Would you buy "Trash Art"? At an art opening I attended, an artist was sharing with me how she had collected her found "trash" beach objects on morning walks. She had been careful to preserve their unusual weather worned patinas. I admired the rich, velvety, muted hues of her spiral collage artwork. They were gorgeous, definitely [...]
Hey guys, we're exploring the delights of shiny with Gold Fuming glass lampwork beads today. I'm make this an action packed blog post, filled with lots of goodies for you to watch and enjoy learning. :) Let's get going…Gold fuming glass lampwork beads… The first video has my demo beads and instructions. Be sure to [...]
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 [...]
Well, it's April 14 and I am still trying to catch up! My 1st month of making a 'NEW Flower of the Month' was exhilarating, exhausting and overwhelming. I sorta dropped living my life and focused totaling on creating the apple blossoms. Lampworking or Family? My family started griping there was no food to be [...]
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 [...]
Well, so much for doing a blog every week. I've already slipped. But I've been doing a lot of thinking about your answers from the survey. I've come up with some ideas that I hope will please everyone. Everyone liked the Lampwork Bead Giveaway. So I thought I would challenge myself in the process and [...]
Me! Made you wonder a little, didn't it? Hi! Just wanted to share with you what's going on in my neck of the woods. Survey Results I was so thrilled with the results of the survey and I want to THANK everyone who participated. I got some excellent ideas that I plan to implement. Here [...]
The festive holidays has rusted my lampwork flow! I love the holiday's festivities is an understatement! The artist in me embraces wreath making, baking & decorating to the point that my house is overflowing with the Christmas spirit. Christmas is over now & my Christmas cheer will be sadly coming down this weekend. I"ll so [...]
Mini Vacation of Sun drenched Bliss... Sit back, relax & take a deep breathe...Now exhale slowly....AHHHH Exquisite, lush Tropics, here we come! "Imagine blissfully floating along as you snorkel in sparkling azure turquoise water. Looking down in this watery wonderland, you spy a magical scene of activity below you! You dive down to get a [...]
