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 [...]
Are you bursting with ideas, or completely blank when you sit down to torch? Do you need help creating your glass beads? Want to know how I spark my inspiration? Sitting down to torch is always the worst time unless I am prepared! So, I've resorted to doing a few things that I'll share with you [...]
I've been selling my glass art, myself, for 15 years. My friend thought I was crazy to give away a large percentage of my art's selling price to an art gallery. She doesn’t understand why I am willing to do that. Back in Georgia, for 10 years, I loved doing indoor bead shows each month. [...]
Here’s a FUN way to practice making your glass flowers from your Tutorial 103 & make something fabulous... "Fairy Gardens" Fairy gardens are so precious but finding unusual flowers befitting a mystical miniature garden is next to impossible. So I decided to make my own exotic flowers worthy of my fairy gardens and you can [...]
Has the weather been dreary for you, too? Colorful, bright flowers of glass always uplifts the spirits. All my flowers have died here… except the weeds, of course! They are happily thriving, thumbing their noses at me! They know I won’t come out in the cold and weed them! About this time of [...]
I just watched a TED talk about how giving yourself too many choices (overload) kills your creativity and even causes you to make bad decisions! And if you offer too many options to your customers, statistics show they will freeze up and choose nothing. Bottom line... Cramming too much into a small space actually causes [...]
Do you want to learn how not to overpay for the glass beads or jewelry you buy? Then you better know the differences between a “Production” & a “Fine Artisan” glass bead maker. "Yellow Victorian Posy" Glass Lampwork Bead Flower, Go to my SHOP! This can be tricky because the line is [...]
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 [...]
Striped ribbon stringers and what the others call ribbon glass cane, is the topic for today. There's lots of uses for them but I find these flat ribbon glass cane/stringers are wonderful to use on flower petals and leaves. Learn how to make them on this video.... “Caneworking is a glass blowing technique [...]
Today is about making Glass Jewelry made with my artistic weaving techniques. Making glass jewelry with lampwork beads creates the ultimate in exclusive, high end jewelry. It will appeal to discriminating customers who are looking for fine art in jewelry. Deena asked, in the comments, if I could demo how to use wire [...]
