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Archive for April, 2008

Latest additions to my collection…

Posted in design, general, jewellery, tagged , , , , , , , on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »

 
I found these two quirky items from a UK ceramics artist while randomly surfing etsy (click either picture to get to her store). 
They are tiny, handmade and absolute perfection.  The base is offwhite clay with embedded glass (you knew there’d have to glass included, right?) and gold and platinum highlights. 
I had the teal pendant custom made [...]

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There’s thrills and then there’s just plain crazy…

Posted in general, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »

My sister just sent me this amazing video of someone hiking through this gorge.  While I’m not scared of heights and love a good thrill, this definitely falls under the category of things i love life way too much to ever try!  
A few times during the video i actually held my breath as the person made their [...]

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Tales from the torch: Feb & March

Posted in flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »

Here are some of the things i’ve worked on over the last couple months:
Verdigris Swirl: This was a custom order for a green pendant.  Took me forever because i had the hardest time developing a great design in green (other than lime and olive, it’s not one of my fave colours).  I finally won my battle [...]

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A recent custom order…

Posted in design, flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »

Tusk: this order was fun - the client wanted a different and personal take on the (currently very trendy) ivory tusk/bone/horn pendant thing.  It’s about 2″ long.
Took me a few rather comical tries before i finally figured out how to make a tusk in glass…  Quite impressed with myself actually as this is not only my first tusk but also [...]

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See Meech?

Posted in flamework, lampwork, tagged , , , , on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »

I’m not the only one… ;~D

(This post is purely for my cousin who thinks me calling certain colours of glass “lickable” is completely and totally certifiable.)
Photo is from Sarah Hornik’s Flickr photostream of her trip to Murano, Italy. 
One particularly cool photoset of hers shows Italian glassmaster Lucio Bubacco demoing how he makes his incredibly detailed [...]

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What the…????!!!

Posted in flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »

I know, I know… i’m just as shocked as you.  seriously.
It’s a set.  And I don’t make sets. 
Really.  i don’t. 
I’ve only ever made one other set before and it was pure torture.  Took me over a year to finish those too. 
But this set?  just took a me a few hours yesterday morning. barely.
I just don’t know what came [...]

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Soooo pretty…

Posted in flamework, glass art, lampwork, tagged , , on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »

I generally just use single colour frits and mix my colours myself but this time i decided to try a sample pack of pre-blended frits from Val Cox. 
She just makes the prettiest colour combinations don’tcha think? 

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