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Flame Off at Eugene Glass School

A little while back I mentioned the upcoming Flame Off at the Eugene Glass School. Well it was this past weekend. If you went to the Flame Off at the Eugene Glass School write to me and let me know how…

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Tutorial Saturday! Mandrel Wound Implosion Bead

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It’s Saturday! Are you ready for some tutorials! This one I found on Lampwork etc. is pretty cool. It’s an implosion bead. Sort of like the boro pendants you see with the implosions…but this is a bead. Thanks Mary Lockwood for…

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Artist Profile: Bronwen Heilman – Ghost Cow

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A woman of many talents. Glass…music…metal…mom…creative dynamo! Her glass work is an inspiration to so many. And with good reason. It rocks!!! So allow me to introduce you some of the many facets of her glass work, with using bottle…

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Tutorial Information for Mosaics

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Here I go again looking around for cool tutorials to share with you guys. Today I’m looking at mosaic information. I found a pretty cool web site with videos of how-tos. It’s eHow videos and the mosaic page is very full…

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Dream Glass Studios…

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I want a glass studio to call my own. Sure I have a great studio to work in to make glass beads but what I really want is a large space filled with really cool equipment so I can totally…

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Beads From the Tutorials…

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Yesterday was Tutorial Saturday. Did you make something? Which was your favorite? My favorite is the star bead. And I used some awesome glass to make it. And I plan on making a lot more of these guys. They are…

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Tutorial Saturday: MZ Glass Twisty Bead…Go Margaret!

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Last tutorial of the night. And I cheated. I’ve already made my twisty bead. It has annealed with the other tutorial beads I made tonight. I made the star bead (awesome), three tie-dye beads and two twisties. This tutorial is…

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Tutorial Saturday: Tie-Dye Bead

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We’ve been over to wonderhowto.com before for a tutorial so it seems like a great place to go for tonights next tutorial. I made a star bead from the last tutorial I posted and will show it off tomorrow once it’s…

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Tutorial Saturday!! A Cool Star Bead

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I’m spending this Saturday night at the torch. I’ve got a quiet evening home alone so I thought I’d get some bead making in. I wanted to try new things and I searched for some beads to make from tutorials…

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Field Trip: Corning Museum of Glass

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When you think of glass do you think Corning? Well if you don’t you should. And if you can take a glass vacation The Corning Museum of Glass is the place on the east coast to go. It’s located in Corning,…

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Vitrigraph: Gravity and Hot Glass

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Have you ever seen vitrigraph glass? Hot about a pot melt? Similar techniques for handling melted glass. Basically glass is placed in a terra cotta flower pot ( german made so it can handle high temperatures) that has a hole…

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Amazing Handmade Glass Beads: Interview with Kerri Fuhr

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Want to see some amazing handmade glass beads? Check out this interview with Kerri Fuhr on the web site Art Bead Scene Blog. Some of her gorgeous beads are shown and you can get a bit of insight on her and…

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Glass Schools and Organization Information

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I’m constantly looking for good comprehensive information to pass on to you readers, as well as to obtain for furthering my glass education. There’s so much to know about glass. The different techniques and approaches sometimes seem endless. The web…

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Artist Profile: Kathleen Elliot

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As I look through the World Art Glass Magazine’s Anniversary issue I am in awe of all of the great glass artists included. Kathleen Elliot’s work just jumped out at me. Her realism in her botanicals is fantastic. They’re almost edible.…

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Treasury on Etsy of the Cutest Glass Animal Beads…

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I am the biggest fan of etsy. Disclaimer…I sell on etsy. I love it because it’s a fabulous forum for handmade artists to sell their wares. You create your own store that you stock and sell out of. If you…

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