I started a post last night, and then right in the middle of it, realized I had scheduled myself into a corner! I set up a weekly babysitter for Derek, so that I can have some torch time during the week, while he is not in school. Thursday was the day our wonderful sitter [...]
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Fun with Wood
When I work in glass, 98% of the time I am using Bullseye, a wonderful, fabulous glass that just happens to be made less than 15 miles from my studio. I’d love it anyway, as the glass itself is a wonderful product, but I love just walking into the store and picking out exactly what [...]
Fugly
It happens. Sometimes it is really hard to acknowledge it. My view on my own work can be biased both ways…thinking something is way worse than it really is, or better than it really is. I wanted this winestopper to be cool. Different. Doing something different with my lampwork, something other than artisan jewelry. ut… [...]
Eeek, squeak!
My husband and I just chased a mouse all around my studio. I had a mouse in there before, that we suspect one of the cats got. Tonight I was in there working on some stuff for a necklace and a little electroforming when I heard a noise, over and over, like someone EATING paper. [...]
Etching
I am getting better at etching my Bullseye glass. It is so wonderful to finally be able to etch! Bullseye is a lot stiffer than the Italian glasses a lot of lampworkers use, so I can’t just drop it in some etching solution. In the end, I think that is a good thing, etch solution [...]
