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These Tiny Lavender Glass Bead Teardrop Earrings are individually sculpted by Pelindaba Artisan Andrea Kiernan. Each glass bead is individually sculpted using colored glass rods and a torch fueled by oxygen and propane. After the bead is sculpted, it is properly annealed or set to cool slowly overnight in a digitally controlled kiln to ensure strength and durability.
Finally, the lampwork beads are transformed into wearable pieces of art glass when they are strung with sterling silver wire, findings and coordinating Austrian Swarovski crystals set inside a sterling silver teardrop shaped frame. The earrings are approximately 3cm in length by 2cm in width and dangle from sterling silver post earrings. Sold as a pair. Each piece arrives packaged in a protective purple gift box filled with fragrant organic lavender buds. Additional gift wrapping is not available.
You are purchasing a unique, copyrighted work of art - no two glass beads are exactly alike!
Andrea's lavender beads have been featured in several publications, most notably in Bead & Button, The Glass Bead, Bead Unique, Bead Style, Stringing, The Artisan Jewelry Times magazine and LAMMAGA, a Japanese lampworking publication. Books have also included her work, such as Bedazzled: Where Beads and Inspiration Meet and Bead Review 3, a volume "encapsulating a year's worth of compelling interpretations from the contemporary art glass bead movement". As a member of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, Andrea's work has been included in the Convergence exhibit as well as Perspectives, a traveling show of contemporary art glass beads which began in Corning, NY, then moved around the United States and is currently on display at The Kobe Museum in Japan.
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