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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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Got a package. Wanna open it with me?

Posted in flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , on February 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »

 
Since i only torch part time, I don’t get to order glass supplies very often.  But when i do it’s soooooooo exciting when the package finally arrives - almost like Christmas!
Now this particular box is four, yes FOUR months late in arriving (don’t ask) so my emotions are a bit mixed: on one hand i’m like a kid [...]

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Random thoughts: birthdays and the joy of cool

Posted in family, general, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 7, 2007 | No Comments »

 
1.  Glassy gifts: Just had my birthday and my friends funded my latest glass purchase: a new bead press and some frit.  How cool is that?
2.  Late bloomer? This b-day was special for some reason - i actually felt it, when usually birthdays pass just like any other day despite the celebrations.  must be the beginning of a new stage in [...]

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Tales from the torch: Nov. 8th/07

Posted in design, flamework, glass art, glass beads, lampwork, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 8, 2007 | No Comments »

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 morning’s [...]

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