I haven't posted in quite a long time as you can see.

I'm still doing lamp working and fusing, but the beginning of this year I added to polymer clay to the mix.  I love it.  I get to "smoosh" my work instead of being scared of cuts and burns.

Lampwork Beads and Classes

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "Sorry that I haven't been keeping up to date; but I have just been so busy with work and with life.
I went to Disneyland for four days the beginning of February when I went down to see my fibromyalgia doctor Dr. St. Amand. What a journey. I hadn't been there since high school - quite some time ago.
The ceramic beads turned out great and got out in a timely fashion and so it was back to lampworking and getting all of those great lampwork beads ready for my designers. What an inspiration!
I also gave a great lampwork class to a very enthusiastic student. Private lessons are surely the way to go for all.
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Imprinted Beads and Christenings

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: " Finished sanding the beads today. Tomorrow they go into in the kiln for a day.
Tomorrow I go to a christening."

Sanding Clay Cross Beads

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "Have been working steadily on the beads. After the beads dry to a leather hard stage, I then put on the design. It takes a lot of time carving and imprinting the crosses on the beads.
Then, as the individual beads dry I am sanding them to further round the corners as Michelle wanted and to smooth the surface. Kind of reminds me about how hopefully our rough edges get smoothed in the daily ness of life. "

Clay Cross Beads and the Church of Saint John of Rochester

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "I just added another page to show the progression of the clay cross beads that I am making for the Church of Saint John of Rochester. New pictures will be posted as the project progresses. Click here for the clay cross bead page.
I want to thank Michelle and everyone else connected for the privilege of being able to create this for them. It has been a wonderful peaceful meditation upon the church and what it has meant in my life. I look at the beads awaiting further work and think of these as representations of our growing and changing - always ready for further refining or as I look at them as a whole I think of building blocks, all so individual yet so necessary to the whole. Anyhow, enough reminiscing for now."

Pit Fired Clay Beads, Lampwork and Fusin

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "Just finished an order with a jewelry designer. Beautiful, even if I do say so myself.
Now I am working on an order of clay beads for a church along with a couple of glass orders. I just love this business. There are so many interesting directions that it takes me.
Hope everything is going great for y'all. Take care and enjoy your weekend."

Fun, Work, Disneyland and Fibromyalgia

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "Time just passes so fast. I am still busy with orders. Thank you. Thank you.
Lots of fun new ideas in the make and some great variations on some of the old. What a time. I love the new colors that I have been working with and I can't wait to share them with you.
Has anybody been to Disneyland lately? I am thinking of going there for my birthday in a couple of weeks if the weather is nice. Any suggestions on the best place to stay? I have to go to Marina del Rey anyhow to see my fibromyalgia doctor Dr. St. Amand."

Lampwork Heart Beads and a Wonderful Boyfriend and Clients

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "Thank y'all from coming buy to visit and purchase from me last weekend. It was great to see you. I have been so busy with orders that I have not had time to keep my wonderful blog fans up to date on my life. I promise I will be better when my life calms down. This rush is absolutely wonderful.
I have made some wonderful hearts for a client and I would like to share them with you. They can be found on their own page - a page for lampwork heart beads. Enjoy!
I've seen some wonderful clients this week and have been putting their orders together. "

Bead Sales and Pain

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "I'm sorry that I have been absent from communicating with y'all; but it has just been so busy; and the fibromyalgia has been acting up badly now for almost a week. Pain. Pain. I don't suffer too quietly.
I want to thank all of you who came by to visit and buy from me at the sale in Los Angeles. It was great to see you. Thank you for your support.
Now I have been frantically getting ready for another sale this weekend. Ohhhh, am I aching. I'm leaving tomorrow and will be returning Monday, so if you don't hear from me for a few days you'll know why and when I return I have some orders to fill. The beads just keep rolling out."

Borosilicate Glass Beads and Jewelry

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "Communicated with four different clients to collaborate on some beads and pendants for their designs. It is quite exciting to work with people with such wonderfully diverse ideas for their jewelry and accessories. Thank you all for helping to support me as an artist. I really appreciate it.
I made a kiln full of beads for a client today and experimented with a couple of new ideas using borosilicate glass. It's surely busy now with people getting ready for Christmas - and the rush is on. Hmmmmmm, do I like that.
After spending a very busy day yesterday on my business, I had an exciting evening also with my S.O. We went shopping at Costco - such excitement and then went to Porky's to eat and listen to some music. Some of it were quite similar to Jimmy Hendrix (that is surely some great music)."

Art at River Park and the Bead Society of Los Angeles

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "I want to give a big thanks to all of my friends/clients who came out to visit with me and buy at the sale. It was also great to meet a lot of new people.
I am now getting more beads made for the sale in Culver City Sunday at the Veteran's Auditorium for the Bead Society of Los Angeles.
A great client came by on Sunday with her son. It was great to visit with them."

Glass Talk Radio, Dale Smelzer and Sales

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "Just working away getting ready for the sale tomorrow at River Park. I also have a few custom orders to have ready this week. Busy. Busy. Busy.a
Got an interesting phone call yesterday from Dale Smelzer of Glass Talk Radio - the internet glass interview show that I have co-hosted a few times. Lot of interesting happenings are going on his way. Can't wait to see how they pan out."

San Joaquin Clay and Glass Association and the Bead Society of Los Angeles

Blogs, Lampwork, Beads, Glass, Dichroic, Jewelry, Life: "Had an extremely busy two days. I've made beads and jewelry both days along with keeping correspondence up to date.
Tonight I went to the monthly meeting of the San Joaquin Clay and Glass Association. We are having a sale at the Lutheran Redeemer Church on November 19th in Fresno. We put labels on the postcards. We also discussed such issues as having a central cashier instead of us each handling our own sales - very poor idea.
Next weekend I have a sale in Culver City at the Veteran's Auditorium. I still haven't a room reservation. I went on Priceline Monday night; but I did not get the price I wanted. I'll try again late Thursday evening. If I have to get the price much higher I might as well buy the room from the company website. Then, I can have the option of changing the room if I need to without penalty. "