Bead Direct from Glass Bead Factory for Wholesale Glass Beads
October 29th, 2010 . by admin
While manufacturing technologies continue to improve, glass making is still an art that relies on the knowledge of the glassmaker. There are some amazing colors that have never been made again because their recipes have been lost. Many of these losses are from top talent leaving the industry, or sadly even death. Relatives still living in the glass making regions of Bohemia often tell avid vintage bead collectors of their families history in the area, including how war and communism affected the production, variety, and availability of some beads.
Both independent cottage workers and large-scale factories remain in Bohemia for glass bead manufacturing. Some of the small cottage glass makers may even provide custom unique beads direct from Bohemia. Regardless of factory size, each glass bead factory maintains standards for categorizing bead size, shape, color, and coating. The system allows bead and glass manufacturers to work more closely together.
Although technology helps preserve standards in manufacturing, there will always be factors that cannot be controlled. Reasons for these changes may be from the loss of a talented glass maker causing minor changes in repeating the recipe. This may lead to a slightly different coating to the rest of the factories. Sometimes changes such as these could be temporary; the glass factory makes such large batches that it may take six months before they need to produce more. This can be frustrating, but with each batch comes a new design that may end up better than before. In any case, the odd colored beads make for a great addition to any bead collector’s stash. The fact is, many of these wholesale glass beads may even have higher demand due to their unique qualities. Once you stumble upon a really gorgeous bead, be sure to buy as much as you can while you can!