Viking Lampwork Video

[Rachel Originals]

In my wanderings around online, I just landed on lampwork artist Ellen Dooley's website (whose work I love) and noticed an interesting link she had posted. It's a video (in Danish, LOL...the visual is cool though) of how Vikings used to make lampwork beads, including making a kiln. I thought it was very interesting! (I'm probably the last person on the face of the planet to see this video, right?? Sorry if it's already been posted here a million times).
I wonder how many people would choose to get into this craft if this was still the way it was done?:)
Viking Lampwork Video (http://www.struermuseum.dk/imme/perler_hoej.html)

[*Sally*]

Well, you're not the last person on the planet. I hadn't seen it either and all I can say is ............. wow.
You're right, not sure if I'd have been so happy to jump into this obsession if I had to do it like that.



cheers
Sally

[SuzFromOz]

yeah, I have seen that video, well I am asuming I have - havent opened the link yet, but seems the same. And Kikki kindly translated the text on a similar page for me, which explained how to make the kiln, step by step. I am an SCA'er, so I am into historical beads and techniques

[Moonlight Creations]

That was great - thanks Rachel! It was fun listening to the Danish too! I lived in Norway and summered in Denmark as a teen and haven't heard it spoken in a long time!!! I was more surprised to be able to pick out some of the words too! Sonje

[miss-spider]

That was so interesting!!! I'm Swedish but don't know the language, but the Danish reminded me of my grandmother.
I remember reading somewhere that the viking glass beads were as valued as amber and that women wore great long mixed strings of them!

[LavenderCreek]

Wow, that was really neat! With my rusty German and English I almost understood it too :D

[cncalchemy]

Cool video! Thats a neat little 1 day furnace/kiln they build. Pretty high tech for vikings.
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[Lisa Jordan]

I wonder what kind of glass they used. It looked downright sticky in the video when they were laying stringer. Thanks, cool video!

[e. mort]

Kind of makes you revisit your impression of vikings as nothing but a bunch of pillaging barbarians, huh? I mean if they were into making beads, how bad could they really be. :lol:

Eric

[artwhim]

Totally cool! It always humbles me that such beautiful artwork was made without the profusion of tools we have today. Makes me feel very unresourceful.
Kathy

[Kikki]

Kind of makes you revisit your impression of vikings as nothing but a bunch of pillaging barbarians, huh? I mean if they were into making beads, how bad could they really be. :lol:

Eric


Oh, we are bad Eric, no doubt about that! :badgrin:

[SuzFromOz]

Here is a photo of a viking strand I made a few years ago, when I hadnt been torching long. Most of the beads in the strand are recreations of beads from the Frojel dig, in sweden. This strand is a fair bit longer now, and I am working on another piece at the moment.