January 2026 - BUBBLES!!

Angee got me several puffy mandrels for Christmas. If you don't know, I use mandrels to make glass beads. Usually the mandrels are solid sticks of stainless steel. The ones she gave me are hollow, with a small hole on one side near the end. It allows me to wrap molten glass around the hole, then blow through the tube to inflate the glass. Super fun - and I ended up making a bunch of them!