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March 22, 2005
Alrighty, lets get this started...
I'm back from errands and picked up my beads from class...We had a super time, Kim is SO giving and willing to do whatever we asked of her - I learned a lot of very cool techniques and what's so fun is that they are EASY to do!..that isn't to say that I had success with each attempt, but that's where the 'practice' part comes in...nothing is hard, its just takes time to get good at it...I think my favorite new technique was fuming opaques, and since I'm such a fuming novice, it was good to see how the fuming reacted with the opaques...She's so good at playing with metals, making new colors come from combining glasses and watching blues, greens and purples emerge from where there were none...
I have the kiln fired up, I feel like playing and seeing what kind of trouble I can get in...
Posted by Donner at March 22, 2005 02:51 PM
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Donna, those beads are absolutely gorgeous! The colors are so luscious!! I sure hope to see some of these beauties in the "ready for pickin'" section soon! Glad you had such a great class!
Posted by: Kathy James at March 22, 2005 03:39 PM
I agree - those beads are really beautiful!! Can't wait to see what you come up with next!
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at March 22, 2005 05:26 PM
Hi Donna,
I love them too. I especially love the purple and white one. It reminds me of the old slag glass they used to make vases and cups out of 100 years ago. My Great, Great Grandfather worked in a glass factory in the late 1800's and he would bring home these chuncks of multicolored glass (big ones) that were all layered, formed by all the overflow of colors that were used in a day. We used them as doorstops when I was just a girl. Sometimes they pressed some of the slag glass into useful objects. We have a piece in purples and white, much like your bead, that is made into a small square vase. I love the look.
Take care,
Susan
Posted by: Susan at March 22, 2005 06:47 PM