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Hi, my name is Laurie Whitney of Mermaid glass. Enjoy!
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Some jewel-toned, Triton-scrolled hollows.
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I'm Baja dreamin'!
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A rare set in Seattle Blue, Ink Blue and Double Helix Triton shards and stringer.
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This one was donated for a fundraiser. I kind of hated to let it go!
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Remind you of the old roadside HoJo's?
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A fiery little concoction in shades of purple and coral using my random stringer technique.
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Color, color, color!
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Lot's of color, soft and swirly
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The surge of time and tide
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An organic focal with tons of gorgeous color.
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Color fun!
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These are my stress-reliever beads. I make them when I just want something fun to do. I've got some on Ebay right now.
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Another organic focal, this one in hues of ocean and earth
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Something about this bead reminds me of hitting the beach in the early hours while the guys checked out the surf conditions.
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This is what I imagine Alice would have found if she'd fallen down the rabbit hole in October!
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Shimmers of blue light arc across the surface of these beads.
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This is a bead I made quite a long time ago and just found at the bottom of a little butter tub that I keep beads that need to be photographed. I'd completely forgotten about it, but I actually really like it.
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Did she have any, do you think?
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A lovely kind of chaos of color and motion...
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A set of hollows in luminous sea colors with a touch of flash!
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Just a small collection of colorful, spiraled focals.
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Another of my Retro Wave Hollow beads, this time in a rainbow of color.
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Just a shimmer of color across the surface of this shell-spiral bead.
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Color, color everywhere
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One Snowy Owl, pristine and quiet as he watches...
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Something fun and bright. A big bead.
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A little spicy color for the upcoming season.
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Some more of these fun little sculptural food beads.
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My first tree bead of the Autumn season.
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It's that time of the year again. I have sets of these on Etsy and on eBay.
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Memories of the sea....
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Softly swirling colors of the sea
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Another set of Painted Ladies, this time with my Sidewalk Chalk design.
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Organic focal with Luna and Terra
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With two little kids at my house, it's not hard to see where the inspiration for these beads came from!
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Love Luna? This bead has a base of glowing, shell-spiraled Luna with details in transparent Amethyst, Copper Green and Terra.
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An organic focal in Luna,ivory and transparent teal.
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A set of luminous, textural hollows in soothing ink blue, aqua and encased light turquoise.
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Another set of these fun, funky beads. This time I've thrown in a couple of big-hole beads.
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Shell-spiraled focal and a matching set in Copper Green, Luna and ink blue.
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Another conch shell focal. Made entirely of Terranova with gorgeous color. It's on eBay right now.
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Ivory encased in deep blue,ink blue and amethyst then layered over with Luna and silvered ivory.
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...to the sea
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Spirals of blue-blue swirl upwards with trails of 'bubbles' leading the way
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First the Sea, now the Sand!
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A couple of organic focals in vibrant colors.
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My first green bead!
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These are just some fun little summer beads I make for friends and family. I've recently added them to my Etsy shop. They're not my typical style, but they are so cute and I love making them.
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Luna, Terra and swirled Moretti
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Lots of color, lots of movement
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Back to the beach with this floaty, layered organic focal
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Swirls of layered color drift upward.
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It's time for more Painted Ladies!Lots of fun, lots of color....
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Bubbles gently rise to the surface
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A softly, subtly shifting flow of color and light. Earthy and organic.
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Feeling summer coming on. Must make shells!
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Ocean-inspired organic focal with copper green, ivory, silver, Kronos, and pale ink blue. All of my favorites in one bead!
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I almost never make the same kind of beads over again, but I loved these so much that I repeated them, with some subtle changes, of course.
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Teal hollows with silvered-ivory shards. The perfect mermaid treasure!
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A set of luminous aqua and violet hollows with DH Olympia Rain and Kronos.I tried so hard to photograph these, but the tracery design is so subtle, I couldn't capture their true beauty.
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Shades of blue, aventurine, silvered ivory, the kitchen sink. I was checking out Michael Barley's gallery at his website and I got inspired by the brilliant way he blends colors and textures and layers in his beads.
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New set of organics in earthy red tones.
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A little splash of color to brighten up February.
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New organic focal bead with some of the last of my original DH Kronos and Olympia Rain stash.
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I haven't made any of these in over a year and I just got a little nostalgic for the process.
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Swirls and droplets like sea water in sunlight.
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Spiraling swirls of crystal clear magnify the color-shifting silver glass below.
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The winter ocean is one of my favorite places.
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A new set of Painted Ladies all dressed up for the Valentine's Dance!
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Gently flowing heart in silver glass and ivory.
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Another Abstract Goddess, in pretty pink for Valentine's Day.
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Feeling the islands today, with these new Painted Ladies! One of my fave color combos!
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A swirling, multi-layered sort of dreamy bead. I got a really good reaction with the Terra.
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A new abstract Lady Goddess. She's all dressed up for a night out!
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I went on a terrible focal binge. I needed instant gratification and once I made one, I just couldn't stop myself. I'm only going to post a few in here, though. I have about seven more still sitting in the kiln. I'm beat!
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I haven't made a set of Painted Ladies in at least six months but I had a big custom order for some last week and I remembered how much fun they are to make.
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I always do surf, so I decided to try sand
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I've added a couple of new Fantasea shells.
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An October-inspired set of intricate dot beads with a couple of big-hole rounds thrown in for more fun!
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A new focal
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My little flower child goddess. She's got just a touch of 60's psychedelica.
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I just got back on the torch after a long equipment-related delay. Here's another of my Painted Lady Goddess beads. I like her cuz she's kind of mermaidy.
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I love the graceful blend of color and form on this bead.
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I've been working on some new etched organics, with a nice gentle flow to them.
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I dipped in to my dwindling supply of Olympia Rain and Kronos for this set. It reminds me of the Northern Lights.
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To the moon....and beyond
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For the mermaid in all of us...
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Just exploring the ebb and flow...different shapes, new shapes, new ideas.
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Yay, Autumn!!!
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Abstract ladies, lets call them Goddesses in evening wear!
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Don't jump into this leaf pile!
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Fun shape, fun colors. Kind of like a Conga line! This is the first set in a series of Painted Ladies beads I'm working on.
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Kinda like light on water.
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All things come from the sea.
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Finally back at the torch (yay!) with a few new focals for Spring.
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A little Van Morrison at the torch just puts me in the mood!
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Tiggle-toggle, completely boggled....
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Some seashells she sells
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A little geometry in color!
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Focally speaking....
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Yeah, I think lampwork is a form of lunarsea!
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hey laurie,
thank you so much for your comment !
we seem to be soulsisters in the love of the color :)
keep up the good work !! i love your painted ladies !!!
sunshine from germany
carla
» Posted by
Carlee
on 12/4/2007 11:58:24 AM.
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Hi Laurie, Thank you for the complement and your beads are stunning, so befitting the name mermaid glass.
» Posted by
AstridRiedel
on 8/3/2008 10:12:09 PM.
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