Best of the Week ending 7÷06÷2008

On time for a change, here’s your Best of the Week for the week of the U.S.‘s Inde­pen­dence Day:

• Many lam­p­work­ers get inspi­ra­tion from music of all sorts. Lydia Muell shares how Sarah MacLach­lan inspires her.
• Should I take a class from a Famous Bead­maker or not? Lori Green­berg isn’t so sure you should take one at Andrea Guarino’s stu­dio…or is she?
• Do you like pink? Well, Kandice See­ber is the Queen of Pink — what does she think of the cur­rent hues of pink glass?
• Kim Miles is such an avid recy­cler that she’s been mak­ing beads with auto­mo­tive win­dow glass recently. How well does it work? Read this and see.
• Lately the con­tro­versy about Etsy as a qual­ity venue for hand­made arti­cles has become intense. The Glass Haven admins couldn’t resist weigh­ing in on the sub­ject — Frosty puts in her two cents’ worth while Minxy rumi­nates at fur­ther length.