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!!!! This will be the last blog post before the drawing and the last opportunity to get entry points to win this fabulous Apple Blossom Bead. We’ll put new questions on the entry form to help you out.

Come April 1st, I will be saying Good Bye to apple blossoms and announcing the New Flower of the Month!

The Lampwork “Apple Blossom” Giveaway Bead!

glass lampwork flower bead© Patsy Evins Studio

 

glass lampwork flower bead© Patsy Evins Studio

 


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Are You Wondering Where My Other Lampwork “Apple Blossoms” Beads Went?

I’ll be putting up my limited number of “Apple Blossoms” in my SHOP. I am absolutely delighted with my flowers. I don’t think one can become intimate with one of nature’s wonders and not receive a tremendous amount of love and joy in the encounter. Getting to know Apple Blossoms has been an awe inspiring experience for me this month.

I am overjoyed to be sharing with you this month’s exploration with divine inspiration! I hope they touch your heart, too!

glass lampwork flower beadHeight 2 1/4″ | © Patsy Evins Studio

 

glass lampwork flower bead apple blossomHeight 1 7/8 ” | © Patsy Evins Studio

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My Technical Encounter with Lampworking Glass

This month has been a roller coaster ride of trying to balancing my time. Putting my New bead tutorial up for sale has taken more time than I expected. Many people are so thrilled with this one Lampworking 101 they are already asking about my next tutorial, which is scaring the bejeebers out of me. I definitely need to spend more time working on finishing my second tutorial.

The Apple Blossom’s technical learning curve had a double whammy for me. Besides designing a new flower, which is quite a challenge (and taxing on my brain), I also changed from my favorite glass (Moretti) to Bullseye glass.

Bullseye is an lovely American made glass that has a personality all it’s own. It takes more heat to melt it, which gives it the advantage of retaining its form once you shape it (which helps when making the small sculptural Apple Blossom petals). A disadvantage is that many colors are more translucent than opaque. I really had to experiment with each glass color’s characteristics to see what it could do. I ended up mixing a lot of colors I couldn’t use because the mixed colors became too transparent after I pulled them into stringers. In fact, I spent a least 2 hours everyday on just mixing colors.

The advantage of Moretti glass is that it is a softer glass that tends to easily mix and blend. I like to use Moretti glass the way I used oil paints, mixing colors as I paint my picture. Because Bullseye is stiffer, it doesn’t lend itself to the push and pull of surface mixing on the bead.

So, I had to develop a working relationship with Bullseye glass this month, fast! Yikes!

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On April 2nd, I’ll announced my NEW FLOWER for April and say farewell to Apple Blossoms.

 

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