No, can’t say I’ll be going into the bead business soon, but I do occasionally want some to work into various projects, primarily textiles, and being the “custom” guy I am, I wanted to make my own. That being said, I figured it didn’t hurt to list a few in my Etsy shop.
So here’s the bead rack I made. I like it because I can toss a few beads in with other high fire wares and not have to do a half empty load in my big ole kiln. It’s based on a description GinPins gave in the mud team thread a few months ago. The two end pieces are high fire porcelain with holes for the rod. The rod is a “kanthal” bead rod and the wires are shaped into “s”s from thinner wire. It held up fine in a cone 6 soda firing. My only problem was the rod “flaked” over a plate I had put under it to save space - won’t do that again! I got my rods at Highwater, but you also get them online here.
Couple of beads from the first load.
