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My first bead show is this saturday!

Posted in flamework, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’ll be selling my beads (along with 21 other local and Canadian glass bead artists) in this show: 
Ottawa Glass Bead Artists’ (OGBA)
First Annual Bead & Jewellery Show 2008
* A Showcase of ‘Hand Made’ Glass Beads, Jewellery & Bead Work *
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
10AM - 5PM
RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario 
http://www.ottawaglassbeadartists.com/
 
I’ll definitely have a [...]

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Beap poop sucks…

Posted in flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , on November 9, 2008 | No Comments »

You know how there’s one chore that always just truly SUCKS?   Could be anything, it’s just one of those necessary thing that has to be done but yet (if you’re like me) you hate to do it so much you delay and delay (and DELAY!) and don’t get to it until it absolutely cannot be left [...]

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Look! I’m back at the torch!!!

Posted in flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 8, 2008 | No Comments »

After almost four months away from the torch, i’m back!  And this time it was easy to get right into the groove… I think it did me good to not play with glass for a while.  My vision is clearer now and i feel like i’m heading into new, complex and more interesting directions.  Good thing too [...]

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Decisions, decisions…

Posted in flamework, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I’m thinking of upgrading to a bigger torch…
Now i love my trusty little Hothead but i think I’ve just about outgrown it.  I want to work cleaner, faster and BIGGER, and that means moving up to a surface mix-burner setup: torch, oxygen concentrator, larger propane tank.  Currently i use my trusty little HH with 1lb [...]

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Glass Class 101:Making Lampwork Glass Beads

Posted in Glass Class 101, flamework, general, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »

Soooo, how do you DO that???
This is the question I’m most frequently asked when i mention i make glass beads (after of course, we get past that initial stage of incomprehension where i explain that yes, a person can make their own glass beads if they so choose, and no, it’s not really like glassblowing). 
SO! in honour [...]

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Tales from the Torch: May 19/08

Posted in flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »

It’s long weekend here so instead of gallivanting like i normally do,  i decided to stay home and make some beads.  I’ve been either sick with the flu or so busy for the past several weeks that i haven’t been able to enjoy much torch time.  This weekend has really made up for that though - just got all these [...]

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Tales from the Torch: Feb. & March (part deux)

Posted in flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »

I’m back on the Teenager’s computer again as the kitten Busta finally finished chewing through my laptop’s power cable.  Now doesn’t having a cat usually mean no pets chewing random valuables around the house??? i might as well have a dog.
Soooo… until i decide whether to replace the power cable and harddrive on my laptop vs [...]

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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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