Sun20Jul2008
0928PM
Best of the Week Ending 7/20/2008
tagged ageism, borosilicate, color, copying, creativity, glass, lampworking and tools
Perhaps it’s just the Dog Days of Summer, but the lampworking blogosphere has been a little, well, cranky this week. It’s made for some interesting reading, that’s for certain!
- Before we start getting to the cranky stuff, Cindy Gimbrone gives a brief lesson on borosilicate glass beads, with examples, at Art Bead Scene.
- If you’ve been hearing about Mountain Honey and wondering if it’s a new bluegrass group, let Otter educate you about this new color of glass and its possibilities.
- Megan Potter, one of the staff at Just Be Connected, says that it’s not just sleep deficits, it’s creativity deficits as well, that we need to deal with in our lives.
- Now for the crankiness, and yes, it’s all lampwork-related! Andrea’s still contemplating the copying issue,
- I’m annoyed about ageism on Etsy and in print,
- Jelveh’s nailed it on the nose when it comes to new names for old stuff,
- and Andrea’s also miffed about misconceptions on the use of tools in lampworking (yep, she’s on a roll this week — maybe it’s a good thing she’s leaving on vacation next weekend
).
