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i almost bought these shoes…

Posted in design, general, jokes, tagged , , , , , on May 4, 2008 | No Comments »

 
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 planned to make big beads in colours [...]

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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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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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Ode to Effetre Copper Green

Posted in design, flamework, jokes, lampwork, 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 etch you but i want you to [...]

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Tales from the torch: Jan. 26th/08

Posted in design, flamework, glass art, glass beads, glass beads, jewellery, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »

Results from my last few torch sessions - a goddess and two pendants for a couple custom orders:

Hades Goddess:  (sold) Sometimes simple is best.  This is just black glass and silver leaf passed through a reduction flame to bring out the iridescence.  I had originally planned to tart her up with some frit and a [...]

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Latest addition to my lampwork collection…

Posted in design, flamework, glass art, lampwork, tagged , , , , , on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »

I’ve mentioned i collect lampwork beads as well as make them, no? 
Now most of my fave artists are fairly well known but i recently found this new, young artist named Lisa Rippee (CloudEleven) while surfing the glass listings on Etsy.  And once i saw this vessel i was lost - had to have her the minute [...]

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Tales from the torch: Dec. 24th/07

Posted in design, flamework, glass art, glass beads, glass beads, jewellery, lampwork, tagged , , , , on December 24, 2007 | No Comments »

Another bunch of custom orders: requests were for oranges, reds, browns, golds… plus your first glimpse of anything “floral” from me.  They’re all around 2inches long or so.
 
From left to right:

oval floral: (sold) this bead is my fave, I’ll have a hard time letting it go.  made with my new crunch bead press received for my b-day.  I’m realizing more [...]

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Tales from the torch: Dec. 23rd/07

Posted in design, flamework, glass art, glass beads, jewellery, lampwork, tagged , , , on December 23, 2007 | No Comments »

 Here are the results from my last few torch sessions:
(Yup, I finally have my mojo back)

A selection of earthy goddesses with a slimmer profile.  The last one on the right is sold, the other three are for a custom order - the client gets first pick then any remaining will be posted for sale on either Etsy [...]

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Three beautiful things…

Posted in design, family, general, tagged , , , , on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »

I’ve had a pretty dreadful past few weeks.  I won’t go into the details but there have been a series of recent events that have really just kicked me in the guts and sucked out all my creative energy. 
Since this blog is meant to be my happy place, I’ve decided instead to focus on some of the good things that [...]

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Goddess beads off to their new homes

Posted in design, flamework, glass art, glass beads, jewellery, lampwork, tagged , , on November 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »

 All on sterling silver wire with a sterling snake chain.  Each bead averages approx. 1.5-2.5″ in length:
View from the front:

Spring Garden Goddess was created from a base of turquoise opaque glass. She was then lightly reduced to bring out the copper trails and sprinkled with a blend of pastel pink, yellow and white frit (tiny [...]

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