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further wine stopper thoughts

Posted on May 19, 2011 by in Blog, Geekery, glass, Teaching, Technical

Thanks, all of you, who sent me your opinions on the wine stopper in the previous post. I got responses in email, twitter…and I DID turn on comments in this blog. I go back and forth on that. Some of you may not know that in another slice of my life, I am the website [...]

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Metals!

Posted on March 17, 2011 by in Blog, Geekery, glass, Shows

Ah, the price of silver. Up it goes. I remember buying silver when the spot price was $17 and thinking OUCH! But  now! It’s over $34 as of yesterday, and that is down from over $36 a few days ago.   Over time, scraps build up. Wire that is too short to use…bits that went [...]

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Cooling trend

Posted on July 31, 2010 by in Beads, Blog, Geekery, glass, Inspiration, Metalworking

It was cooler today than it has been a lot during this past week, so I went out to the studio while DLJ and Derek were off on some errands. I had some success with my kiln problems, getting the Storm Technique to work better. Yay. I’m still gunshy on putting effort into a really [...]

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Wow, I updated WordPress….

Posted on February 21, 2009 by in Beads, Blog, Business junk, Geekery

For some reason this blog stands alone from some of my others. Even though it lives on the same hosting server, it can’t do the fancy one click install the others can through the hosting company. Which means I have to do it manually. Which, in itself, is not hard, WordPress makes it pretty easy. [...]

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Rain in the Summertime

Posted on August 19, 2008 by in Geekery, glass, Jewelry, Life, Metalworking

Right now it is raining outside, something that is very strange for Oregon. Usually it doesn’t rain all summer long. I love it. It’s a treat. And I think part of why is because it is warm out. Usually the rain is combined with cold. I was walking to and fro from my studio tonight [...]

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I thought they smelled bad….on the outside…

Posted on August 1, 2008 by in For Sale, Geekery, Humor, Jewelry, Metalworking

Here is a jewelry tip from me to you: When working on a prototype, it is best to avoid having your piece end up looking like the spy droid on Hoth from the Empire Strikes Back. Several friends really liked this happy accident, so what the hey. I put it up on Etsy for sale.

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