Greetings! I'm Karolen Deupree, a lampwork glass bead maker
living in the beautiful red rock country of Sedona, Arizona.

I melt glass rods with an oxygen/propane torch
and wrap the molten glass around a clay-coated stainless steel mandrel:

"Creative minds are seldom tidy"

Each bead is made one at a time, then slowly cooled to room temperature (annealed)
in a digitally-controlled kiln over a 10-hour period.

When the glass is cool, it is removed from the mandrel, cleaned, and voila, a bead!