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Experimental Focals

Posted by Paradise Glass on 7/5/2009

This gallery consists of a selection of focals to give you a very small peek at what I do. As a first time contributor I'm a bit nervous but I love what I do and I feel the need to share.

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Oysters on my T Kronos over white has produced the lovely soft yellowing on this bead. I love the textural quality and odd shape. 600 x 400 px (62 KB) 1 Comment		Glorious Gothic Aurae and Aion share a base of black. Focal pendant bead and matching bail. 600 x 400 px (50 KB) 0 Comments
Lightning Strik Triton at its shiniest. 600 x 338 px (33 KB) 0 Comments	Tribal Dreams Red over Nyx a match made in heaven. Each focal has a different glyph. 600 x 400 px (39 KB) 0 Comments	Candy Floss Rubino over dichroic with lashings of vanilla and lavender 600 x 337 px (29 KB) 0 Comments
Oceans Bouquet There's a lot going on in this bead. Transparent aqua, dichro, silver mesh, hand pulled murrine and a lick of triton It all came together to make one of the most stunning sea focals I've made yet. 552 x 345 px (55 KB) 0 Comments	Black Beauty A group of black and gold leaf focals come together for an audience with the godess of the dark 552 x 345 px (51 KB) 0 Comments	Red Currents Simple mix of red and silvered ivory with a twist of millefiore cane to finish 600 x 400 px (50 KB) 0 Comments
Space - It's Bi A lampworked bead that was cleaned and then fused and etched into a gorgeous pendant 600 x 400 px (47 KB) 0 Comments

Artist: Paradise Glass

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Kia Ora, I'm Karen and I live, love, laugh, learn and make my beads from my studio at Ruakaka Beach on the East Coast of Northland in New Zealand. I make big focals, no sometimes they are huge really they are. My hands find it difficult to keep up with my head and so I find making focals much easier than making sets and I doubt whether I could ever make the same thing twice.... I'm not big on planning. I have loved looking at all the glorious glass at beadartists.org and have finally taken the plunge to show you some of mine. I hope you like them as much as I do.

Karen Irwin
50 Bream Bay Drive
Ruakaka
Whangarei 0116 NZ
http://www.paradiseglass.co.nz

Profile Page: http://www.BeadArtists.org/ParadiseGlass

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