The artist makes each glass bead individually on a propane/oxygen torch. Sticks of colored moretti glass are melted on a steel mandrel that has been dipped in a graphite paste to prevent the glass from sticking to the mandrel.

After the bead has been created and "painted" with glass, the bead is placed in a brick kiln at 980 degrees to be "annealed". This allows the bead to be heated and cooled evenly to prevent any stress points in the bead, thus making the bead really hard and less likely to break.