These great beads are made by the Krobo People of Ghana, Africa. Powder glass beads are made by crushing glass to a fine powder and heating it so that the particles fuse together. The glass is then poured into clay molds, with a cassava leaf stem used to make the hole. They are baked in an oven and the glass fuses and the cassava stem burns up. This technique has been used in Africa for centuries.
I can’t say enough great things about The Beadchest. I was contacted within 30 minutes of placing my order to correct an issue with my address, and my order (which was aobut 10 strands of recycled glass beads, was shippped same day and received around noon the folllowing day without expedited shipping! I'd previously purchased a couple strands of the same beads locally and paid exactly twice the amount.... never again! I’ll be ordering from The Beadchest from here on out. Thank you for the outstanding customer service and beautiful reccled glass beads!
Love the shade and size of these rose glass beads. Used them to make bracelets. Will definitely purchase more. Thank you Bead Chest for always supplying top quality beads and supplies.