A bead I'll probably never make

[hakerh]

I spent most of my afternoon in the online collections of the Swedish National Historical Museum, looking at the glass beads in their collections. If there's one thing historical lampworking has taught me, it's how to say "glass bead" in half a dozen different languages I don't actually speak

Comments

[freya46]

Fabulous

[lauradi7]

I didn't immediately think swastika due to the waviness of the lines, but others probably would.
Gorgeous examples otherwise.

[albreda]

Yes, the swastika has a very bad modern connotation, but, done in an understated manner like this (so it isn't in everyone's face), it COULD be worn with a period mindset, treating it as the symbol of life and regeneration that it was for, as you say, 1000+ years.

I'd wear it. I'd like to help recover the symbol. The Nazi's copyright has run out, as far as I'm concerned. >:)

[hakerh]

I was thinking about trying one just to see if I had the stringer control for the detail (and because I am a sucker for pushing the edge of the research comfort zone). If I get it to work, I'll give you one. :)