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 : }

Cleaning and posting some lost orphans

Well cleaning up my studio I have found little treasures of Holiday beads and test beads. So There are a few new listings on both E-bay & Etsy to clean out some of the fun stuff. When I do this it is very renewing for me, it prompts me to play more with Hot Glass when the older items are gone. So watch for a few more house cleaning listings and then some fun new things.

So a new look to my Floral Sets

Here is a bit of a different twist to my floral set. I started with a base bead with a lot of demensions and colors. Then I added a bunch of flowers on both sides of each bead. I used sterling silver spacers, chain and findings as well as fresh water pearls to set off this bracelet I call Garden Party. I think this one will be going to the Rouge Gallery in Mdford Oregon... If your traveling stop in and see some of my favorite works.

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Good Morning! I had a few really great day's in the studio so I had to play with color and flowers. I also want to play with some new sizes and shapes. This is a large lentil that I have flattened on the back so that it will hang well as a pendant. The back is smooth and flat, I do this so that it will hand nicely and be comfortable. When I set this type of bead in a bail I hang it so that it will be secure on the chain and not flip over. This bead will be posted tonight on my ETSY site.

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Thanks for playing, have a great evening!

For Mothers Day, my Mom had asked if I could do some ocean looking beads for her big hole bracelet. So here is what I came up with. The clip of all six from left to right going around the cord: Sea Urchins, Sea Horse, Fish in Seaweed, Mermaid, Starfish, Jelly Fish. The other clips are just other views of the same beads. I turned one clip at an angle near another of the mermaid to show her tail. I sure hope that Mom will enjoy this set. They were fun to make so I will have to play a bit more with Sea things.

As promised, here are the two pages of my notes for today's class. I had a great time. You were all fun. Dave, boro boy you have such a great humor, I hope your wife gets you to make a few soft glass florals. Thank you all for coming. If you have any questions or comments please e-mail or call me. This is page one of my notes. They really were only meant for me, so if you have questions please ask. Maybe by my fall class I will have a booklet or a video, what a challenge. You all made the class fun, I will look forward to my next class. The next entry will have the page two, that has the information for the leaf cane and a few sketches for the floral's. Thanks again, stay in touch.

Here is the second page to my notes for the class.

It is the notes for the leaf stringer and the Stone Iris that I had time to demo. Sorry this was only a one day class. I sure hope that you all had fun and got something from what we did have time to cover. Please e-mail me photos or comments from the class. I love getting feed back, even if it is things would like me to change.

Week end fun

Okay so ya know how nice it is when you have help in the Garden. It is! Well Scott is feeling much better. Yesterday he did some weeding and pulled out all of my forget me not flowers. Nice. He said they all looked like weeds to him. What a brat, and a lame excuse. Then today he was putting in some new lighting and dug my prize out door Orchids. This time he said that they were grass. I guess I made him feel a little guilty he went out to the compost bin and pulled them all out and replanted them. Oh and while he was doing such a great job of gardening I was playing inside on my torch. This is one of the styles that I will be teaching this Saturday in my class at the Eugene Glass School. There are still a couple of spots open if you want to come join me. Have a great week.