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  • Liar, Liar

    I set my pants on fire in Monday night lampworking. I can’t help but feel that it was a rite of passage; I now have the right to produce decent beads. (I’m exaggerating, actually my glass ‘shocked’ in the torch and hot glass shrapnel landed in my lap. It hurt though, in that ‘surprise pain’…

  • Glass etching

    Sorry about missing Photo-take-outter Friday last week – sometimes you just need a break ;) This weekend I tried glass etching for the first time, and lo, it turns out to be incredibly easy. I picked up a bottle of etching cream from the craft store called ‘Armour Etch’. Then I picked up some stencilled…

  • I’m on fire!

    Tito and I were back in the lampworking studio on Monday night for what, I can now safely say, was a far more successful evening. I worked with only 5 colours all night trying to create beads that, above all, were reasonably round. Yes, that was my only goal. Round, with nice holes. It sounds…

  • Lampworking = Fail

    Last Monday Tito and I got back into the lampworking studio for the first time in almost a year, and woo boy, was I ever out of practice. Of the many pieces I made that night, almost half of them broke in the kiln. The advice I got was that I had let my glass…

  • Glass Goodies…

    These goodies are all from last weeks lampworking session – enjoy! I also made this red pendant – …which goes so beautifully with one of my favourite scarves… And these earrings Which had to be rescued by all the glue I spilled on them… Hope everyone is enjoying the morning =o)

  • Lampworked glass, session 4

      Here is a view of a glass pendant that came out of the kiln on Monday. I had foolishly decided to use glue on the post, which resulted in Tito having to rescue the piece by cleaning it up and grinding off the glue. Good thing though, because I really loved the piece and…

  • I’m getting better at this… more glasswork

    I’m getting better at this :) This is the front view of my latest bracelet. And a side/clasp view. With this one I used the same colour scheme for all beads but experimented with different forms and shapes. I discovered that flattened beads sit more comfortably against my wrist. I’ve got a bunch more ideas…