I know I have written about this before. I also know I am not alone.
Obsession about how to accomplish a look, a finding, a style, or in my case these fricken Russian Onion Domes.
I of course obsess about the shapes, linear motifs, and the texture.
I have used these domes as a jumping off point for a lot of my work. I keep going back to them and to this one in particular.
See those lines. They are dreamy. Wrapping themselves around the dome like ribbons. Guess how hard it is to do those with thin strings of glass with a flame and spaced just so. I got pretty good at it, but never to a level that I felt really good about.
Well today on the torch....I kind of figured it out.
Going to post the finished product tomorrow!
Ok I admit it. I have been remiss is posting on my blog for a while
So first things first.
I have a give away for the stinkin cute podlets!
It is on my blog home away from home Love My Art Jewelry .
I post over there two times a month. Please visit me there.
Anyway if you want a chance of winning these buggers go over there and read all the details.
Ok so second here is what the wonderful Kristi Bowman did with the podlets that we did the trade for. Genius. Cool huh?
And here is what I made with her one of her pieces.
I had such a great time figuring out what I wanted to make. That is what's so nice about being able to make your own beads. You can get wonderful pieces or a cool outfit and make the beads to compliment them.
Ok so the finally here is why I have been MIA from the blog world. It's that dang coldworking....(process of cutting, grinding and polishing glass after it comes out of the kiln)
Yep I got the itch, and I HAVE to itch it.
This area of soft glass ( the kind of glass I use to create my beads) has only a handful of people coldworking their pieces. Most of the coldworking is done with blown or boro (the other type of glass used for flameworking)
So because of this I feel like I have a whole world available to me and tons of applications.
So I have plenty to blog about and I promise to update more and let you in on the process and journey I am traveling.
Well the other day I had a great Cyber Monday sale. It was wonderful and a big thank you to all who participated.
Because of that sale I got a message from an artist that I have been poking around on her Etsy site. Her name is Kristi Bowman and I am sure many of you already know her great designs.
Well she had been visiting my Etsy site too. So we decided to trade!
Here are a few of the wonderful things I will be getting.
I have made several beads that I hope will compliment her designs so keep posted to see what goodies I make!
I am a member of Love My Art Jewelry and we are having a great Cyber Monday sale with tons of great artists.
Here is the link to the blog Love My Art Jewelry.
Make sure you look at all the artist participating because they all have very unique and different things.
My Etsy site has 20% off. There are some great things to see and buy. Great deals!
Ali McCarthy of Northwoods Creative Studios.
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This has been such a great idea and I can't thank Lori enough for including me in not only the book but this Contributor's Hop.
I got to look at all the wonderful things that were offered and all I can say is WOW.
I would love to see what everyone makes with their goodies so make sure you post and let us see.
Once upon a time a very talented artist named Lori Anderson asked me and 24 other wonderful artist to participate in a wonderful book called the Bead Soup Book.
That was at least a 1 1/2 years ago and finally its going to be released! So to celebrate Lori is organizing some wonderful give aways from the participating artists and today I am one of the artist! Soooo leave a comment and I will pick a winner from the comments and announce who won either Oct. 8th or 9th.
Here is a picture of the Bead that is similar to the one in the book. It is just waiting to be grabbed up and made into something wonderful! ALSO I plan on adding some other goodies to go with the bead but they are a surprise!
So want to have a sneak peek at the book! First I was matched up with Lori and got a wonderful soup!
When I first received it I was blown away by the wonderful clasp and the colors. You will have to wait to see the step by step.
But here is a peek!
I got to send beads to the wonderful Cassie Donlen.
Cassie lives in the same town as me and I have known her for several years. I was super excited to find out that she would be creating with my soup. She is so creative and talented.
Here is the soup I sent her but you will need to go to her blog to get a peek at what she made.
All in all let me just say the book is wonderful. It is brimming with ideas and will get your creative juices flowing. I think it will be the book that will set the bar!
Make sure you stop by tomorrow!
There will be give aways and lot's of fun sneak peeks looks into the Bead Soup Book!
Just got back from the Dentist. Have I mentioned I don't like the Dentist.
After 2 hours in the chair I am back home and resting.
I of course obsess about the shapes, linear motifs, and the texture.
