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Just Vonna

Just Vonna

Posted by Justvonna on 12/17/2006
Writing is not my forte, jewelry design is my expertise; now glass is another story, my experience in lampworking started in July of 2006.

This is just way to fun and get messy!

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"Wound with Passion & Determination"

"Wound with Passion & Determination"

Answer: As a jewelry designer my eye's draw me to the beauty of the bead and not the color of the rod that the bead maker used. As a bead maker the colors of the glass rods draw my creativity to the torch.

Life is just a pint of cherries just spit out the pits and enjoy!
(3 images, 3 sub-pages)
~It was the Flame Not Me~

~It was the Flame Not Me~

Honest ~ I don't even think I can reproduce this. Messy aka CIM aka Creation Is Messy - this glass hades.. is excellent with working it off mandrel as it is a stiffer glass which will hold it's own out of the flame as well as intotheflame.
(2 images)
A Novel Idea ~

A Novel Idea ~

New strategy ~ three single big hole beads ~ put together as a set - :)
(2 images)
Aloe Vera Nice

Aloe Vera Nice

Guess I am destined to just make these Large Hole, Disc, Slider, whatever you call them beads! I so wish I would have started this along time ago. Thanks for stopping by.
(3 images)
Bead Drops

Bead Drops

WYSIWYG - "So say the Kiln"
Enjoy.
(6 images)
Bracelets with your lampwork beads ~

Bracelets with your lampwork beads ~

"gelly"

Angéle makes beads too! Everyone was bidding on her awesome pigs, no one was bidding on her beads. This is what happened to your beads Angéle - I used this set for a tutorial, and I couldn't follow the directions, so I made up my own. The second set was used in a contest.
I only used one of your beads in the second bracelet, when will I find the time to use the others?
Thanks, Gelly...
(2 images, 3 sub-pages)
DA Bead

DA Bead

~It's Da Bead~
You may think I am crazy, but if you see the faces, the snakes, the jackal, and that penquin sliding down having fun. Well, you are just as crazy as I am. :)
(6 images)
Diamond Focal ~

Diamond Focal ~

Diamonds are a girl's best friend they say - depending on how they are cut, designed and created ~ Lampwork Diamond Focal could be less expensive then that diamond & just may become your new best friend.
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Double your Helix

Double your Helix

Nice little set, with a little of this and a little of that to make it react.
(2 images)
Galaxy

Galaxy

On a clear night, look up into the swarm of stars, the ones held together by gravity you just may see the "milky way"~
(2 images)
Gallery of Asymmetry...

Gallery of Asymmetry...

"The Theory of Everything"
(TOE)
is a hypothetical theory that fully explains and links together all known physical phenomena. This term stuck in in the circles within the popularizations of quantum physics to describe a theory that would unify or explain through a single model the theories of all fundamental interactions of nature.

Thus you have Symmetry vs. Asymmetry!
Just My Style, Just 4 U!
Unique & as Individual as U R!
(5 images)
Getting ready for a show ~

Getting ready for a show ~

Working my fingers to the bone ~ gotta fly ~
(5 images)
I call it Mush~

I call it Mush~

One of my better happy accidents ~ this is what happens to me when the rod breaks on the glass ~ I tried to save it so I just pulled, mushed it and stuck it in the kiln...
(1 image)
Inspired by Breakfast!

Inspired by Breakfast!

Fresh churned ~butter~ - Maple Syrup - Powdered Sugar..on French Toast...
(2 images)
It's Not A Big Hole Bead ~

It's Not A Big Hole Bead ~

I am dazed and confused ~ I made a focal bead. The entire base is opal yellow ~ a lot of opal yellow..~~~~
(1 image)
Just disc's & a BHB I don't know what to do with!

Just disc's & a BHB I don't know what to do with!

I am on a silly gig making disc's for my bracelet designs - wonder what I will come up with - ???? ;)
(4 images)
Just Pink Circles!

Just Pink Circles!

Pink! Perfect Circles ~ Curves generated by one point at fixed point? Huh! I calculated the circumference of these Pink Perfect Circles and they are not perfect, they are Just Pink Beads that have a lot of Pink Character.
(1 image, 1 comment)
Mason Jar

Mason Jar

How cool is this it looks just like the lid ~ I love surprises when I edit my pictures.
(1 image)
My Everything

My Everything

I so layered and layered and layered.. I just kept going, then I did another ~ and I so do not know which is which... HA!
I do know that one has pure sterling wrapped around the side?
Does someone want to come over and organize this disorganized me? So scattered. Okay I figured it out the middle bead is different! Like the rabbit said - "I'm Late for a very important date"
Thanks for looking...

NO IT IS MORRETTI in the inside not bead release - I dremeled the whatever out of it!
(3 images)
My Lady Bead

My Lady Bead

Reichenbach Colors~ and of course raku, & messy buttermint - Like candy! An Experiment that turned out to be really pretty.
(1 image)
Newton's Law

Newton's Law

"In physics, a reaction is defined by Newton's third law: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". The idea that any given force has a pair or opposite force."

I so totally don't understand that phrase at all.

I also listed this bead today & decided to added this phrase to my auctions.

~A little about me you may not know ~
It's all color to me, my determination to push the limits of the glass. It really isn't about making beads, it's about finding my inner peace.~

I got metal out of the copper green glass.
(2 images, 1 comment)
No Cow's in the Barn today.

No Cow's in the Barn today.

The traditional "heart shape" actually is a matter of some controversy. It only vaguely resembles the human heart. Some say that it actually looks like the heart of a cow.
(2 images)
Nyx Knot

Nyx Knot

I have no clue how I do what I do! I just do! I am really proud of this one!
(1 image)
Ode to Lydia ~

Ode to Lydia ~

Lydia oh Lydia, that encyclopidia, oh Lydia the queen of them all! With the two beads she created it is she who will take you to the top, with a view you have never seen.

You can learn a lot from Lydia, peace shall come to all that push there limits.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la ~ that's all.

Photo credit ~ Lydia Muell

~thank you Lydia from the bottom of my heart ~
(2 images)
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Olive Garden

Olive Garden

I had a taste for a Martini today! I don't feel so good, ate to many olive's.
(1 image, 1 comment)
Over the Ocean

Over the Ocean

Come and swim with me - look into the depths of the "Etched Evil Purple"
(1 image, 1 comment)
Peppermint Bark

Peppermint Bark

This tempting bead is a combination of Gelly Sty sprinkled with crunchy bits of plum silver wrapped around a lovely stainless steel ball chain packaged nicely and is delivered in a plain yellow smart mailer - deliver confirmation & hopefully handled with care by the person who brings it to your door.
(3 images)
Plum Barbecue Sauce

Plum Barbecue Sauce

Plum Barbecue Sauce

1/4 cup chopped onion;
1/4 cup butter not margarine
1/4 cup chile sauce ~ ick
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
16 1/2 ounce can purple plums, soaked, cleaned, inspected for pitts and finely shined!

6 ounces frozen lemonade; thawed
- after that you should be thirsty!

Cook onion in margarine in 2 quart saucepan stirring occasionally, until tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Heat to boiling; reduce heat to High. Simmer, Covered all day, & do not open the door to peak occasionally. Makes about one set of nice beads!
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Purple Rain

Purple Rain

Two years ago ~ I never would of thought of even looking at the color pink ~ now I have pink bows ~ I still have that black and white fancy, I have just added color to my life.
(2 images)
Radioactive

Radioactive

So you tell me - how come this bead looks totally different every which way but Up?
Base is Uranium Yellow rolled in Raku Cane Chunks with Iris Black Stringer added for glow.

Thanks for stopping by! JV
(5 images)
Raku Again!

Raku Again!

Raku - I just can't live without it! - This bead is one of my favorites - the reaction I got was amazing.
(4 images)
Safari

Safari

I really don't know how to describe this focal. I planned on doing a set the day I made this bead. Not a set on a bunch of beads on big hole mandrels but a real set that I could use in a piece of jewelry. Then my mind just went every which way ~ and I came up with this one. I see faces and stuff again~ Ugg..
(5 images)
Should i keep her?

Should i keep her?

Okay so I am on a roll - I have a feeling I know why I do what I do and why I do it - I must torch like I talk too! At least that's what my friends say~
(1 image)
Silver Plum Cruffles

Silver Plum Cruffles

Silver Plum Cruffles ~ sounds like fancy dessert to me ~
(1 image)
So Tired!

So Tired!

Bead & Button - My thoughts - Would I ever do it again, I have no clue, haven't done it yet - just getting ready for it.

Raku again over Hades (CIM)
(1 image)
The real Big Hole Beads~

The real Big Hole Beads~

Okay so this one got away from me, it's a big ole bead with an ink blue base encased with layers, Raku, Copper Green - I just kept picking up glass & wrapping more wrapping - It so did not crack. Yes.
Thanks for looking,
Vonna
(don't tell - I didn't make the necklace)
(3 images)
They Say Raku is on the way Out! To fun to play with..

They Say Raku is on the way Out! To fun to play with..

"Caviar"
I love raku and I love how it reacts in the flame, should I stop or should i go on. OOOO so pretty, I want more color - then I screw it up! This bead was created with Raku Frit and I think Plum Silver.
(3 images)
This is What I do~

This is What I do~

This is what I do with my Big Hole beads!
(2 images)
To cold to torch ~

To cold to torch ~

Had a few Kim Neely beads from a very good friend, so I decided to finally make myself something fine ~ mighty fine. ;)
(2 images, 1 comment)
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To Early for Corn!

To Early for Corn!

Cornflower Discs - I love the way this glass flows!

The color to me is amazing..
Thanks for looking.
(3 images)
Wheat Fields

Wheat Fields

I felt like pulling stringers ~ u know just to practice ~ then I forgot to dip my mandrels & ended up with this..
(4 images)
When U Give ~

When U Give ~

It is only right to give back ~ I just gave it away today ~

Lampwork Beads created by Pat O'Brien ~
(1 image)
Why Orange!

Why Orange!

Orange - somebody told me the color just grows on you! Ugg....

That's cool!
(1 image)



 Artist:   Justvonna  ( ) Contact Artist 
Justvonna
Welcome to my gallery~ As a jewelry designer my eye draws me to the beauty of the bead and not the color of the rod that the bead maker uses; but as a bead maker the colors of the glass rods draw my creativity to the torches. I am a member of the ISGB, an SRA & SRAJD ~ Thank you for taking the time to look at my gallery ~ Life is just a pint of cherries just spit out the pits and enjoy! Sincerely, Just Vonna

Vonna Maslanka
284 Bunting Court
Deerfield IL 60015 US
http://www.justvonna.com





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