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Grace Ma is the owner of Grace Beads and she designs all the lampwork beads offered by her company. A self-taught lampworker, she started making beads in Oct 2002. Grace did her first bead show in July 2004, in San Francisco. "Learning is a life-term job" Grace believes, and therefore, she keeps on taking classes, exploring new techniques and methods. Grace and her beads were featured by Ruby magazine (published by Whole Bead Show) in 2007 fall issue. [[PBS.org|PBS TV]] also gave her a short interview on April 5th 2008 on BeadFest Wire Show in King of Prussia, PA, a program that will be available in September 2008. | Grace Ma is the owner of Grace Beads and she designs all the lampwork beads offered by her company. A self-taught lampworker, she started making beads in Oct 2002. Grace did her first bead show in July 2004, in San Francisco. "Learning is a life-term job" Grace believes, and therefore, she keeps on taking classes, exploring new techniques and methods. Grace and her beads were featured by Ruby magazine (published by Whole Bead Show) in 2007 fall issue. [[PBS.org|PBS TV]] also gave her a short interview on April 5th 2008 on BeadFest Wire Show in King of Prussia, PA, a program that will be available in September 2008. | ||
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| + | For orders above $100 Grace Beads offers the option to get a 10 to 20% discount. The discount coupon codes available on the website can be entered into the Discount Coupon Redemption Code field during checkout in order to avail of this opportunity. Click [http://www.gracebeads.com/coupon.html here] for more information. | ||
== Wholesale Discount == | == Wholesale Discount == | ||
Revision as of 13:08, 19 August 2008
Description
Grace Lampwork Beads specializes in offering handmade lampwork beads that are made using high quality Italian and German glass. Grace Lampwork Beads follows the policy of strict quality control in the bead making processes to ensure that their customers get only the best quality products. All handmade lampwork glass beads offered by Grace Lampwork Beads are designed by Grace Ma, a self-taught lampworker. The products offered by Grace Lampwork Beads include large hole (4mm) silver core beads, which are compatible with the smaller European Bracelet Systems such as Troll beads and Lovelinks Petite. These silver core beads are currently being offered in six different designs. Grace Beads will be releasing its 5mm hole silver core beads in August. Grace Beads are available in more than 50 stores across the United Stats.
About Grace Ma
Grace Ma is the owner of Grace Beads and she designs all the lampwork beads offered by her company. A self-taught lampworker, she started making beads in Oct 2002. Grace did her first bead show in July 2004, in San Francisco. "Learning is a life-term job" Grace believes, and therefore, she keeps on taking classes, exploring new techniques and methods. Grace and her beads were featured by Ruby magazine (published by Whole Bead Show) in 2007 fall issue. PBS TV also gave her a short interview on April 5th 2008 on BeadFest Wire Show in King of Prussia, PA, a program that will be available in September 2008.
Discount Coupons
For orders above $100 Grace Beads offers the option to get a 10 to 20% discount. The discount coupon codes available on the website can be entered into the Discount Coupon Redemption Code field during checkout in order to avail of this opportunity. Click here for more information.
Wholesale Discount
Grace Beads offers a special discount to the whole sellers on all bead products. The discount ranges from 25% and 50%. In order to use this service the customers must have a valid reseller permit or Tax number. All you need to do is fax or email your valid reseller permit or tax ID and fill up the wholesale customers' form available on the website. Grace Beads then contacts the customers and sends them the discount coupons which can also be used in online on GraceBeads.com. Find out more information here.
Frequently Asked Questions
"I love to share my vision, designs, happiness and success with others. With my beads, you can turn them into a piece of beautiful unique jewelry. There is too much similarity in the commercial world. The unique lampwork beads will show off your own characters and personality. It will make you feel good."-
– : – --Grace Ma
1. What is lampworking?
The term of lampworking started thousand years ago. Artist used oil lamp to melt glass rod, and wind the melt glass on a mandrel (i.e. steel stringer) to make beads. Although the art form has been practiced since ancient times, it became widely practiced in Murano, Italy in the 14th century. It is also known as flameworking or torchworking. Most artists today use torches that burn either propane or natural gas with pure oxygen.
2. What is annealing?
Annealing is a process of slowly cooling glass to relieve internal stresses after it was formed. The process may be carried out in a temperature-controlled kiln. Annealing glass is critical to the durability of glass. If glass is not annealed, it will retain many of the thermal stresses caused by quenching and significantly decrease the overall strength of the glass. All of beads made by Grace lampwork Beads are annealed.
3. What is difference between imported lampwork beads and Grace Lampwork beads?
The difference between imports and artisan beads is quality. Inexpensive import beads are made of cheap glass. The raw material costs one-thirtieth to one-twentieth of Italian and German glass (ratio is 1:30). Due to the massive production, it’s a lack of quality control for each bead. There is no annealing process applied, which means those beads crack easily. You get what you pay for. If you want to make fine lasting jewelry, artisan beads will be a better choice.
4. How long does it take to make a bead?
For the roundel, lentil and pillow shape bead set, it takes about 5-10 minutes to make ONE bead. It depends on the design. It doesn't include the time spending on annealing, cleaning up or other process. The faster you do, the less quality control you have. It's a balance. We don't want to loose the detail and quality by pursuing the quantity.
Payment Options
Contact
- Grace Ma
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- +1 408 806 1788, Fax: +1 866 504 7023
Address
- 1551 McCarthy Blvd, STE 111
- Milpitas, CA 95035 (San Jose Area)
Languages
English
