Our fine selections of European glass beads are 100% hand made in Venice, Austria and mostly the Czech Republic. The artisans whom we source use only the highest quality of Bohemian glass. The crafmanship is amazing. The Lampwork beads are made by hand one bead at a time. The artisan skilfuly uses a blow torch to smelt and manipulate the glass canes into the beads that we all know and love. Different materials such as foil , glass canes, gold and silver are used in this bead making process.