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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Rose bud Lampwork Beads Everywhere! Can you find them???? A friend of mine, Tammy Scott, emailed me pics of her latest art collage creation 'Spectra'... Isn't this beautiful? She will be teaching a class in September on how to create this amazing piece of artwork !! Email her for details....Scott Tammy <tscott@san.org> The [...]
New Lampwork Hydrangea Beads! I'm working on my NEW lampwork Hydrangea beads & tutorial. Lots of experimenting going on with Hydrangeas. I wanted to share what I'm creating with you! Sold but let me know if you are interested in some hydrangeas! SOLD hydrangea beads NEW Lampwork Hydrangea Tutorial Coming Soon!! [...]
Lots going on here… a NEW Hydrangea tutorial in the works, a painting exhibition & a beginner's lampwork class! Christmas came and went in a blur here. Within the hustle and bustle of the Christmas and New Year's season, I managed to have a wonderful sale of my 3 first tutorials. I also finished Christmas [...]
MY Lampwork Beads Flower Journal I've been working for the last 2 weeks on NEW flowers. I started with silver lampworking glass and my Tutorial 103 flower. After about 8 flowers, tons of experimenting, bouncing off the walls of my creative limitation box, I finally broke through and emerged into a whole new and very [...]
Lampworking with Silver Glass! I've been diving into Silver Glass with my flowers. First time, ever! A lot of experimenting, color mixing and money flying out the window going on! With silver glass costing up to $100 lb. it's getting expensive! But I'm loving the results and every flower is amazing! What you think? If [...]
Tutorial 103 is FINALLY Finished! YEA!!! This is my BIGGEST Lampworking Tutorial yet! Grab your tutorial here! You will learn my step by step lampworking techniques to make 3 different sculptural flowers: * 3 Petal Flower * 4 Petal Flower * Sculptural Enamel Flower and… * Sculptural variegated leaves That alone would be [...]
