Stepped circle brass texture tool

Today I would like to share some beads made with the stepped circle texture plate which is currently available to pre-order in my web shop.

These texture plates are a precision engineered brass tools for shaping and adding texture to hot glass. 

The stepped circle plate has a series of 9 stepped circles rising from the centre in 0.5mm increments forming a cavity meaning it is possible to add texture to your beads without squashing them flat! It measures 50mm x 50mm x 8.5mm high. Maximum depth is 4.5mm at the centre.

Below you can see the sort of impression it creates on small 14mm charm beads, 30mm focal sized beads and also the kind of tab beads that can be made by pressing round beads directly onto the surface of the texture plate.