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Sparklers!!

Posted in glass art, glass beads, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , , on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Sparklers? yes, Sparklers!  I love these simple, shiny little beads so i’ve decided to continue making them hence they definitely need a name.  I think i’ve now tried every colour of transparent glass in my studio, refining the mix to get the finishing, colours and shapes i’d like (plus discovered some new ones!). I’m now very, very happy with these European bracelet-style glass [...]

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More beads…

Posted in glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Secret Garden:  When i was little i spent hours inside my head creating imaginary worlds and acting them out with whatever toys or random items i found nearby.  One of my favourite fantasies was the secret island of ME (yes that’s right, ME!!).  On that secret island i could fly (of course), the sea was made of Koolaid, popsicles and [...]

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Hellloooooo…. HOLLOWS!!!

Posted in glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been practicing… A LOT.  And look, i’m finally able to make hollow beads!!!!  They’re a finicky bead to make so when i finally (yes, FINALLY!!!) got the glass to puff up into these lovely air-filled bubbles i had the biggest grin on my face! I’m currently working at about a 60% success rate (and no i’m not showing [...]

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Definition of insanity?

Posted in glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , on March 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

THIS.  Now you might be looking at this nicely organized selection of murrini (chips from complex glass canes) and wondering what could possibly be insane about this, right?  RIGHT?  HA!  Ok, well it all began like this:  I was surfing LE when i stumbled across a thread discussing commercial murrini… i thought cool, i could use [...]

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An interesting idea…

Posted in glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , on February 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This bead is an experiment - one that turned out better than i expected but isn’t quite yet where i want it to be…  Essentially, it’s  a strip of copper mesh encased in clear and ivory.  I’ve never used copper mesh before so i wanted to try it to see what kind of fun designs it might [...]

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Tales from the torch: Nov. 13/07

Posted in design, glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

  This bead is a first try at a custom order.  It’s HUGE – approx. 2.5″ – I like it but the colours aren’t working for me.  I used three different shades of red frit for some colour gradations in the leaves and they all came out looking exactly the same.  WAY annoying.   These are [...]

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Tales from the torch: Nov. 8th/07

Posted in design, glass art, lampwork flamework, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This is a quick pic of the results of yesterday’s torch session and the bits and pieces that went into making these two beads. At the top is my marver with the three types of frit ( tiny glass chips) i used.  (you can ignore the red powder, that’s the enamel i used for this [...]

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