Out of the kiln and looking good (these guys are huge!)
Nov 10, 2014
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Great work, Shannon!
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
I showed my son your beads yesterday. He was so fascinating by the colors and how you did everything. Looks like we're in for a field trip to some local glass workers.
- Anika
Nice! Some of the 'hot shops' (glass blowing) have bead classes as well. Most offer a short class to make your own 'whatever' where the blower does most of the work but you still get the experience. Tell your son there's no paint in there, just glass. Everywhere a color changes is somewhere I added glass :-)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
We have 3 glass shops across the street. Two offer bead classes. One does classes on design elements. He was totally fascinated by your plovers and Christmas mice. I showed him the glass rods and explained how to use them. He kept asking, "But how does she make the shapes? She can't trace on air!" He also said you should wear long sleeves so you won't burn yourself. I said, "Too late!".
- Anika
Oh wow! Very jealous of being so close to glass shops, very! He is right about he long sleeves but almost no one wears them. I find they actually worry me more ... Fear of catching a sleeve on fire flips me out more than the burns I get. I DO look like someone has been putting cigarettes out on my arms and chest, but I'm thinking a shirt on fire would be worse. I am careful to only wear cotton, it burns slower than synthetic:-)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
those glass rods are sooooo pretty. as is the ... what's it called? the sparkly stuff? I took lots of photos of the rods and the sparkly stuff when I was at the John Campbell folk school back in June. amazing bead making stuff going on!!
- Stephan!e•CogSc!L!brar!an
Sparkly stuff, probably dichroic glass :-)
- Shannon - GlassMistress