A smile is worth a thousand words. . .

Some are worth more.

Some are worth less.

Sometimes you just shouldn’t mess with a good thing.

He's got TEETH

I wanted to try teeth.

Was I glad I did?

Apparently because I did it again.

Monster Cats will EAT YOU!

I enjoyed the challenge, but not so much the end result!  Stay tuned though because there are sure to be more [...]

Sneak Peek into the Kiln

I wasn’t thinking of Mallory’s Lava lamp when I made this bead, but I sure am now!!

lava lamp-like

More to come tomorrow, I’ve got some pretties and some not so pretties and some darn right strange things that have just [...]

Published in ‘The Flow – Women in Glass Edition’

Last week I received my copy of the latest issue of The Flow magazine.

I am so honoured to be a part of this issue!  My faux boro necklace is featured on page 18 of the Gallery.  This Gallery is crammed with the most awe inspiring pieces you can imagine – all kinds of glass art from [...]

Beading Times Featured Artist

Beading Times is an online magazine for all things connected to beading.  Each month they feature a different Bead Artist and I’m so honoured to announce that they chose me for December’s edition!

Here’s a link to the article December’s Featured Artist, Carolyn Jankovskis of Beading Times was drawn to my Monkees and also my Faux Boro [...]

Close up

 Here’s a closeup of the beads in the necklace for anyone who’s interested
They are Faux Boro, this is done using soft glass that reacts to create a borosilicate-like look – I love the colours that come out in [...]

A new necklace

 I finished a necklace [...]

A quick post before I start the day!

Demo day at the Dandelion Festival has arrived, I got everything set up yesterday so hopefully things will go smoothly! I’m excited and nervous!

I’ve made some Dandy Lion beads for the event and turned them into little pins-

Here are a couple more faux boros, or unoboroboro beads. I can’t help it, I’m addicted to [...]

New Beads!

Some new beads to share!  The first are big hole beads – or bigger at least! I did them on the 3/16″ mandrels.

These were experiments with faux boro colours and silver.  I think the silver was fuming my clear glass which didn’t make them look so good,

even though there were bits that I really liked!

Then Deborah [...]

New beads to share!

Finally I have a few new beads to share.  I’m trying to put some small sets together to sell.

I tried a tutorial for ‘Dragon Scale Beads’ from Amber/Naos on the lampworking boards.  Her beads are so beautiful.  I was quite pleased with my first attempts and am fighting with myself on whether to etch them or [...]

My latest and favouritist

I love this little bead! I’m extremely happy because the pattern is even all the way round, the encasing is about as good as I have managed so far – it goes pretty much to the holes AND this little baby is so perfectly round! Usually I seem to end up with thicker encasing [...]