Already as a child I loved glass marbles. These glittering balls which hide so much and also reveal so much. I have spent hours looking at them on all sides only to discover something new inside of each one.

 

Since I have discovered now the old traditionally art craft of making glass beads for myself, the fascination of the plasticity of the liquid glass pulls me daily on the new in his spell. The moment at which the glass is liquid enough to wrap it in the flame around a mandrel exercises an unbelievable fascination. A steady material becomes soft to harden in a new form and then to become the piece of jewelery.

   

Besides, almost no borders are put in the combination of the colours and decoration elements. The imagination may play endlessly. However, one finds out over and over again that glass is the most pitiless master. If the hot glass bead is cooled not very slowly and controlled, the splendour will be only for short duration - the bead will shatter.

 

If one fulfills, however, all rules, a glass bead has originated which is so steady and stable that she does not break yet if she falls to ground - a wonderwork. Every single glass bead is a unique work of art where there will never be another exactly like it.

 

I have discovered this unique art craft by chance four years ago. I was on the Internet looking for Seedbeads and tripped over handmade lampwork beads.

 

Because I had no notion what was involved, I started to investigate more and really very soon it was clear, this was my world. I started with small means in the selfstudy, a miraculous book about lampwork beads on the knees: learning by doing. Thus I practiced during three months and then was clear that I wanted to learn with big masters. I visited classes. Then I first started on the Minor Bench Burner, however later, I now work only with my dearly loved Bobcat.

 

My torch table became too small soon and I needed a workshop also a place where I could server my customers. I love the miraculous Effetre glass and also use with great pleasure the glass of Bohemia, clear brilliance over and over again to the new transparency.

 

I spend every minute which is not planned by my normal life at my torch, besides, I never watch the clock if I have a idea in the head, I can only switch off the flame when this idea was moved in the beads. A very loyal companion is my cat during these hours, she lies patiently at my feet and moves away only when I extinguish the light.

 

In the meantime, there is no life without glass for me anymore. Was there this sometime before generally???? If you like to see more about me and my work, please visite my website.

 

www.mondring.de

 

I sell my beads on Ebay:

 

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