Saturday 28 January 2012

Contender number 3

 

Number 3

Contender number 2


Number 2

Exchange bead - contender number 1

I've been making beads with different combinations of reactive and silver glass for an exchange. I'll be showing you a few of them. Here's the first.



Thursday 26 January 2012

A bit more blue

 


Did some more beads in blue with slightly better placed dots of clear. I used different silver reactive glass in each bead.

Sunday 22 January 2012

A little bit of magic

This bead was made using magic mosaic shards.
This is a glass reaction technique refined and shared by Jacqueline Parkes (Gems in Bloom). See her work at http://www.gemsinbloom.com/
Of course my beads are nowhere near as impressive as those produced by Jacqueline, but for my first attempts I was happy with them.




Saturday 21 January 2012

Adventures with my aunty

 


Here is my aunty on her first day at her new luncheon club. She had a busy morning being artistic, working on a canvas interpreting the new works of David Hockney. As you can see, she was in charge of the shrubbery section. Later in the afternoon, she got a cream tea. I think her big smile proves she had an enjoyable day.

Feeling blue







This bead represents a new idea I was trying out. At first I thought the bead wasn't too bad, but now the photos are here, and blown up, I am cringing at all the imperfections I can see. But I thought I would share, as it is still a pretty bead.

A bunch of flowers














Tried out some more silver glass reactions with this simple flower pattern. I am liking the subtle, and sometimes not so subtle differences that can be seen in each one of these beads. More work on different combinations in the offing.

Monday 2 January 2012

New year, new look.

I have changed the look of the blog, because I think it shows up the pictures to better effect.

And I know its a bit late, but

"A very happy new year to you all".

Florals





I had a go with floral style beads, using, yes you guessed it, silver and reactive glass for the flowers. The results were impressive. I think there will be a few more experimental combinations to try out in the next few weeks.


The pink/pastel combination has a cool multilayered effect in the petals. And the blue one has two layers of flowers, the upper layer is slightly more ghostly. I really like the overall effect.


However, maybe there is something missing? I should probably add some vine detail to the beads. I haven't quite figured out how I'll tackle that particular feature. Random or precise. Knowing my skills, I think random will be the way to go.

Variation on a theme































All these beads have been made with the same silver rich glass. Its amazing the different effects I got with the same glass.

Blowing eggs



I was blowing hot glass to turn into shards, and got a perfect egg. Thought you would like to see it.

Mirror mirror on the wall.....






.....who is the prettiest of them all


The zebra beads got used.






Apparently they make a lovely chinking noise too.






All at sea

My beading buddy Jane snapped up the owl and pussycat, and made a beautiful pea green boat.
I love the fact that the boat looks as if its constructed of lots of little peas.