Flower glass beads are the beads shaped like the flower petals. These beads are one of the most exquisite types of glass beads. The flower beads due to their shape are comparatively more delicate, hence need cautious handling. These beads are primarily used in jewelry items like necklaces and bracelets. Generally, multicolored glasses are used by the artisans for crafting the flower glass beads. The beauteousness of these beads purely depends upon the type or types of glass used in their fabrication and the skill sets acquired by the craftsman who is making the bead.

Process
For the purpose of fabricating the flower glass bead, the glass is molten and then molded into the desired shape. The shape in which the glass is to be molded in order to craft a flower glass bead, depends upon the type of flower bead we are creating. Like the diverse shapes and sizes of the flower petals, the flower beads are molded into different shapes like round, oval, pointed, conical, and so on. The beauty of the beads so made depends upon the artistry and proficiency of the artisan. Nowadays the common types of glasses used in the fabrication of flower glass beads include matt glass, dichroic glass, furnace glass, frosted glass, fused glass, blown glass and lamp worked glass.

Popular Forms
The main criteria to define the type of a flower glass bead is to see that whether the glass bead is single petal bead or multi-petal bead. Single petal bead is one in which each bead resembles a single petal of a flower. These petals may be of various shapes as mentioned above. The multi-petal bead or we can say a proper flower bead is one which corresponds a complete flower with multiple petals and a head in the center. This multi-petal bead is further of various types like 5 petal bead, 8 petal bead or 10 petal bead. The flowers which these types of beads usually resemble include ivy, lily of the valley, poppy, acorns, pansies, sweet pea, etc.