I came across the idea of combining various colours of beach glass online the other day, and became somewhat obsessed with it. Not sure why I didn’t think of it before, because combining colours is my favourite thing to do… Possibly because wrapping one bit of glass takes long enough; in any case, here are …
I was doing a little research on drilling beach glass and discovered an incidental piece of advice that actually changed everything. It’s a whole new ball game. Apparently, if you rub sea glass with a little olive oil and polish it back off with a cloth, it freaking well glows. Allow me to demonstrate: These …
I finished up the first batch of these. I’m quite pleased with how they turned out! I’ve got some Ametrine, Amber, Pietersite, Rutilated Quartz, Apatite, Kyanite, Chalcedony, Firescale Carnelian, and orange Carnelian, plus a couple of firepolished glass beads to round it off. This is the type of filigree work I was doing a few …
World’s stupidest name but I get blocked some times. Suggestions for naming these little guys? I’ve got a bunch more but am just too tired to photograph them all.
They still need bails and chains, and I’m not sure why I did two pale green ones when I have all kinds of colours pulled for this series, but I’m kind of loving them anyway! I’ve got at least a dozen of these on deck for this week. What with the season opening coming up …
Preview of new product! I’m not sure what to call these little guys but they’re awfully fun. The focals are 1″-ish lampworked beads by Amy Hall.
A few of the newest batch of earrings from last weekend – I just found my camera card this morning! I’d love to stay and chat about them but I’ve got to get back to production… the season is upon us and I’ve got to be ready! Somewhat harsh close-up photos (when oh when will …