Lampworking & Glass

For posts about bead­mak­ing and beady stuff

No, not THAT kind of quickie ::frown::. I spent all evening doing all the show prep stuff that I know not to put off until the last minute but do so any­way. I always end up clean­ing the last batch of beads on the last night, and then they have to be sorted, culled, placed […]

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I was told sev­eral years ago that if you have round beads that have bro­ken in half due to ther­mal shock, you can use your kiln to slump them down into lit­tle oval cabo­chons and thereby make use of oth­er­wise wasted glass. This cer­tainly appealed to me, being one to not waste any­thing. I mean, […]
Unlike you may think, I don’t torch right up until the night before a show try­ing to make as much prod­uct as pos­si­ble. Tonight, in fact, was likely my last ses­sion on the torch before this weekend’s Down the Street Bead Show. Any­thing that’s made on a man­drel — that means beads — has to […]
My busi­ness part­ner Andrea com­mented on Twit­ter this week that I totally fail at brand­ing. I tweet about res­cue dogs, acad­e­mia, early music, lam­p­work and jew­elry, words, health care, and pol­i­tics. She’s not alone — I could almost have writ­ten that tweet, though mine would have said “I tweet about res­cue cats, com­put­ing, lam­p­work and jewelry, […]
Obser­va­tions: Even after rush hour ends, Atlanta traf­fic, even in the off-​direction, is no fun. There’s a Carhartt out­let at Com­merce. I won­der if they carry women’s stuff. Bull­dogs are love­ably slob­bery fun to pet. Play­ing tug-​of-​war with a 40 pound bull­dog is a good work­out for your del­toids & such. The guys at Moun­tain Glass Arts don’t see me […]

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