My “Art for the sake of Art” became a whole new piece of Art!! And! Some Art bead shows!!

So fun to see what people make with my beads.  The bead inspires an idea, and to see people finish that off is so super cool to me.
 I was excited to see that one of my faces was named by another Artist.  “Wanda” is at Fitzherbert’s shop at Etsy.  She gets to hang with some jasper beads [...]

Stones and diamonds

Can you see that little cupid zirconium (fake diamond)? 
This is only one shot. I posted more at my gallery at beadartist’s .org. It is a great site. Many talented people in there!
Implossion of purple, with a brave soul standing on the rocks, reaching for the diamond.
Lets say, the stones are all of the hard things in life, and [...]

Hippie acid…glass hippie chick…

A hippie chick! I LOVE hippie girls. Just be how you are. I see the beauty in that. Some of my friends and family ask about make-up and dress up. And, to be honest I have nothing against it. I even admire girls that can do all of that.
I think about how I feel, more [...]

Sketches done with glass, combining ideas, inspiring art…

 
 
 Rain is coming down in Michigan, and I just submitted an article about these glass “sketches” at WMC.
I am sure the article  will be posted later in the week; enjoy!
 

 
 
 
(The figure is at auction on Ebay.) The face is for sale at my etsy shop.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

New post about those latticino landscapes~ WMC

I have a new article up at WMC!!!! Get your click on! go check it out.
And check out what my peers are up to while your over there. WMC stands for ‘Watch me create’. A great site to read about art, how it evolves, what inspires, the result of what has come before us. Face [...]

Implosions made into a pendant with glass

 An implosion is a beautiful discovery. Getting the colors to explode into the center, creating this beautiful fire work/floral design. Absolutley inspiring! The backing color is VERY important. You want a color that really contrasts with the center. This really makes the implosion part pop out at you.
Until now, my implosions were expirimental, and needed [...]

Welding glass to create an Owl

I saw kim Field’s  (http://www.northfiredesigns.com/) Owl beads. They are beautiful!  Kim is a Michigan Glass artists friend of mine. (We take breaks at random shows together.)  From what I hear, she is a great teacher too.   
I have been fascinated with feathering glass ever since I saw Sarah Hornick’s ( her blog — http://blog.glassbysarah.com/) glass demonstration. She [...]

Leap day,PAPER weights with glass, Ebay is slow! MYSPACE COPY

Today is leap day. That means this day will not exist next year. So, I took the day off; kind of. I spent 3 hours on the torch, and I etched some beads. So, really, I took half the day off. In honor of the day that doesn’t really exist….right? Silly…And, since paper weight month [...]

Glass Latticino landscape

Made with glass. So, I took strings that were 12″ long and  like, 2mm+- thick, and welded them together. (Yes, glass is silica and metal; we weld)…I then melted all of the colors, centered the glass (like in pottery) and then…MASHED IT! Violla!
I had two canvases to weld these little stick style-ish people on!

A Goddess, [...]

Glass Goddess bead made into a beautiful neck piece…

Look what Vika, with Froggybead made with one of the Goddess beads I made.
I made the butterfly murrini and attached it to the bead in the flame. 100% glass, and the neck piece is made with AMBER!!! beautiful!

She is so awesome for sending me these pictures! WOWZA