Bohemian Beadmaking DVD

Bohemian Beadmaking DVD
Item# 025196
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Product Description

In this documentary, you will get a look into East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and West Germany before the "Wall" came down, and just afterwards. You will see how glass tubing and rods for beadmaking are made, glass eyes being made at the torch, buttonmaking with bead rod and torch, cottage workshops making pressed glass beads one at a time using a variety of old techniques and tools, and a factory of 40 workers making wound beads.

Where does our beadmaking tradition come from in the U.S.? Why does our torch point upwards? Why are U.S. beadmakers suffering work related injuries? The answers can be found here.