Batik Fabric is a patterned fabric usually made using a wax resist. I have always loved the earthy feel of these textiles.
I wanted to make some lampwork glass beads with the same patterning as batik fabric. In lampworking, you use a torch to melt glass around a mandrel and with a wrapping technique you form the bead. I experimented with some special glass called reduction glass that pushes away other glass when heated. This enabled me to make some beads that I thought mimicked the batik patterning.
These lentil beads were made with copper green and rubino glass. These two colors play well with each other.
Here is a close up of this same necklace.
These were all fun to make. I love how the colors form individual patterns that make one big pattern.
These beads are all available in my Etsy store at Helen’s Adornments Etsy Shop
yummy, beautiful and interesting
as always a fab job
I love Batik. You could make a great turtle with those beads!