New Focals Fresh From The Kiln

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Yesterday was my birthday, and I had a wonderful day. I was able to do one of my favorite things....torch! Above are four of the beads fresh out of the kiln today. I have to tell you, I have never worked on or fussed over any beads more than I did the first three beads. How FUN they were to create! Look for them in the ole' ETSY store later this week.

As always, thanks for looking!

A Few New Focals With Sparkle

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Above are a few focals from today. Hopefully, I will find some time and energy to fire it up again tomorrow! I hope everone is enjoying the weekend!

Northern Lights and The Big Dipper Focals

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Here is a Northern Lights Focal with the shimmery pinks, golds and a hint of teal when the light hits it just right. It is accented with raised, reflective, swirled dots, CZ's and an unique raised stringer that wraps down the bead on one side.

This is a Constellation bead, The Big Dipper (first attempt). I tried to get the fuzzy light effect around the CZ's to represent the glow of the stars. I still have some tweaking to do....

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One more Northern Lights focal...this one has a very elegant feel to it.

As always, thanks so much for looking!!

A New Constellation Bead

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I had a few hours to torch the other night, and here is a bead that I made. Steve came back in the studio and talked to me while I torched, and it was so enjoyable.

After revisiting what we learned in the Andrea G. class, I've really enjoyed working on the constellation beads. This one is heavily encased, and I'm really pleased with the depth that was achieved, which is not at all captured in the photograph. I so love working with the transparent colors!!

Have a great week!

Class With Kim Fields - Priceless!!

I was fortunate enought this weekend to take a class with Kim Fields. She is a such a talented bead artist, and an awesome and generous instructor. It was so great to meet her, and spend two days torching with her and many friends.

The class was held at Boca Loca Beads, and coordinated by Barb Collins of ISLAGA. Barb did a fantastic job...the class was perfect!

Many thanks to Kim for sharing her knowledge, Barb for all of her hard work, and to Jari for letting us take over the studio!

If you get the opportunity to study glass with Kim, jump on it! It was PRICELESS!!