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Heart Bead Tutorial from Amy Trescott – Forever Grateful Beads

January 21, 2015 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

It’s almost Valentine’s Day so I’ve been looking for tutorials to make hearts and other valentineish stuff. This tutorial by Amy Trescott of Forever Grateful Beads is a good exercise for beginners but it’s also something cool for those with … Read More ...

Today’s Tutorial – Frit Twisties

January 16, 2015 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

More lamp work tutorials! I’m totally addicted to Pinterest cause there are so many cool pictures and projects and inspirations! I saw this tutorial about making frit twisties and knew I had to share it. It comes from Art Jewelry … Read More ...

Wavy Bead Tutorial from Lampwork etc.

January 12, 2015 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

Wandering around Pinterest I found a cool tutorial for bead makers. The link took me over to Lampwork, etc. with a post from Victoria’s Glassworks. I love these beads and found this particular way to do it pretty cool as … Read More ...

Photographing Glass from cmog.org

December 19, 2014 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

Anyone who works in glass knows that photographing it can be rather difficult. Over at Corning Studio they have an article on how to set yourself up to photograph your glass. The set up looks fairly easy to deal with … Read More ...

We’re Living in The Glass Age

November 19, 2014 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

I just saw a great video talking about glass with two of my favorite television guys, The Mythbusters. It’s really a commercial for Corning Inc., the glass manufacturer but it’s great information about glass and the technologies of the … Read More ...

Upcoming Classes, Events, and Open Studios at Bullseye Glass

October 26, 2014 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

Bullseye Glass has their own resource centers around the country and they’ve got a great list of things going on in each of them. Cool classes, artist talks, and open studios. And they’re having a big sale too. Go Bullseye!! … Read More ...

Kiln Pointers from Paragon – Your Kiln is Slowing Down

October 23, 2014 by Cathi Milligan 1 Comment

It’s been a while since I’ve written about Kiln Pointers from Paragon Kilns. Sometimes it’s not the most exciting information but it is so very useful. Recently my crucible kiln for glass blowing couldn’t get up to temperature, so … Read More ...

Free Lampwork Bead Making Tutorials at EskieBeads.com

October 21, 2014 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

I’ve been spending more time on the torch lately making beads and wanted to see if there were some tutorials that would inspire some fresh explorations. First I asked Mr. Google…I found EskieBeads.com and within that site a whole list … Read More ...

Kristina Logan Coming to the West Coast

September 24, 2014 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

Heather Trimlett is hosting Kristina Logan for a trunk show and class down in San Diego. Both of these lovely ladies have been great inspirations to me as a bead maker so if you have the opportunity to take a … Read More ...

Five Glass Bead Making Tutorials from Frantz Art Glass

September 14, 2014 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

I was looking for some tutorials to share today. I found 5 on FrantzNewsletter.com so here they are for you. At least the link is here. I’ve been making more beads and jewelry lately so I’m looking for fun inspirations, … Read More ...

Make Glass Head Pins with Enamels

August 22, 2014 by Cathi Milligan Leave a Comment

Today Jewelry Making Daily has a great tutorial and video on how to make glass head pins using a small torch and enamels. Barbara Lewis and her son David show how it’s done. These headpins can really take your jewelry … Read More ...

Tutorial for Using Double Helix Glass

August 9, 2014 by Cathi Milligan 1 Comment

It’s Tutorial Saturday! Today I’m sharing a cool tutorial I found over at Double Helix Glassworks web site. They make all that wonderful silver glass bead makers love so much, myself included. The tutorial focuses on Triton and Psyche glass … Read More ...