Survey Inspired Changes for my Lampwork Bead Art

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 make the Giveaway very special.

I’m going to take a break from the glass flowers and sea life I’ve been doing and try something new. I will continue to put the fish and flowers I have in inventory on Etsy and Artfire, but when I run out, I won’t be creating any new ones this year.

Growing and Pushing My Boundaries with my Lampwork Beads

First Step- New Flower Exploration

Each month I am going to pick a flower that is blooming in my gardens and spend the month exploring the glass possibilities of that flower. I will be pushing my artistic boundaries and doing things that I am writing about in my bead tutorials.

Second Step- Glass Flower Giveaway

When the month is up, I will move on to a NEW flower. Out of these floral creations, though, I will pick one for my Monthly Giveaway. The Giveaway will be at the end of the month.

Third Step- Opportunity to Buy the Monthly Flowers

The other flowers I have created that month will be up for sell on Artfire or Etsy instead of my usual art beads. These will be very special glass works due to their uniqueness and limited availability.

Fourth Step- Blogging about my Monthly Flower

I will blog about the flower I am working on that month. I’ll share photos, inspirations, my thoughts and the struggles that I go through with that flower. Hopefully, this will make my blogging more consistent and enjoyable for you as I share my creative journey.

Fifth Step- Monthly floral lampwork tutorial

At the each of the month, I will make a lampwork bead tutorial on my favorite flower I created that month. I’ll have the tutorial for sell on Artfire.

I don’t have the details worked out yet, (and I’m sure there’s plenty I missed) but I plan to put this project into effect March 1. Let me know if you have any suggestions that I can include in this adventure.

lampwork bead flower, glass hydrangea flowers

Hydrangea Blooms

My NEW Lampwork Bead Tutorial

Just wanted to let you know how my tutorial is going….. I’M ALMOST FINISHED!!!!!! I’m planning on having it available by the first week in March if all goes smoothly!

My lampwork bead tutorial (actually 2 tutorials) approaches lampworking as a learning process of how you can create your own unique glassworks. In each tutorial I explain different parts of color theory, lampwork techniques that I do, step by step instructions on different beads and flowers, and how to get inspiration. I will have more tutorials in my floral series in the near future. Each successive tutorial builds upon the previous tutorial and techniques with new flowers designs and techniques. Stay tuned for more details right here on my blog!

Starfish Among the Coral

Lampwork Bead Article

My lampwork beads and I have been honored with a phenomenal article by Soda Lime Times Magazine. This online magazine is absolutely wonderful. You can check out a sample of the monthly issue at Soda Lime Times. You gotta take a moment to read this fabulous article. Diane Woodall (editor) did a fantastic interview with me! I walked around like a puffer fish for a day, until my family pointed out all my faults and deflated me!(with love, of course)
Click here to read the article!