Swirls of fabulous blue silver glass trapped with just a touch of bubbles in stunningly clear American glass all hand pressed into a large focal bead and capped with more silver glass.

The clear glass really shines and has a golden glow where it meets the silver glass.

The bead is about 40mm by 27mm and was wound on a 2mm mandrel.

A hand shaped encased focal with layers of silver foil wrapped round a scarlet base. The layers show fabulous reactions of blue, gold and ash and the whole bead has a golden glow  to it. I made this bead with the fantastic new clear from America and the quality really shows in the encasing.

The bead is about 30mm by 26mm and was wound on a 2mm mandrel.

A hand shaped bicone with multicoloured layers of silver glass showing creams, pinks, blues, reds and greens capped with a metallic lustre at each end.

The bead is about 40mm long and was wound on a 2mm mandrel.

A hand pressed focal bead with layers of silver glass, stormed silver glass and silvered ivory. It shows layers of blues, greens and reds with metallic caps - every time I look at this bead I see something different.

The bead is about 28mm by 22mm and was wound on a 2mm mandrel.

A hand pressed focal bead with layers of silver glass and silvered ivory on a transparent green base. It is edged in shades of green with a deep blue lagoon edged in silvered ivory.

It is about 30mm by 30mm and was wound on a 2mm mandrel.

This is a hand pressed focal bead made from transparent berry and clear glass with swirls of reactive glass which look like opals or jellyfish! The silver glass is inside the bead so you can see the swirls in three dimensions.

The bead is about 25mm by 25mm and was wound on a 2mm mandrel.