat radiating off of the glass using my own hand." Now **_that's_** dedication to your work!* 😄 😋

[SamsonsamSim]

Wow! Simply a fascinating process to make a Chevron bead! So is this why some of mine still had a white powdery substance on them? Who knew a Lotto tumbler was used in the finishing process! And here I thought those were used in rock tumbling! Thank you so much for sharing!

[Blackwarrior]

Mr. Gudenrath is a great narrator, he should narrate ALL the demos/videos for The Studio!

[GroundHog]

Really cool! that looks like something that would be very fun to watch/do

[ellenmurphy]

So complicated and so fun to watch! What exactly is this for--a decoration of some kind? It's a big bead.Chevron. bead making makes a great video and they have earned their applause.

[jameybeads]

Ralph and Mary perform excellent glassworking and beadmaking.  I love their stuff.  The video is very informative.  Nevertheless, the narrator makes a few statements (all forgivable, of course, on the spur of the moment) that are not entirely accurate.  For instance, "this is a bead"--when the element being made is a CANE, that will be used to make many beads.  Later, "the ribs have to line-up."  No, it is a choice to make the starry layers concentric.  There are many canes with their starry layers shifted, providing a different look from the star-within-a-star choice.  Finally, (ignoring other very minor slips), this element is not "a chevron cane."  This is a STAR cane, from which chevron beads can be made.  But the beadmakers can make a variety of star beads that are not chevron beads (because the ends are not abraded away by grinding--that reveals the inner layers and the chevron pattern. 

[huzairtarmidzi]

may I know what ingredients you use to make glass that is easily formed