Look what I got! Thank you, Ms. Booger! LOOK WHAT I MADE!

 
I organized my first event for the guild (GLASSACT). 
Sheryll Hubbard-Anspach and Jim Anspach (that link there is a nice interview); They came out for a demonstration before the bead bonanza (big bead show in Metro Detroit area every Spring, and every Fall) .
One of the GLASSACT goals is to learn, and support other Artist’s that teach; and [...]

Cleaning up the studio; found some art to share.

Practicing Italian style sculpting is a side kick in my studio. I practice every now and then. I set the people in a bowl, and at the end of the year it gets pretty dusty, so I clean them, and this is last years in a bowl.
Italian  Style sculpting is absolutley fascinating! I used to watch some [...]

Happy Economy to you! money and art beads MICHIGAN CATCH UP!

What goes into the Glass ART BEAD.  Why do we pay hundreds of dollars for art beads? What are they really worth?
That is subjective, and I am not going to tell you what it is worth.   You have to figure it out. Is it based on your cost of living, or mine? HM!
Glass Beads are made with [...]

FAQ Glass melts? You make lamps? Do you blow in it?

I  have a frequently asked question (FAQ): What do you mean you “lamp work”??? “you make lamps?”, “glass melts?”
Glass is silica with metal. They are mixed while in a compound state (dry; like flour), heated in a controlled state (furnace), forming into a solid glass.  (liquid…you know) Okay, so, we form it into 1/4″ x 36″ rods, [...]

Dichroic glass with an “Odalisque” Goddess…one of a kind

 Dichroic light with a red Goddess on a transparent cobalt blue.

  This bead is sold.
Dichroic glass is metal fused to a piece of glass. I took that and fused it to the bead in the flame, before I sculpted the Odalisque figure on there. The metalic background is magical. LOVE it.
A Goddess…