Susan Hood demonstrates techniques for using a Puffy Mandrel to create a hollow bead of Ivory glass that is covered with silver leaf or foil, cooled, and shattered into shards. The shards plus copper mesh are used to decorate the main dragon’s head bead, which is fashioned with off mandrel work. The piece is completed using rod and stringer for the dragon’s eye.

This article was originally published on page 48 in the Winter 2013 issue of The Flow.

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