If you've been wondering how hollow beads are done, here's a video tutorial. Unfortunately it's not in English, but it doesn't seem to matter. On this one they simply adorned it with a twistie.

Hollow beads are fun, you just need to make sure you don't have any holes or it will collapse. And, yes, they are quite strong due to the spherical shape, with the added advantage of being light.

If you haven't done one before, practice with some inexpensive clear or something you don't care about because you will most likely end up with a few globs before you get the hang of it.

This looks easy. Think I may try this one with my kid.

This is cool. I would have never thought to do a bear this way.

Here's a video tutorial on making dragon scale beads. This was based on a tutorial originally posted by Naos on Lampwork Etc.

Do you have trouble getting perfect lines and glass proportions between your colors when making a bead? Ever wonder how some of those artists do that? Here's a great tutorial from James Smircich... One of my heroes.

Separation Line

It's a little more fussy than I could possibly be, but that's why the result looks so nice. :)