Flower Tutorial Please?
 

I'm a newbie and see alot of fantastic flower beads and don't know how to make them. Anybody have any tutorial and tips on making different kinds of flower beads?

Search on "floral", not flower and you'll find a lot of info.

http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4809

http://www.angelcreationz.com/encased_floral.htm

I'm not very floral here so no tutorial to offer. I've tinkered with a few sculptural flowers. Mostly just experiment with melted areas and use tweezers or pliers to twist petals. I probably didn't say that well. I don't have great examples to show but I've done it two or three ways.

One I make a disc and cut it into petals and bend them towards the center.
I've also done a button type construction the same way. And I've done large globs or dots. I'll have to see what I have here to take pictures of.

I'm posting because for me a real tutorial is more helpful if I've tried something on my own. Then I better remember what not to do. You might be the opposite. If so search for your tutorial. There are a bunch around the net.

Good luck.