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Ancient ones

i have made these two faces
and i call them the Ancient ones.
(6 images)
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back to bears

I am back to bears there to much fun to make.
(5 images)

Bear dancer

i made this bead that i call Bear dancer in honour of somebody i met a long time ago but never forgot about him.
(4 images)
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bear pendants

i call these northern light bears
(2 images, 2 comments)

blue dot and scratch

i like to make dot beads and use simple colors for the designs
(2 images, 1 comment)

cinnamon bear

i just love this color so i made this focal i call cinnamon bear
(3 images)

close to my heart

I have made the rose pendants while i was thinking of someone in the past.
(3 images)

copperbears

i made these little bears and a friend of mine electroformed them for me.
(5 images)

Diamond in her Eyes

i always liked Bears and to make one from glass is lots of fun this one has cubic zirconaia's to make her a litlle bit fancy
(1 image)
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Eagle Bear

i have made this bear an put Eagle feather murrini's on it
i wish everybody a creative 2008 and lots of fun.
(2 images)
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Grandfather wind

i am inspired by the wind.
(3 images)
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green murini

i love murini so i tried to make one in Satake
(2 images)

imploded

here are some boro pendants i have made and had lots of fun
creating them.
(5 images)

keeper of the medicine

When i visited my Nakoda friends years ago they learned me things about nature in this case the bear
and his/her ability to find medicine in nature to cure them selfs when they got sick
so i call this bead keeper of the medicine.
(3 images)
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Keeper of the night

The owl is a special bird to me so trying to create one is lots of fun.
(3 images)
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koi

i got inspired by the koi carps of friends i have and this bead came out of it.
(2 images, 1 comment)
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little feather

i call these vessels little feather in the universe.
(3 images)

new beginning

i call this vessel new beginning.
(4 images)
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northern bear

i made this bear after being inspired watching my studio's window covered with iceflowers.
(6 images, 1 comment)

painted face

i have so much fun to make these little faces/masks.
(3 images)

Painted face

i am working on a collection that i call painted face
i get my inspiration when i visit powwows.
(3 images, 1 sub-page)

Pink Bubblegum

This color reminded me of Bubble gum i had as a kid.
(3 images)

purple delight

I like to work with Satake and the beautiful palette of colors it comes in.
(3 images)

Rainbow vessel

I have made this rainbow vessel a while ago.
(2 images, 1 comment)
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Rattlebone

i have made this bead i call Rattlebone inspired by a song.
(2 images, 1 comment)

Sacred clown

i am in a happy mood today
and remembered the Sacred clowns {Koshare}i have seen in the Pueblos.
(3 images)

Sinopa

meet Sinopa the fox with her beautiful copper ears
(3 images)

Spirit bears

(3 images, 1 comment)
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Spirit helpers

i have made this Bear and Raven and tried to give these beads a magical look.
(2 images)
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waterworld

i call this Satake bead Waterworld.
(2 images)

Wildbunch

i made a couple of bears just for fun.
(3 images)
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woodland spirit

i call this one woodland spirit and he is blessed with an eagle feather.

i learned to make this Murrini from Claudia Trimbur-Pagel

(4 images)
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Artist: Softglass

Contact Artist

My name is Marcel Rensmaag and i am a bead maker from
the Netherlands. I get my inspiration from the Japanese Tonbo-dama
And things i see in nature, I love to work with soft glass like moretti
And Satake and others I hope you enjoy my work in this gallery.

Gallery Root: http://www.BeadArtists.org/Softglass

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Comments on This Gallery Page

hey there :)
i`ll be in the netherlands in june
to teach...(close to amsterdam) whatabout meeting and sharing some skills ;) i love your work ! it`s fantastic !!
greets from germany
carla
» Posted by Carlee on 4/17/2008 3:12:51 AM.

thank you
thank you Carlee for your nice comments
about my work.
sounds great to meet up and share skills.

greetingd marcel.
» Posted by Softglass on 4/17/2008 4:22:24 AM.

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