Artist Spotlight on Harold Cooney
I took a class from Harold Cooney about 3 years ago. It was 30 techniques in 2 days, and I learned a ton! He is working on going to Bead and Button which is a huge show, and has put a ton of stuff for sale on ebay. You will need to go and see [...]
May 2, 2010
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Tags: bead, bead and button, glass, harold cooney, lampwork · Posted in: Indie Spotlight
Artbeads on my bad list
I have bought from Artbeads before, mostly because every once in a while they have a sale on 8 gram bags of seed beads so I can try out a bunch of new colors cheap. I will admit, they have super fast shipping and an easy to use website. But they really fell down on [...]
March 30, 2010
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Tags: artbeads, bad, bead, supplier · Posted in: Uncategorized
Making a Pillow Bead
This video was on my previous blog, but somehow it didn’t make it here. So this is a command performance of “how to make a pillow bead using a press”.
July 15, 2009
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Tags: bead, glass, lampwork, pillow, press · Posted in: Tutorial
More beads
These are some more of the dicro beads I’ve made. I like the big flat one with the ruffles, but hubby doesn’t think it will sell. I guess we will see at the Gathering! Just a week and a half to go until the biggest lampwork bead party of the year.
July 12, 2009
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Tags: bead, glass, lampwork · Posted in: bead
A new shape
I’ve been trying out some new shapes too. Using different curved objects to roll the glass on to get different shapes of indentations. I think these turned out pretty cool. They are about 3 inches long.
July 2, 2009
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Tags: bead, glass, lampwork · Posted in: bead
Different color experiments
Here I was trying out some of the different murrini and stringer I had made using several base colors. The ivory base didn’t work so well, but I’m really partial to the green bead with purple flowers.
June 29, 2009
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Tags: bead, glass, lampwork, murrini · Posted in: bead
Unexpected
Well, these didn’t turn out like I expected. I was aiming for something that looked like a field with flowers in it. It didn’t turn out like expected. I had used 3 different shades of green enamal and green stringer on a different green base hoping for something interesting. Instead it looks kind of like [...]
June 28, 2009
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Tags: bead, experiment, glass, lampwork · Posted in: bead
I’m back with beads!
It has been a whole week since I’ve been able to be online. Ack! I’m just glad to have this loaner laptop. I’ll be without again for a couple of days when mine gets fixed so things can be swapped around. In the meantime, I have beads to show. I’ve been getting ready for the [...]
June 27, 2009
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Tags: bead, experiment, gathering, isgb, lampwork · Posted in: bead, bead show
Trade me – Part 3
See the sculpture? Would you like to have it? Do you have something you think I would like? Then be the first one to post saying you want it, along with a way to contact you, and it is yours! I don’t even need to know what you are sending me, surprises are fine. If [...]
June 11, 2009
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Tags: bead, lampwork, sculpture, trade · Posted in: glass
Jeff Barber – beads and bulldogs
Jeff Barber is one of my favorite bead artists. This is one of his beads, made with Satake Glass from Japan. He uses other kinds of glass too, but I really like his Satake ones. Even better, Jeff is a bulldog lover too! The frenchie is named Grace, and the big bullie is Louie. If [...]
May 14, 2009
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Tags: bead, bulldog, glass, satake · Posted in: bead, bulldog, glass
