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- Powder Glass Beads
- Also known as powdered glass beads, these beads are hand
made glass beads from Ghana and other West African countries.
Bead makers grind up bottles or other scrap glass to make these
recycled beads. The beads are fired at relatively low
temperatures in clay molds. The low temperature firing adds
texture to the beads. Most of the patterns in the beads are glass,
although some beadmakers also embellish the beads with paint.
Africans have made powdered glass beads for centuries, and
antique powdered glass beads are some of the most prized
beads in the world.
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