Glass Rainbow explosions for sale

Rainbows are for sale at my Etsy shop. As much as 50% OFF!! Need to raise some funds for my travels!

Next stop is ABR Imagery April 14 in Indiana. I will be demonstrating how to make an explosion bead to members of the International Society of Glass beads. (The same kind of beads shown here.)    The best part about doing anything with glass is the people.  I get to hang out with some talented Artist’s, and they are all fantastic people.

More beads will be listed for sale on-line all week!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Memory project – “Indelible”

This year I am inspired by the idea of creating a piece about a memory. The project is to create glass beads that represent a memory of something you care about. Then create a piece of jewelry with it. I am inspired to make the bead, not really the jewelry part… I started to make a bead for this project, and there seams to be an incompatible glass in my bead, and it broke mid way (I garaged it in the kiln for a while…)
remembering show days with the Grateful Dead…I started to weld it back together and then realized it might be a glass issue,and I can re-make if I get a chance…

 

I did make time for listing work for sale! New work is at the Etsy shop all week!!

The ISGB is hosting the indelible 

10 years!!

  

This year had a lot of  “10’s” in it for me. Married 10 years. My son will turn 10 next  month, and it is 2010. Who would have thought that year would ever be here. It all seems like a blink of an eye.

Glassact, the Southeast, Michigan glass bead makers guild just celebrated 10 years of being together (2000-2010).  This is Southeast Michigan’s local chapter of the ISGB (International society of glass bead makers).  Having been a member the last half of it, I have to say I am pretty thankful for these people.

Glassact has served as a very strong support system for me.  Having the meetings with the other Artist’s is inspirational. Getting feedback on my work, learning cool tips, and techniques.   Without the volunteers that run our organization, we would not survive. 

To show my gratitude, I was able to use the enamel decal process to make beads with the Guilds original Logo and text.  At our 10 year celebration party (at the Whitney) in Detroit I gifted these 25 beads to some of the Guild members. I wanted to make enough for everyone, but time caught up to me.

 

The Party was awesome.  I won a $25.00 gift certificate to Frantz art glass. We all received a 1/4 lb of glass rods, magazines from the Flow,Glassline,Proffitable glass quarterly, a super cool tool from the class mates in Kristina Logan’s class. The awesome, perfect point to drag and pull glass with.

All of the board members got a bead from Cindi Brunell. Cindi took Kristina’s class, and gave several of the beads she made, while perfecting the techniques, to guild members. (Mine is pink and purple flower-esque design. Okay, I’ll get some pictures up one of these days.)

We had two CGBeadrollers donated as gifts in a raffle.  These tools open the door of possibility with glass. I am really excited to see what we do with them at flame off events. 

Every member got decals with instructions from me. And, of course I included a Glassact logo in each one. 

10 years. Imagine what we can do in 10 more? I look forward to it.

Surprize! The ISGB put my work on the site…Mother nature at work…

 

At the ISGB website!I went to view some other show info. and bumped into my piece on the site. Wow!

Thank you for the kudos ISGB! (International society of glass bead makers)

“Mother Nature At Work” by Sheila Morley

Oakland, CA. International Society of glass beadmakers GATHERING!

THE GATHERING IS THIS WEEK!! MANY glass artists in one place!! This happens ONE DAY out of every year  somewhere in the USA.

August 9!! is the  The Bazaar  at the Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA.  GLASS sculpture, beads, all made with GLASS! Who is going to be there? oh! Just some of the BEST glass artists from around the world!

Here are a few, out of hundreds!!: James, JC, Andrew, Margret, Harold,

ONE DAY A YEAR OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!

Hello to all the AWESOME BEAD MAKER-ARTIST FRIENDS! Sending some good vibes from Michigan!! This should be the best bazaar show ever!!! Wish I could be there!!

Oakland, California; right outside San Francisco. That spot where many of my favorite artist’s and musicians lived. Jerry garcia, from the Grateful Dead. Janis Joplin (WHo has a Web site! I don’t think she ever even saw the Internet. Can you imagine someone celebrating YOUR life so much, that they build you a website when you die? hm…must be $$ involved..(I’m bad!)  She was SO TALENTED! Do not forget STANLEY MOUSE is not far away. A fabulous poster Artist from the 60’s; and still kickin’!!

Well, Merl Saunders is around those parts. I saw him in San Francisco in 1991…hm….been a while.  i am not sure if he travells…I think he lives in Cali?   Phill lesh, Bob Weir, many awesome musicians! Still kickin’ and playing wonderful music…all from the Oakland, California/San FrANCISCO area…Berkley, Cali. ;

I SO WISH I COULD BE THERE!

If you go, have fun for me, and buy some KILLER GLASS!!!  (Don’t forget to ride the trolley….)

Peace; still a good idea!