Unfinished Object
Quote of The Day
View my profile on NaBloPoMo
Navigation
Home |
Where I Play
Categories
Read
Lurk
Inspire
Crafting For A Cause
Green
Diversions
Photos
Monthly Archives
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
Site Credits
Powered by:
ExpressionEngine
Design by:
BlogMoxie
I got an email this morning from the art center reminding me that this weekend is ‘open torch’ … four delightful hours playing with molten glass for the bargain price of $5 and a covered dish. I plan on going back to the beginning and working on making good round beads and even-sized dots, I might even try my first series. Not matching beads, I’m not ready for that, but beads of similar size in similar colors. I’m also going to go one step further with what we learned in our last class, encased beads, and give this a try. Aren’t they pretty?
I’m still rather smitten with the challenge of lampwork and have been entertaining myself this week by wearing a different bead every day on a wire necklace my uncle gave me that is just perfect for the job. I’ve also learned of a good use for my ‘one of a kind’ odd balls…Beads of Courage. They work with hospitals who give kids beads as they reach certain milestones in treatment for serious illnesses culminating with a purple heart at the end of treatment. I haven’t the talent to make the hearts or butterflies they prefer, but I did discover that they take any bead and I think the one I’m wearing today is kid-wonky-perfect.
I seem to have reached the point where I can let the beads go. I took them with me to the party we went to last weekend so I could show them to a friend who had taken a similar class. Of course if you set a bowl of beads out on the table you’re gonna loose a few; some to folks that mistake them for hors-d’oeuvres and some to folks that are buzzed enough to think they are cool. I don’t know how many wandered off that night; the only one I’m sure of was my second attempt at an owl. I might try another one of those this weekend as well; time permitting. If I can get it right I think they’d make cute cell phone charms.
Like most hobbies I’ve tired I want to rush out and buy everything that goes along with it but this one is a little more cost prohibitive than most and I am forced to take it slow…good news really. Plus, I’m still not making them at home – despite the fact that D spent a whole hour grinding the hard water deposits off of an old stainless steel dishwasher door last weekend so I’d have a clean work surface to use – so I have access to some of the specialty tools that are at the art center. Still, it’s very tempting when I look at a lampworking tool catalog…I do luvs me some tools and there are some nifty ones associated with this craft.
In any case I’m looking forward to the weekend. Even though it MUST involve cleaning toilets a few hours of creativity makes it worthwhile.