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The beadmaker uses a propane/oxygen torch to melt rods of glass. The melted glass is then wound around a thin steel rod...shaped and decorated with dots and stringers of melted glass. Silver foil, gold leaf, glass shards, latticinos (twists of multiple colors of glass) and other materials can also be added to create these special beads.
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Lampworking is the art of using glass to form beads. Originally they used Lamps to melt soda glass (Soft Glass) Hence the term Lampworking Thought it was used many years before in other country , it was and still is widely practiced in http://www.answers.com/topic/murano, http://www.answers.com/topic/italy in the http://www.answers.com/topic/14th-century. Most artists today use torches that burn either http://www.answers.com/topic/propane or http://www.answers.com/topic/natural-gas for the fuel gas, with either http://www.answers.com/topic/upper-atmosphere or pure http://www.answers.com/topic/oxygen (which can be produced by an http://www.answers.com/topic/oxygen-concentrator ) as the oxidizer.
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he most common glass used today are http://www.answers.com/topic/soda-lime-glass-1, sometimes called "soft glass" - and http://www.answers.com/topic/borosilicate-glass, often called "hard glass. The main manufacture of Soda glass is still the Murano glass factory in Murano Italy,Along with Effetre amd Vetrofond glass ,Lashua in made in Germany and Sataki in Japan
Murano was a commercial port as far back as the 7th Century and started to supply glass starting in 1291 Murano's glassmakers were the leading citizens on the island. The Artisans were granted the right to wear weapons and enjoyed immunity from prosecution by the Venetian state. By the late 14th Century, the daughters of glassmakers were allowed to marry into Venice's Royal family line.
Because the work of the Artist was much prized If a craftsman wanted to set up shop beyond the Aera, he risked being assassinated or having his hands cut off by the secret police-!
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