Apr
16
I’m still sifting through the goodies I got while in Las Vegas at Glass Craft and Bead Expo. I find myself wondering, “What should I write about next?” Today I’ll write a post about Paula Radke and Art Glass Clay. …
Apr
13
This is such short notice but for those of you bead makers in the Southern California area there will be bead making a plenty over at The Mandrel in Torrance for Beads of Courage. The event is from 11-3 …
Apr
7
I wanted to do this post about a week and a half ago but got caught up in too many things. Then I went to Glass Craft and Bead Expo and saw these pendants in person and said, oh now …
Apr
6
I was wandering around Facebbok a little while ago looking for interesting tidbits of information all of you might find interesting and I came across the Soft Glass Invitational. Sounds like a fun event next month, May 16-18 at …
Mar
31
Olympic Color Rods is having a sale! Reichenbach glass is generally COE 96 glass and quite a bit of it is used for glass blowing, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take advantage of a sale…you can lampwork with it, …
Mar
31
I’m off to Las Vegas on thursday to go to Glass Craft and Bead Expo. This is the opportunity to see the glass folk and also see what’s new. Well, this is something quite new and exciting and I can’t …
Mar
25
Have you tried Glow Glass? Glow in the dark glass is so cool and now there are fresh colors available in COE 90 glass. It can be used for fusing or bead making and the effects are worth it. …
Mar
20
If you want to do a presentation for the GAS Conference 2014 you better get your application in. The deadline is approaching…April 7th. The Glass Art Society is taking 2013 off and the 2014 conference is being held at the …
Mar
11
I was wandering around the Bullseye web site and noticed a Tech Note update about glass compatibility. The article says that the same COE (coefficient of expansion) doesn’t necessarily mean the glass is going to be compatible. It’s good to …
Mar
8
More cool molds from Colour de Verre! These are jewelry molds…pendants to be exact. There are the teardrop pendants and the ovals and each has three different sizes. I love these molds. The end result is always very satisfying. …
Mar
6
The generous folks over at Soda Lime Times, the great online magazine for the glass bead maker, are giving away a St. Patrick’s Day inspired glass bead tutorial by Leah Nietz of sandfireartglass.com. The bead is called the …
Feb
28
It’s always good news when Double Helix releases new glass. Saturday they will be making available their first speckled luster called Ossa. Love the names they come up with for their glass. Ossa looks like it’s going to be a …
Feb
28
I know there are some amazing glass artists out there. People with glass wisdom and experience that should be shared with other glass enthusiasts. Well put your presentation together and send in your proposal for the GAS (Glass Art Society) …
Feb
22
I’ve mentioned in past posts about Glass Craft & Bead Expo, the glass show held every year in Las Vegas. It’s coming up faster than you know and I think the Art Clay World people are offering up some …
Feb
13
Heather Trimlett was live at Corning demonstrating bead making and now you can see it on You Tube. I’ve had her teach at my studio and to watch Heather work is to watch a master. She’s so good and teaches …









