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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…
May
19
This find speaks to me! I absolutely love earthtone colors and this set of glass beads has a richness that you can’t deny. Graciebeads is the artist and you will see more of her creations at her web site too. Gorgeous browns,…
May
18
Emma Baird of the Little Bead Shop is spotlighted in the most recent issue of the UKs premier bead magazine, Bead.
Be sure to check out this great magazine as well as Emma’s glass beads and blog.
May
15
I’ve embarked on a color study project to document what different colors of transparent glass do when layered over each other. I’m hoping that it will serve as a reference as I branch out into other designs. It is very…
May
6
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know that cupcakes are the years hottest dessert trend. Don’t have a sweet tooth? Well, now you can wear them too. Check out these great glass cupcake beads by Laura Sparling.
Laura was…
Apr
23
Find out how to win a copy of one of Cathy Lybarger’s glass tutorial ebooks at the Lori Greenberg Glass Bead Blog.
Apr
21
Follow Debra Jennings at Watch Me Create as she muses about her beloved purple glass, that others have such a hard time mastering. She shares lots of pictures and shows you the different color variations she’s been able to get from…
Apr
10
Another great tutorial on the enVision blog on reducing silver glass. This time it’s Triton and Psyche from Double Helix Glass.
Apr
1
Now there is a blog that puts a focus on working the elusive silver glasses that are so popular right now with glass bead makers and buyers Maybe reading the enVisin blog will help with that.
There are different methods to working…
Mar
31
Rose over at the Spawn of Flame blog brings us a tutorial on how to make Silvered Ivory Stringer. What is that? It’s ivory glass, rolled in fine silver foil and then pulled into long glass strings (stringer). These stringer…
