WOW, the holidays sure came and went fast! I hope you had a perfect season with too much to eat, tons of laughter and enjoyed visiting with relatives you haven't seen in a year! I've been doing a lot of thinking about 2012 and new directions I want to travel in with my lampwork beads. [...]
It's been busy around here creating my glass lampwork video. I started it about 2 months ago. My goal was to get more information about lampworking to the general public. It seems nobody in Hallettsville knew what lampworking was and it got me to thinking.... I wonder how many people in general have never heard [...]
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 [...]
Flower bouquets inspired by the Victorian Era My new fascination with making flower bouquets inspired by the Victorian Era has led me into researching the origins of flower giving. According to Wikipedia.... "The language of flowers, sometimes called "floriography", was a Victorian-era means of communication. Various flowers and floral arrangements were used to send coded [...]
