Driving home yesterday, we were behind, then beside, and then in front of the car below.


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Saturday I went into my glass studio and fired up my bead torch.  I finally had everything in place and ready to make beads, plus I got some new books that have some wonderful techniques and I wanted to start practicing.  I definitely need to do more practicing.  I have diagnosed the main issue as to not holding the bead mandrel (metal rod) level ( Read more... )

This last weekend was the Golden Gate Renaissance Faire in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, where
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While I was taking my class in Chico, the local paper sent a photographer and a reporter to write an article about the class.  I didn't get my picture in the paper, but if you click on the link below, that is Patty Gray holding up the lid of the kiln that had my square blue piece before I did the glass combing.

Patty with my glass piece

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Ok - I'm putting pictures behind the cut, but I'm so excited with how stuff has turned out I'm showing you my glass before I've done any coldwork (cleaning it up after firing) and one piece before I've fired it.

This is my square glass combing before I took it out of the kiln.  I did the swirly parts with a stainless steel rod while the glass was ( Read more... )

The following poem is probably my favorite from childhood.  In the second or third grade my class was given an assignment to find and read a poem to the class.  I was having a terrible time finding something I liked that wasn't a mushy love poem (I was the definitive tomboy) until my dad pulled a book off our bookshelf and told me to read this poem ( Read more... )

Last pictures of glass before I leave for the show in Sonora this weekend.

Blue & green striped incense burner - this piece is gorgeous.

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More pictures of glass - all of which will be available at the Sonora Celtic Festival this weekend.  And Jeremy, yes I do take orders.,

Striped Incense Burner

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Another woven plate - this time in black & clear stripes.


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Here's a picture of two incense burners I just finished yesterday.  Sorry the picture isn't that good - it is very hard to photograph glass well.


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