Hi and welcome to my shop, I'm Joan, the owner of Sandandsurfbeads. It is hard to believe it's been almost 20 years since I first set up my torch and made my first bead. Someone asked me once why I like doing lampwork. After thinking about it a while, I realized that it was because of the different challenges it creates. You have one shot to get it right otherwise, you have to start over. The color selection, the glass chemistry, the design- all of it has to come together. You can look at lampwork beads and see that each one is a little individual work of art. No two are exactly alike, and that is the best part of all.