You’re going to learn how to reduce silver glass in these lampwork tutorials, today. I’ll be talking about the different flames you need to use, what to watch out for before you loose your gorgeous shiny silver reflections…..sh#@*t… and how to start over again! :) Here’s my reducing silver video…enjoy… It’s hard to include [...]
Important Notice: ****You must make your giveaway contest entries in the white Rafflecopter widget below the apple blossom pictures. That is the only way for us to track the entries. Entries in comments can not be tracked/counted.**** It's been a difficult week figuring out how to work things so I still have a tiny bit [...]
My Glass Lampwork Beads Are Going Bye Bye, Again! This will be my last show for this year! Hope to see you there in Houston, Texas! I would love to meet you! Houston Bead Society Annual Bead & Jewelry Show: Location: H.E.S.S. Club 5430 Westheimer Road Friday, November 11 - Sunday, November 13 For more [...]
I played hooky Sunday and went dancing. People dance a lot in this part of Texas. We are learning how to polka and waltz. It is extreme exercise and I had trouble keeping up with couples on the dance floor who are over 80 years old! No kidding! I've been working on making a fish [...]
This lovely sculptural Periwinkle Blue Iris is made out of glass using lampwork techniques! Amazing, right? How do I do it? I take molten glass and manipulate the glass while it is hot into petals. This is a perfectly timed dance of being in and out of the flame. Too much time in the [...]
Curious? We started last Saturday digging trenches on the second half of my drip water irrigation system. It's soo hot here in Texas that we need to get up with the sun and work. We can last only till about 11 or 12 o'clock before we collapse from heat exhaustion. It's been a slow steady [...]
