How hard is it for you to wait for your kiln to cool?

It’s torture! That’s what it is! Pure torture!
I had a revelation as I was lying in bed early yesterday morning, and I got to try it out at the torch yesterday. I surprised myself and created some things that I’m pretty excited about. So excited in fact that I had to go [...]

Cracking Beads Gromit!

If your name is Wallace you might mean this as a compliment, and Gromit might be glowing with pride and joy. Unfortunately this post is not so happy, but hopefully might help explain some of the reasons that glass beads can crack.

Here is the reason I am writing this post -

‘Tis a sad sight indeed! [...]

I’m Upgrading!

Yup, today I am going to order things!! It’s exciting and nerve racking, and it’s going to be a huge learning curve, I’m sure I’ll be back at square one for a while getting used to all the extra heat and trying to figure out how in heck to program a kiln, but I’m dreaming of [...]

1000 Glass Beads

I just got my belated Christmas present the 1000 Glass Beads book and I’m blown away by the beads in there!  Can’t wait to get out to the torch, it is so inspiring, how some of these beadmakers create such beautiful works of art is beyond me.

I’m counting all my savings and thinking that I’m close [...]