To recreate, as accurately as possible, a style of early medieval bead known as Reticella beads. In working to recreate this bead, my hope was also to improve my ability to create and work with twisted glass rods, as the use of these glass rods is the major skill required to make Reticella beads. These beads were found in several societies. The color combination in the top row of beads were from Frankish/Merovingian people and they were also imported into Anglo-Saxon England from the continent. The color combination from the bottom row of beads is from Scandinavia and Ireland. T
