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There truly are four tails in the household--the three cats and my rescue whatsit, Mr. Justin Renate McCavity Wigglebutt, Esq. The cats --- usually --- don't stick their tails in the torch. Generally, though, the four of them are my Quality control Inspectors.
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All hail Jo Hoffacker, who taught me how to make holes in glass. Okay, I know popular pendants are round, but I *like* making things that are longer and more tactile. Smooth, cool glass has such potential to fit just so in one's fingers ...
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If I find a color combination I like when making earrings, I generally go to town with them!
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Recently I have gotten into making fan pulls--small cabinet-knobs that attach to a finial conversion chain. They're very sturdy--you can tug on those and the bead won't come loose--it is screwed in tightly. Then of course there are frit test beads. Make two of them, and turn them into earrings!
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Here are some single beads--trying a frit, just making the barrel of a lamp or fan pull, got interrupted at the torch by real life ...
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Well, my friends finally did it--hooked me on boro!
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Making butterflies is such a sad thing; each one is a child lost. My butterflies aren't very good yet, but maybe they will help someone remember a child with joy as well as sorrow.
Purple hearts are so much happier--a celebration of a struggle fought and won, a marker of the triumph of hope.
For more information about Beads of Courage, what they are, and how to donate, check with your local lampworking chapter or click <a href="http://www.beadsofcourage.net/">right here.</a>
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Mostly shells ... and my homage to "Waitress."
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I began as a bookbinder, and I often use beads and bead images in my books. I will also make books for lampworkers, such as my frit test book.
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By night (and many days), mild-mannered historian teaching adults in night school ... by day (when I can carve out space), FlamingTorchWoman ... okay, mild-mannered historian with an oxy-propane torch and lots of glass. So far organics seem to be my love, but ya never know ...
Andrea Winkler
Stone Mountain GA 30083 US
http://fourtailslampwork.com/
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looking good!!!!!!
keep up the nice work hope to meat up some day.....john and tara
» Posted by
ForwardMotionArt
on 1/17/2009 11:03:22 AM.
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