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Glass Jewelry

Glass jewelry and practices related to it are among the oldest human arts. Naturally occurring glass, such as obsidian, was utilized during the stone age. True glass is dated back to the middle of the third millennium B.C. These artifacts were glass beads of Old Kingdom Egypt.

Today, glass jewelry is created through several different methods. Most glass beads will fall into three different categories. These categories are wound, drawn, and molded.

Composite glass jewelry also exist. A good example of this is millefiori. This glasswork technique involves wrapping cross-sections of drawn glass around a wound glass core. The end result is a mosaic appearance.

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