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I am a glass beads maker in Japan. In Japan we make glass beads using crystal glass rods and burner with air pump.Crystal glass has low melting point and delicate color.I love to make Japanese glass beads called "Tonbodama." I love flowers. I make many kinds of flower bloom inside glass beads. Please enjoy my glass works.When you are interested in me or my works, would you please contact me.I wold like to make friends of beads makers outside Japan. My gallery and store in English,"Ayako's glass garden" http://www13.ocn.ne.jp/~ shiro-ya/indexenglish.html my ebay account glass_jewelry_from_japan Please search it as the word "Japanese lampwork."
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In last New Year holiday, I visited Australia. I found the flower on the road near Melbourne. I don’t know the name exactly, but I think it is African Iris. It is not native Australian, but I made the bead because it is beautiful.
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I like the black center of the flower.
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Vegetables and their Flowers
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Dragonfly is flying around balloon flowers.
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I like birds. I wish I had wings like them. I let them fly in the sky of my beads.
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Do you know the edible wild plant in early spring? It is flower of butterbur actually. The symbol of early spring comes out from twisted dry grass.
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Camellia flowers bloom in winter Japanese garden.
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Cherry blossoms are blooming on the branch, waiting spring.
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Cherry blossoms are blooming on the branch now. Spring has come to Japan.
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Cherry blossom is symbol of spring in Japan.
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Clematis blooms in early summer.
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This flower is common mallow mauritiana. Small deep pink flowers bloom among layered leaves.
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I love multiple layered petals of the flower.
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Dahlia flowers in late summer
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Dandelion blooms like yellow stars in spring field. Bee and butterfly love the honey.
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Dandelion flower blooms and seeds are flying from the seed head.
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I like clematis flower, especially double flowered ones.
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Dragonfly is flying around balloon flowers. It is traditional Japanese pattern.
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Making dragonfly bead was my dream, because Tonbo-dama means "dragonfly-ball" in Japanese. I finally finished them. Would you please look at my dragonfly!!
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I made butterfly murrini of yellow and black wings. The yellow is new color of Satake lead glass.
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I think we need some bright colors in gray winter day.
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Globularia salicina came from South Europe originally. We call the flower “Blue Eye” in Japanese. Small flower of blue and white is lovely.
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Happy Holiday!
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I made them for everyone who supports women's rights. Happy Women's Day!
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The wreath of leaves and berry is around the bead.
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Hummingbirds are flying around hibiscus flowers.
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Hummingbirds are flying around phlox flowers.
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They are good for holiday season.
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Ivy leaves turn into red.
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The day flower is Japanese favorite wild flower.
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I would like to let you know some of Japanese New Year. Here are my ornamental cabbage beads. We arrange the cabbage and some other New Year items, like plum flowers, pine branch, bamboo leaves or nandina berry, and display in front of house. I arranged pink ornamental cabbage and bamboo leaves and nandina in the beads. Enjoy them!
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Here is a typical pattern for Japanese New Year. Combination of pine branch, bamboo leaves and plum flowers.
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Here is another my New Year bead. It is one of very typical flower arrangement for New Year. I know lily is not traditional Japanese flower, but it is very popular now. We need some bright and sweet flower on dim winter day. We arrange lily with some Japanese traditional new year items. I arranged pink and white lilies with sarcandra glabra.
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Hydrangea flower is symbol of rainy season in early summer in Japan.
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Beads of bunch of lilac flowers
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The flowers are typical arrangement for Japanese new year. Bright color of them makes gray winter day bright. Lily, aranthera anne black, nandina berry.
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In Japan we usually make bead jewelry with leather code. So our tonbodama usually has a hole from side to side. But in Western world you make jewelry of bead with hole from top to bottom. I think it must be good for pendant. Then I try one.
And my American friend suggested that white flower on purple must be beautiful. How do you think of it?
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The flowers are typical arrangement for Japanese new year. Lily, aranthera anne black, nandina berry. Bright color of them makes gray winter day bright.
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Feather pen and the word "LOVE."
A wonderful gift for someone intimate to you.
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Moon, bush clover and bellflower are Japanese traditional pattern for autumn.
Actually Japanese bush clover and Japanese bellflower bloom in different season. Bellflower blooms in summer.
But I hope the pattern is beautiful.
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Combination of moon, bush clover and bellflower is Japanese traditional pattern for autumn. Actually Japanese bush clover and Japanese bellflower bloom in different season. Bellflower blooms in summer. But I hope the pattern is beautiful.
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I love the blue flower.
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Morning glory is traditional Japanese summer flower.
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Morning glory is symbol of summer in Japan.
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I made the flower, using mosaic technique.
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Here are my first Moretti 3D flowers. I usually use Satake lead glass, but it is too soft and breakable for 3D beads. So I tried Moretti. It is wonderful to try something new to me.
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I tried mosaic technique.
It was difficult but I enjoyed it.
I will make more patterns with the technique.
I hope the beads are good for holiday season.
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Japanese style glass beads, Obidome.
Ornaments for Japanese kimono belt. It is put on front of belt.
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Yellow okra flowers bloom near green young fruits.
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The pink flower is one kind of Phalaenopsis
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Spring has come!
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In Japan we call the flower, "tokei-so," clock-flower. You may understand the reason.
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Many petunia flowers bloom in the garden.
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Scabiosa, pincushion flowers.
Several years ago, I made Japanese wild pincushion flower, but this ones are Western flowers. I think they are fancier.
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This is one kind of Japanese camellia, named Otome Tsubaki. It means maiden camellia. Isn't it beautiful name?
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Plum blossom is lucky symbol for new year in Japan.
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Plum blossom is one of luck symbol for new year in Japan.
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The pom-pom flowers are kinds of chrysanthemum. Cute flowers of round shape bloom around the bead.
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Raspberry flowers bloom inside and outside the beads.
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This is my first vessel bead. How do you think of it?
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The flower is Hypericum calycinum, one kind of Rose of Sharon. I love the yellow flower blooming in early summer.
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I didn't know saffron crocus flower blooms in autumn.
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Snowflakes falling from heaven, twinkling. I made new three murrini of snowflakes.
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Snowflakes falling down from the heaven.
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Snowflakes are falling on christmas rose flowers.
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Snowflakes falling on fir branch. Beads for holiday season.
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Snowflakes are falling on ivy leaves.
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Snowflakes falling on last white wild rose. Beads for holiday season.
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Snowflakes falling on last white wild rose. Beads for holiday season.
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The flower is one kind of Japanese Ranunculaceae Coptis. I like wild flowers. Spring Ephemeral is delight in early spring.
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Hydrangea flower is symbol of rainy season in early summer.
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Sunflower looks beautiful in the bright sunshine of summer.
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Many tropical fishes are swimming in starlit sky. Hibiscus flowers bloom over them.
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Many tropical fishes are swimming in starlit sky. Hibiscus flowers bloom over them.
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Many tropical fishes are swimming in starlit sky. Hibiscus flowers bloom over them.
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Many tropical fishes are swimming in starlit sky. Hibiscus flowers bloom over them.
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Many sea creatures, sea anemones, starfishes and nautiluses are bottom of the sea. Turtles are swimming above them.
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Vine rose flowers bloom around the beads.
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Goldfishes are swimming around waterlily flowers.
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Waterweed (Egeria densa) is floating in the pond, blooming. Goldfishes are swimming around the waterweed. And ripples are spreading on the surface of the bead. (The surface is smooth but you still recognize the ripples on it.)
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Winter paeony is delight of gray winter day.
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Snowflakes falling above rose flowers.
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Bunches of wisteria flower hang on the vine cane.
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Yellow vine rose flowers bloom around the bead.
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Thanks!
Dear Cheryl
I am glad to hear that you like my beads. I have a store of my site. Please visit it. And you could also find link to my ebay.
Ayako
» Posted by
AyakoHattori
on 8/11/2006 10:03:14 AM.
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Beautiful work!
I especially like your pumpkins!
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BlairSechrest
on 10/8/2006 4:30:06 PM.
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Simply stunning
Ayako, I have been watching your work on LE. I would love to learn your technique. Your beads are truely amazing!
Laurie Haakenson-Sassy Glass Beads
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SassyGlassBeads
on 10/27/2006 12:04:49 PM.
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Awesome and Inspiring
I keep coming back again and again to look at your beads... my eyes can't get enough of them...
Jael
» Posted by
JaelsJewels
on 1/9/2007 8:32:24 PM.
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beautiful
simply stunning, If I could aquire such skill in my lifetime, I would die happy. Do you teach other lampworkers - your florals are breathtaking.
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karen
on 1/13/2007 6:09:52 PM.
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Absolutely gorgeous!
Your beads are exquisite! What an amazing talent you have. :)
» Posted by
DesignsByLisaV
on 1/29/2007 7:00:09 AM.
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Just stunning
Your work is amazing, I love it all!!
» Posted by
DesignsByK.Urato
on 11/28/2007 6:34:55 PM.
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