I win!
Yep, I actually won a random drawing! Sarah Hornik had a contest over at her blog, the Glass Slipper. You had to come up with 3 words to describe her work, then she held a random drawing, and I won! I get my pick of items from her etsy store. I’m in love with this [...]
September 14, 2009
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Tags: button, contest, glass, hornik, lampwork, won · Posted in: button, glass
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
Trade me, Part 2
Remember that sculpture from yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday? 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, [...]
May 28, 2009
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Tags: lampwork, sculpture, trade, wordless wednesday · Posted in: glass
Wordless Wednesday
May 27, 2009
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Tags: lampwork, sculpture, wordless wednesday · Posted in: wordless wednesday
