My bird bead obsession continues, although today I did make a few lampwork beads with just leaves, no birds. 
I seem to have issues with making any two alike though. Even when I think I have a matched pair, they turn out to have been made with different stringer, brown and black for example. I guess you can easily infer that my workbench is a mess! Cleanup might be in order.
My experiments with striking colors gave beautiful backgrounds, if a bit dark. I guess I prefer the high contrast of a light background.
My absolute favorite so far is this pillow shaped bead, plain on the back for electroforming. I can't wait to get the carving going. The hole goes through vertically, so it will make an incredible pendant. I even broke down and made some plain ivory spacer beads to go with it!
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Wow Vickie, that pillow bead is amazing! I wish I lived near you I would be round there all the time trying to find out how to do things :)
ReplyDeleteLynne, I wish you lived near, too! There are some things on your blog that I'd be bugging you about -- we could trade ideas!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be there too ☺, I would love to learn a lot about metal and chemistry ☺.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year dear Vickie, wish you a lot of beauty in your life ... black is a good color ♥
Let's make it a creative party! Y'all come!
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