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The end of a year

Okay so I'm done with 2009. I just need a few more days to pass.
It was a great year, I enjoyed it a lot. I even found time to take a pottery class!
I am going to write an article for Glass Line in the next two weeks. So I will be playing a lot with HOT glass. I will post my progress here on my blog and some pic's so come back soon. Until then make the most of the few last days of 2009.
Cheers

A splash of Orange & Black

I had a request for Oregon State colors, so I sat down and played with the Orange and black. The top and bottom bracelets are encased in clear so the orange is a bit lighter. Its more old school. The middle bracelets are not encased so the orange is darker. Can you say OOOooo SSSsss UUUuuu

For the Beaver Fans out there!!

You can find me now on Art Fire. I put some hot prices there because the monthly fee is nice and low. enjoy looking. Just click on this link

more...Gaffer, the other white meat!

here is the new color Chalcedony. Lots oc color to be had with this glass. Im not to sure yet how to control what I want. But is sure fun to play with the oxygen mix and see what happens. The only draw back is the kiln takes too long to cool down!

Gaffer, the other white meat!

So I won some Gaffer glass a year ago at the Eugene Class School Flame off. I set it in vase next to my torch and never played with it. I told myself that I just didn't have enough of the colors to really play with or risk the mix up with my 104 glass. Last week I found my self on a trip so close to Kent Washington that I had to stop in and fill out my color pallet. So now I have more then enough. My next question was how will I keep it separated? Well check this out...These trays are stove burner covers in a rectangle shape, I got them for .49 cents each at a local thrift shop! They are the perfect size. Then I zip tied some cooking cooling racks in a stack to use as a mini shelf system. This will make it easy to play..

Nebula

Nebula, originally uploaded by simplylampwork.

I entered this one in a contest on cgge,
it is an ETSY street team.

Here is a bead that I am calling Nebula... it is a concept bead that I am working out a new series with. Let me know what you think.

Trunk Show

Hey I will be in Junction City for a trunk show at Penny Royal Gifts this Friday.
Hope to see a few of you there.

Crimson Kiss

So whats going on in my studio? Well in the middle of a heat wave, about the only time to flame is really early in the morning. So its wake up coffee and torch time. I take time to set up my bench with the color combinations of glass, stringers and complicated canes. This way I have the color pallet all at my finger tips. The first bead I make in a set is the largest focal. I really like to do this to set the style of the beads. I used the fourth slot in my gold bar press for this focal, it is bit larger then a quarter. Then I make the next sizes down in two's until I make enough for the set I want. Last a few spacers to match the set. This set is posted on E-Bay : }