Sunrise Birdwatching ©2012 Vickie Hallmark lamp worked glass, sterling silver, fine silver One-of-a-kind necklaces deserve one-of-a-kin...

One of the things I love most about my ever present sketchbook is that it preserves ideas for later inspiration. Sometimes bringing a vision...

Since I'm heading off to the Gathering this week, I've been working on new displays for beads. I'll have a half-table at the Bea...

Interspersed (widely) with the kitchen remodel, I've been making a few treetop beads out in the broiling hot studio. I've narrowed t...

Finally, I had a bright idea regarding the colors for my treetop beads. Since the enamel on the beads from earlier in the week didn't re...

My collection of new treetop beads is growing. I'm still having issues with color interactions. Poor choices of base colors again, with ...

Yesterday I felt the urge to work in glass. Of course, since it's 100 degrees plus outside, that makes it the prime time of the year for...

I am pleased to announce that one of my multilayered beads has been juried into the Surface exhibit, to be shown at the Bead & Button Sh...

Well, this weekend has flown by with no artwork, due at least part to taxes (ugh!). At least last week I got two days of work on the torch. ...

In my play time over the weekend I experimented with new backgrounds for treetop beads. Interesting how the reactive glass for the leaves c...

Over the weekend I had time to experiment a bit with some new Flock beads. The question to be answered was one of glass colors. I'm enjo...

Heat control is critical when making beads. Finesse is needed to apply stringer (thin glass rods like angel hair pasta) slowly and carefully...

I claimed a few hours on the torch from a busy weekend, to try to recover a bit more glass mojo. My stringer control is getting better. I ju...

I collected my beads today from the second day of the workshop. We started off the day making a floral with enamel stringer watercolor backg...

For my birthday, I spent two days making beads with Anja Basan of Anastasia Beads . This was an incredible piece of luck, as she was only te...

The PMC conference was really good for my walking progress. You know how big a temptation it must be to have an incredible bead shop just bl...

I'm buried under here, trying to finish up last minute projects. Here's a portion of my worktable, the scenic portion that caught my...

Shopping at a huge show is different when your mobility is impaired. I used the motorized scooter, of course. I guess I could have cleared e...

I finally made it through my box of mail stashed from my trip, and found buried treasure -- my copy of The Flow magazine. For the fifth yea...

For whatever reason, I typically make focal beads. Whether it's the repetitive boredom or the technical challenge of reproducing the sam...