Free Tutorials
The tutorials you will find here are free for your use and information.
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Our objective, over time, is to amass a significant library of quality, useful bead making tutorials. Those that may be accessed free of charge will be included here.
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Liliana Earth Bead
Glass beads designed with shards allow you to create dream-like spaces with extraordinary surfaces and permeable connections. It’s a thrill to conjure up a visual threshold between a fictional, invented world and one that we can recognize ourselves in with ease.
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Happy Snowman!
This adorable snowman bead is sure to enchant anyone who receives it. Perfect for Beads of Courage because it is made as a pressed bead with nothing delicate to break off.
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Flame Bead Tutorial
Dichroic flames dance atop a black background on this beautiful focal bead by the talented Lisa St. Martin. From the July 2015 issue of Soda Lime Times.
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Bats and Pumpkins
This easy tutorial by Sabrina Koebel will show you how to make a cute pumpkin and bats that you can turn into some fun Halloween jewelry.
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Charming Seashell Headpins
This tutorial will show you how to make a little auger bead on the end of a mandrel and then turn it into a headpin. This method works for lots of other bead styles as well.
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Delphinium Garden
Eye-catching focal bead featuring watercolor delphiniums, made with frit and striped cane. Thanks Sheila Davis!
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Ham
Are you hungry? Here’s a fun and easy ham tutorial by swiss artists Trix Rémy and Angela Meier. All you need is some eggs and toast and it’s breakfast!
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Ice Cream Sundae
If you want to satisfy your sugar craving with no calories, you will love these little ice cream sundae beads. Fun, easy, and addictive!
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Sparkle the Owl
Cute owl bead with touches of dichroic for a little bling. Thanks to Loti Peterson and her cat beads for inspiring this design.
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Flower Power Jawbreakers
My all-time favorite tutorial for a big, bright floral.
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Goody Good Gumdrops
A super easy gumdrop bead made from transparent glass and clear frit. Perfect for the holidays! And zero calories!
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How to Make an Ice Cream Cone
Quick and Easy – Intermediate Level
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How to Make a Cube with Square Shoulders and Pointed Corners.
Learn Heat Control. Novice Level.
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How to Add Cubic Zirconium to your bead.
Setting CZ’s, A free tutorial by Lisa Atchison www.touchofglassdesigns.blogspot.com
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Sculpted Flower
Bead by Lorraine Dowdle, Artisan Lampwork and Jewelery Artist.
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Snow Cone Bead
A great bead for kids and especially for Beads of Courage Kids. A Soda Lime Times Lampwork University Tutorial.
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Vine Cane Twistie
For full, rich floral or organic beads a vine cane is almost an essential. Learn how to make a vine cane twistie and stringer in this tutuorial.
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Falling Leaves Necklace
In the December, 2011, issue we show how to make wonderful pressed leaves. Use thoes leaves to make a stunning necklace. It is easy, and the result, we think, is terrific.
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Twisting It All Up
A special tutorial by one of our favorite contributors, Kris Schaible. Kris shows her method for making twisties using a tool she and her husband developed. The tutorial may be downloaded for free and there is a special offer on the tool until April, 2013, just for Soda Lime Times visitors and subscribers — that is you.
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Striated Encased Purple Heart Lampwork Tutorial
A fun way to use frit to make a heart focal bead with a horizontal hole. From the Dec. 2016 issue of Soda Lime Times.
