The origin of Venetian glass bead can be traced to Venice, where the beadmakers with their skill and eye for design make their Glass Beads desired throughout the world. Venetian artisans have been influencing glass bead makers from around the world for several centuries, creating the distinct Venetian glass style. Glass gifts and beautiful handmade jewelry can be designed with Venetian glass beads

Process
Venetian beads are lamp worked from glass, i.e. the bead maker makes the bead from molten glass over an open flame. The process carry on centuries old tradition of hand-crafting beads and are the most time consuming, as each bead is made individually. Using a torch for heat, glass cane is heated to a molten state and wrapped around a metal rod until the desired bead shape is formed.

Popular Forms
The various forms in which Venetian glass beads are found may include Millefiori, also known as thousand flowers, lace beads or mosaic. Sommerso, means submerged and is a small fleck of color, suspended inside transparent glass. Fiorato, are decorated with flowers, whereas these can also be foiled with gold, white gold and silver. They may be also be finished in spirals, or straight striping, and may be balls, or teardrop shape.