Of course I Wood!

Beyond glass, I love to use the natural tones and textures of wood. It is amazing and beautiful and lends itself well to many colors and designs. I am so easily amused by such things and be it the smooth beads within a piece or the large and giving maple in my front yard..of course I wood:)

Little funky

A little of this and a little of that...love this piece. There are 8 Lizard Breath Beads in this piece and they are funky, fun and mixed in with wood, stone and antiqued copper. Should have been doing a wide variety of other things when I put this togehter..but now I am so glad I made it! Have a great holiday weekend!

Cascading

When I am making a piece I can't help but imagine where it might end up. Maybe it would lay beautifully on a neck for a  romantic night out or  dangle at a summer party with friends where there is laughter and good company.

Torch Time!

I spent some much needed time at the torch tonight and it felt so great. I  can't wait until the morning to see the end results from the kiln.  I did a half  dozen beads in simple clear glass, some with texture and frit, while others were just plain clear glass. 
Warm weather firings bring the sounds of peepers into my music while I work, as well as a few bird sized moths that can't resist the light of the torch. Open flames, swatting and outrageously large bugs....quite the combination:)

Projects and Wishes

So apparently yesterday was supposed to be a the end of the world. I found out about it in the afternoon and it made me feel a little weird. I had just finished a great run with some great people for a wonderful local cause and I was able to shrug it off. But later I put some thought into it.   So they say we are supposed to live each day as if it our last but that is just too much to bare.  I have projects, wishes and hopes and I work on them each day and it keeps me motivated.  I think we are such amazing and resilient creatures in the way we continuous work, play, produce and care for one another.  To live each day like there are millions more and I can build on these projects of life sits a bit better.   Just to do the best I can with what's in progress and focus on improving my self and working hard. Whoa..so heavy duty for so early in the morning...but I am glad we are all still here with one another.

Beautiful morning!

                               "Spring is nature's way of saying, LET'S PARTY"

                                                                                     -Robin Williams

Spring has given me a little party in my mind.  It is amazing outside at this time of year and I feel very inspired by it all. I had to just get out there and be in it this morning and it felt amazing.   It makes me kick up a notch on my goals and think.."Why not?...Let's do it! What am I waiting for?" 

...out of the blue.

 Like many, I am always picking up treasures when and wherever I can. I found these oval black lava stone beads at your everyday craft store and have held on to them for so long with no true knowing for where they would end up.  They are textured and rough and called on the spools of steel I have been keeping.  I made the two focal lampwork beads within the same firing and always imagined them together but have since tucked them away.  The tiny lampwork beads are from my supply. All of a sudden, they surfaced on my work bench and it seemed like nothing but meant to be.  Do we do this because we seem to gravitate towards like products, colors and designs or do things just fit to us at the right time and we make it work.  Who knows?! but it was fun to have an out of the blue piece.