Sometimes, while glass lampworking, common sense doesn't click in until after I do something stupid. So I thought sharing with you some safety points I've learned the hard way may be helpful for you while torching glass. 1. Only wear 100% COTTON when torching glass. I can't tell you how many times a molten bead has [...]
Bead making pitfalls! Learn 5 ways to avoid them! My first ISGB bead making convention was a roller coaster ride of awe & amazement with a brain overload from the abundance of creativity there. Mix that with a heavy dose of envy of others' talents, peppered with a tinge of jealousy that they were so [...]
My video demos 4 different lampwork tutorials that I use to make bubbles in glass. Each one creates a different effect in your bead. Each of these bubble lampwork tutorials has been picked up from my exploring glass from different areas of glass making. When I lived in Georgia, I would go [...]
So many people ask me...How do you make your Glass Beads? I’ll share a few of my secrets with you! I love making glass beads or as I call them…Art Forms in Glass. Did you catch it? It's my first biggy secret! Learning to think about my glass as art forms literally change how I [...]
Rose bud Lampwork Beads Everywhere! Can you find them???? A friend of mine, Tammy Scott, emailed me pics of her latest art collage creation 'Spectra'... Isn't this beautiful? She will be teaching a class in September on how to create this amazing piece of artwork !! Email her for details....Scott Tammy <tscott@san.org> The [...]
Ta-Da!!!! Here is the Apple Blossom Giveaway Bead. She is sweet, delicate and beautiful! Her value is over $117.00. I'm sure someone will be tickled pink when they win this sweet thing!! The giveaway will end March 31, and the winner will be drawn on April 1st. I will announce the Winner on April 2nd!!!! [...]
I am so excited about sharing with you 2 really cool projects I have been working on. First, I Finished My LAMPWORKING BEAD TUTORIAL! Yea!!! I finally finished my tutorial and I am getting wonderful feedback about it! The tutorial ended up over 70 pages with lots of information and two bead demos. There was [...]
I love antiques and twice a year antique dealers from all over the world gather at Round Top, Texas for 10 days to sell anything you can image! You could walk for days looking for the things you can't live without and never cover the whole show (believe me, I've tried!) Plenty of colorful irresistible [...]
The journey of this necklace's creation had a lot of birthing pains! I have been hoarding this fabulous coral for quite a few years and there comes a time when the umbilical cords must be cut! I'm a collector of everything beautiful. Antiques, flowers, material, hats, purses, jewelry, pretty much anything I come across and [...]
Following on the heels of my last blog post on Spring Colors for 2011, I thought jewelry style trends would be the next must to visit. Now that I'm making jewelry, I'm trying to walk a fine line of staying true to myself as an artist and keeping step with what's going on in the [...]
