Hot, hot, hot!

Not that I'm complaining though, just being very British and stoic and saying, "well it;s about time we had a proper summer"!

Today I made some beads for the first time in two weeks, because as I said in my last post it really has been VERY warm in the shedio and today was -apparently - a little cooler.

 Just a couple of new ones on Etsy for now...

Summer

Has it really been a whole month since I last blogged?! Doesn't time fly? It's July already and shock horror, the sun's out! And those who know about these things are predicting an actual hot, sunny summer for this month! Enjoy it while it lasts...

It's been a bit warm in the shedio lately, what with the aforementioned sunshine and a hot torch on the go, but I've braved it just to make some shiny new beads for you lot :o)

These are all on Etsy right now...

Guess what?

Yep - more silver foil! And organics...and spacey beads. That's the way my creative juices are flowing at the moment and I'm just going along with it :o)

Here are my latest beads, on Etsy shortly...

A galaxy in your pocket...

I'm still making spacey beads...and I love this one. Deep blue, with lots of silver foil and silvered glass frit, encased in pale aqua. The result looks just like a galaxy captured in a bead. It's a big bead and it's what I call a freeform round - meaning that it's not completely spherical. Because if you did manage to get hold of a galaxy and encase it in glass, it wouldn't be perfectly shaped, would it?

If you'd like your own personal piece of the universe, it's on Etsy now :o)

Simple

It's amazing what you can do with just one or two colours....and a bit of fine silver foil. One of the things I love about working with glass is the different reactions you can get, some of which can be a surprise!

I've mentioned 'striking' glass before, which requires fancy flamework and a large dose of luck. This bead is simply clear, with a layer of silver foil followed by wraps of a striking glass called Chalcedony. On this occasion I was lucky and I got a myriad of warm, autumnal colours...and even some blues and greens!

The second bead was made with transparent grey, again wrapped in silver foil, with stripes of a mottled brown-grey glass called Sediment. The result is wonderfully organic, but with the surprise addition of some silvery blue bits on the ends.

I could spend ages looking at these beads, there is always something new to discover about them!

You will find them on Etsy over the next day or so.