1. Old bottles are
collected…..different color beads
come from different color glass,
or dye

2. The glass is broken
down and ground into
fine pieces

3. Different molds are
used for different
shaped beads

4. Pile of different molds

5. Empty molds

6. Molds are fired in
the oven

7. They’re done!

8. Beads are cleaned and
polished