It is mushroom season at Alaska Boro Beads. This time it is a smaller variety, with a stumpy little stem. "So cute" is the comment!
These little mushrooms are abundant with color. Some colors are most unusual, but again most interesting and intriguing to look at.
Each boro mushroom is made from one piece of boro rod that is colored to achieve what boro does best. Color!!
The added part is a loop on the top, a request by a boro bead client. With a hook, each can be hung from a Christmas tree of other object of choice.
The hook is made of stainless steel and embedded into the glass while the glass is still molten at around 1500 degrees F. A special bending jig was made to form the stainless steel wire/rod into a repeatable shape.
These "cute" little glass mushrooms have a cap OD of about 25 mm (an inch) with a height minus the loop of 28 mm or so.
December 13, 2011
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Mushrooms, at Alaska Boro, come in a variety of colors and sizes. This red boro handmade mushroom is complete with a stainless steel hook. And with the stubby stem design, can self stand.
Carol is a jewelry designer that uses a number of Alaska Boro beads in her creations. She creates for fun, as a hobby and for friends in the Midwest.
The gold bracelet melds nicely with the reds and subtle whites of the bead. The copper works well in this combination for a simple but yet very effective combination.
Not sure what one calls a group of mushrooms. But "covey" would seem to be most appropriate for this boro glass mushroom collection made by Alaska Boro Beads. Each boro mushroom is handcrafted from clear and select colors of boro glass. 
All are mounted on a rough cut wood base that is finished with pine oil. 
Mushrooms this time of year are an oddity, especially in an Alaskan winter. However, Alaska Boro has found a way to make really cute glass boro mushrooms. 
A black, red and silver cabochon created by Alaska Boro has a very distinct look. The back has been flatted for wearing stability and for ease of wire wrapping.
Alaska Handmade Jewelry created a unique nickel-silver wire wrapped pendent using a boro glass bead made by Alaska Boro. The design incorporates a bead made with cobalt blue, silver, a thread of white along with clear for a one of a kind pendant bead.
Anna has created a unique necklace with a large hole bead focal from Alaska Boro. The necklace uses a hand beaded spiral rope with Czech red glass beads and metallic bronze seed beads.
A pendant can also be created with the implosion method. The same process of melting and forming a maria is used.