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OK... these are very ugly beads but I had so much fun I thought I would bite the bullet and show you what has kept me so pre-occupied this past week (besides strep, a tummy ache & a sick puppy).
I've always had a thing for glass drops and it turns out they are fairly easy to make. Naturally in my favorite color of purple.
My friend Bindy once told me that {when working glass in a flame} "When all else fails, make a fish." I can't look at a glass fish without wondering what it was "really" meant to me. This was a round bead gone really wrong. Still, it's so much fun sculpting in the fire that even my disasters make me chuckle out loud.
Another lopsided one but I really love dichroic glass. I'll probably wear this one.
Another round bead gone wrong here. As luck would have it, I had read a tutorial on lampwork butterflies that day and thought I would try something besides a fish. It is the biggest thing I've made and I was so amazed the wings didn't pop off. It's quite a juggling act to keep everything warm and heat up an area to work on it all at the same time. I was just grabbing whatever colors I had on the table so he certainly wasn't well planned.
And finally, a little mis-shapened heart that I really like.
I still have such a long way to go... but the journey is so much fun.
Oh, Mabel is MUCH better! She chased me out of the house with a toy yesterday... a very good sign.
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Oh my goodness, what fun you must be having. These little glass beauties would be so much fun to look at, to hold up to the light, to play with.
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