ITEM: Czech Crystal Fire Polished Beads
COLOR: PEBBLESTONE MIX
SIZE: 8mm
QUANTITY: 50 beads
Look at these rich earthy colors! An elegant mix of slates, bronzes, blacks, browns, ab's- all the "stones" you could want!
Czech Firepolish Beads are a highly labor intensive bead that have been made for hundreds of years by Czech glass bead makers. They are formed by pressing hot glass into a mold and then roughly faceting it by hand or machine. The bead's surface is then slightly melted to a red hot oven or kiln to "fire polish" it. This slightly rounds off the edges giving it a better shine and luster