You ll hear them sizzling and popping in.
Making fried marbles.
Marbles not opaque frying pan.
Impressive to see but simple to make these beads are perfect for a simple cord or chain or you can string them together for a more elaborate design.
Now marbles have no holes so here are other ways to incorporate them into jewelry.
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You wouldn t want to melt the pan.
Turn the burner on under the pan and pour yourself a cup of coffee or tea and relax for ten minutes or so while the marbles get really hot.
These are just ordinary marbles heated to make the glass expand then cooled rapidly.
This is probably how crackle beads are made.
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Also called fried marbles these beauties have a network of shattered glass inside them.
The outside of the glass shrinks as it cools which collides with the hot expanded interior to crack it.
Fried marbles have a cracked effect on the inside of the marbles without them actually cracking apart.
Some marbles will break apart but you can glue bead caps with wire loops on the survivors to make pendants.
Don t go too far away.
Turn a common inexpensive toy into a glittery jewelry element when you make fried marbles.
When the marbles are good and hot fill a bowl with ice water and then gently slide the marbles in.
The marbles aren t actually fried in oil but baked in a really hot oven and then rapidly cooled in iced water.