Glass Bead Safety

Series Summary

From earrings and bracelets to single-stranded and elaborate multi-stranded necklaces, creating bead jewelry is fun, easy to learn and can even be done at home. All it takes is the desire to create, the willingness to learn and, finally, the practice of your newly acquired craft. In this free video series, learn the materials you need to make your glass beads. Regardless of your handcrafted jewelry project, making your own glass beads will add to uniqueness to your pattern. In this free video series, learn how to make and decorate your own glass beads. Learn how to add colors to your glass beads. Also, learn how to use a torch to heat up your glass for molding. With this free video series, you can make your own truly unique glass jewelry project. So, what are you waiting for? Learn about making glass beads today!

Video Transcript

"In this clip we're going to talk about safety. Safety is really important when doing your glass working. Obviously you can tell I'm wearing the shades here. These are didymium lens and this is just like an element found in the Earth that they put in the lens to absorb the ultra, I'm not sure if there ultra violet lights but there very harmful light coming from the flame cause it burns so hot. And then from beyond that we got some ventilation here, we got some open windows. I have a couple fans going. Beyond that another thing that I upgraded with my set, when working with small particles of glass like frit and powder you probably wearing some sort of mask. Pop it over your face here. You're going to sound like Darth Vader. But that will help keep your lungs safe. And definitely have some water close by. That's what we got going in our little tin here. That and just make sure that you got the air flow, your eyes covered and your lungs taken care of; and you'll be all safe."