Inspiring Glass Videos

I am currently taking an intro glassblowing class and we are working fairly largely.  I was interested in how people make glass jewelry considering how large the pipes are that we are working with.  Well I turned to the magic of Youtube and found some wonderful videos that cleared this all up.

Here is a video of someone making a lampwork bead.  I'm not a huge fan of the aesthetics of this process but I'm sure you can use the techniques to make some other crazy stuff.

Here is a video of someone making a gorgeous marble.  I'm a huge fan of this process.  I've tried to make a marble before, sans the colors, and know how hard it is to get the sphere.  I can't imagine trying to also marble(ha!) the colors perfectly.   Now I used the jacks and didn't have that loop of steel that he uses but I'm sure it's still difficult.