Mar
1
If you’re in the San Antonio area of Texas and are looking for a long list of fun things to do go to Wired Designs. Check out their list of their upcoming classes. So much fun! So much to do!…
Feb
26
I’m looking for tutorials. I found Torch Bugs. And I actually found something I want to make. It’s the wig wag twistie to decorate with. Sarah Hornik has perfected this and who contributed to the tutorial but Sarah herself. So cool.…
Feb
22
I received an email today for a call out to glass artists for an upcoming show at The Fallbrook Art Center. I thought I should pass the information on to all of you. If you’re in California and want to…
Jan
24
Today I spent half a day at CHA. Did my demo of macramé to promote my book, Mod Knots and then wandered around about half the show. I had a pressing engagement and had to run early but I’m returning…
Dec
22
At the end of each year The Flow magazine dedicates their issue to Women in Glass. And it’s out. This is their 5th annual issue on women. The issue includes tutorials and interviews with some of the new and established women…
Dec
21
Let’s just start this post with JC’s description of the beads she’s making…”Stringer intensive tube beads inspired by the prairie designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. Built on transparent colors and shaped into short, thick tubes these lines design are great…
Dec
18
It’s in production!!! Contemporary Lampworking Volume III by Bandu Dunham. This is pretty exciting stuff if you’re a lampworker…you know a torchworker…you like to play with fire and glass. It’s been years since the second volume came out so I really…
Dec
9
I’ll start this post with a huge disclaimer. I’m in this issue of Glass Line with my Rose Skull Glass Bead Tutorial. Yay! But there’s so much more in this issue…it’s not just about me. There are boro tutorials and a…
Dec
7
I was looking for interesting places to find bead making tutorials and came across this web site…Coloraddiction that a collabloration between Kimberly Affleck and Kandice Seeber. What a cool site!! They provide glass bead making tutorials for the beginner through the…
Nov
2
My passion is glass. I melt it and form it into cute beads…pretty beads…sometimes beads that blow my mind. I also fuse glass into objects…functional art. A sink…a lamp…plates and bowls. Then there’s mosaic. Bits of glass and tiles adhered…
Jun
13

Silver glass is all the rage these days in glass beadmaking. From the picture above you might understand why. The glass is very expensive due to its high silver content that gives the glass its color. It also can be…
Jun
12

Lampworker Marcy Lamberson highlights the butterfly beads of Robert Simmons on her blog. Robert is the Director of Bead Donations for Beads of Courage, an organization that provides arts in medicine to children and families coping with serious illness.
In the…
Jun
12

Pat Frantz, who has a video on working with dichroic glass, shares some of her tips in the Frantz Art Glass Newsletter. Learn how to avoid getting scum in your glass and how to achieve watercolor effects.
May
24

It’s easy to win a copy of this wonderful eTutorial by Kerri Fuhr. Just surf on over the the Lori Greenberg Bead Blog, read the review and leave a comment. Be sure to bookmark the site while you’re there because there…
May
24

If any of you read Watch Me Create, the team blog that I manage and write for, it is no surprise to you that I love hearing about artist’s creative processes. Ranking right up there at the top of my…






