Sorry, no, this isn’t going to be about birds. Instead it’s about my current obsession: feathered, also known as “raked”, beads. Okay, okay, it’s just one of my many obsessions but this one has been going on for a while. It started early last year after I attended JC Herrell‘s Read more…
I had the good fortune to attend a workshop by Kristina Logan (aka The Dot Queen) a couple of weekends ago. I’ve been in a bit of design rut for a while, so I’m pleased to say that I came back from the workshop feeling inspired to try some new Read more…
Last week I attended a two-day workshop, “The Joy of Stringer”, given by JC Herrell. JC specialises in incredibly fine straight-line stringer work. A stringer is what us lampworkers call a thin line of glass. Almost all of my beads use stringers in one form or another, but I have Read more…
This is great! One of my items has been featured on the Art Bead Scene blog. I received lots of extra traffic to my Etsy shop the last time that happened. So this is very exciting! My lampwork headpins are in the bottom right corner.
I am really excited as I am going to be attending a workshop on Sunday held by Suzanne Noordewier. In my opinion Suzanne is one of the best Dutch beadmakers, so I am really looking forward to it. This will be my first workshop (aside from my introductory lesson) but Read more…
About a month ago I stumbled upon Craftopolis which has some very handy tools for Etsy sellers. One of the tools, Shop Lovers, merges data from your Etsy shop and Google Analytics. On Friday night I noticed that I was (a) getting a lot of visitors and (b) they all Read more…
This is a pair of earrings that I made using two teardrops. I’ve simply wire-wrapped the head pins and hung them on handmade ear wires. The earrings measure about 40 mm in length.
Okay, so I’ve been obsessing about making lampwork head pins lately. Here are some different sets of single-colour teardrops. I really love the teardrop shape. I’m concentrating on transparent and translucent colours at the moment as it feels more right for teardrops (maybe because tears are transparent?). The glass head Read more…
This is a necklace that I completed recently for a custom order There are several different shades of reds used here, some are translucent. Each bead is a single colour. It’s amazing how many different shades of red glass are available.
Finally got around to ordering more glass the other day. It arrived yesterday. I cleaned, labelled and sorted it last night. Doesn’t it look glorious?