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My first tutorial published in Soda Lime Times!

Posted in design, glass art, glass beads, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The tut is for a chocolate dipped strawberry glass bead – i made a pile of these (and other glass truffles) as favours for a wedding last spring and demoed this bead at the Glass Shoppe Studio last September.  It received very positive feedback both times so i thought it might make a fun bead design to share  as well. [...]

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The wedding gift was opened… shall we?

Posted in design, glass art, glass beads, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , , on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Y’all remember the box right? And the custom card?The keepsake box was decadently lined wth satin and crumpled tissue.  Each bead came with its own organza storage bag…Both were wired as pendants with antiqued sterling silver findings… …the goddess decorated with freshwater pearls and the god with (the much more macho) hematite.  The pearls, hematite and glass [...]

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Not yet…

Posted in design, tagged , , , , , , on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I haven’t heard word if the newlyweds have opened the gift yet…

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Goth wedding gift: First peek

Posted in design, glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , on July 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

In yesterday’s post i showed you this beautiful packaging for a custom order i completed a few weeks ago.  The order was requested as a gift for a Goth wedding – the client wanted something one of a kind, unusual and specifically designed to suit the personalities and lifestyle of the engaged couple.  So what do you get for [...]

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Special packaging for a custom order…

Posted in design, glass art, glass beads, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I recently completed a custom order for a wedding and not just any wedding  but a Goth wedding!  If you’ve never seen a Goth wedding it’s definitely worth googling.  The pictures range from downright funny to extremely glamorous – and in all the pics (much like any other wedding) the couples and guests look like they’re [...]

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A “snotty, selfish arteest”.

Posted in design, glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , on December 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Stick to the plan.  Always follow through.  State your goals then go out and achieve them.  Uh-huh. How about… follow your heart?  Now there’s a classic. So why am i spouting these cliches?  because after reading Lydia Muell’s blog post from a few weeks back about being perceived as a “snotty, selfish arteest”,  i finally realized why i’ve been [...]

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i almost bought these shoes…

Posted in design, general, tagged , , , , , , , on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

  they’re stunningly, frivolously, fabulously beautiful and all my favourite colours. i had dreams about them.  seriously. showcased with a fantastic pencil skirt and an airy white shirt… watching them dangle flirtatiously from the bottom of my jeans… thinking about how they’d sparkle in the lights while i made my moves on the dance floor. i even [...]

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Latest additions to my collection…

Posted in design, general, jewellery, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

  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 [...]

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A recent custom order…

Posted in design, glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , , on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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Ode to Effetre Copper Green

Posted in design, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , , on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

  Copper green, you are my bane Copper green, you’re driving me insane! You spit, you pit, you crack, you shock Mixing you with certain colours just makes icky schlock I love you! Why can’t you love me back? Why must each turn in the flame coat you with gunky black? I know i can [...]

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