Sun17Aug2008
0945PM
Best of the (Three) Weeks Ending 8/17/2008
tagged bead shows, beads, creativity, frugality, fun, glass, glass beads, lampworking, tutorials and wire
Okay, I admit it. I’ve been a slacker for a couple of weeks. My bad! First it was exams for summer term, then a week off when I was a total slug, then a week of meeting and advisement hell. So I am way, way behind on BotW, because people HAVE been posting good stuff!
- Mincot expanded on Rachel’s posting from last time about the costs behind artist-made lampwork beads.
- Lydia Muell shares a bit of the work behind the development of her first-ever lampwork tutorial. Look at the beads, then click over and get the tutorial itself — I highly recommend it!
- Need a quickie guide to the different types of lampworking glass?
- Michelle’s exploring mandalas in lampwork, and the results are fabulous!
- Want pink? Not sure how to get it? Lori Greenberg tells you the pros and cons of all the “pink” soft glass out there. Now if she’d just help me create a true pink in boro…
- Lori is also going back in time for a re-look at her creative process over at Watch Me Create.
- Cindy Gimbrone’s out there singing “I like big wire and I cannot lie…“
- Susan Sheehan recently discovered that doing a bead show isn’t as dreadful as she thought — in fact, it’s a pretty positive experience!
- For those of us who couldn’t make it to The Gathering, Andrea Guarino-Slemmons shares some pictures of Vittorio Constantini’s class.
- A lot of us lampworkers are introverted souls. We’d like to think we can torch all the time, but that’s really not feasible. So what can we do for fun without spending a lot of money OR dealing with those hated crowds of people? The Simple Dollar to the rescue!
