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Art of the Fire­bird, noun:

1. brightly col­ored glass shaped while molten into beads, mar­bles, and pendants,
2. small metal rings linked together one by one into intri­cate patterns,
3. stacks of paper bound into jour­nals for cre­ative thoughts and sketches,
4. ran­dom, and not-so-random, obser­va­tions and mus­ings on the world,
5. the occa­sional fiery rant on a hot topic,
6. a web site con­tain­ing all these items and more, from the hands and mind of Julia Benson-Slaughter with the assis­tance of her feline and human staff.

Big News!!

Andrea Win­kler (of Four Tails Lam­p­work) and I have been doing the Down the Street show together for 2 1/2 years now, and we’ve decided it’s time to make our joint busi­ness offi­cial. So look for Cop­per Dancer Designs, L.L.C., com­ing in a very short time to a web browser near you, and com­ing soon after to selected Atlanta area arts & crafts fairs! We’re very excited about merg­ing and expand­ing our busi­nesses and hope you enjoy the results.

Upcom­ing Events

We’re in the process of set­ting up our spring & sum­mer show sched­ule! Right now we know we’ll be at the Down the Street Bead Show on Father’s Day week­end (June 19–20) at the Cobb Gal­le­ria. As soon as we hear about the other shows to which we are apply­ing, we’ll let you know here. In the mean­time, visit my Art­fire and 1000 Mar­kets stores, or con­tact me if you don’t see what you want there.