Posted on October 11, 2010
by juiceglass
in Beads, Blog, Portland Open Studios, Shows, Technical
I thought I would post a picture of the beads I made on Saturday, so that anyone visiting the blog who was there and saw them being made can see the final result. Often beads look very different coming out of the kiln 9+ hours later…colors change, intensify, shift…all sorts of heat and glass magic. [...]
Posted on March 23, 2010
by juiceglass
in Beads, Blog, Business junk, Featured, For Sale, Jewelry, Metalworking
I am actually learning how to knit, with yarn. But that is not the knitting I am talking about. I have learned to do a method of creating chain called viking knit, which is hundreds of years old, back to 700 AD. It is an offshoot of chainmaille work, but it is wire that is [...]
Posted on July 8, 2009
by juiceglass
in Blog, For Sale, glass, Life, Marketing, Shows
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27549694 I seem to have nuts and bolts issues with the blog, time to update it, I guess! These earrings are yummy, I will have to find a way to get a photo up! *edit* YAY! I have been very busy with my glass straws, and starting to do work in boro. The reason for [...]
Posted on February 21, 2009
by juiceglass
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. [...]
Posted on August 23, 2008
by juiceglass
in Bead Art Originals, Beads, For Sale, glass, Jewelry, Metalworking
I have been working on this one for a while, both in my head, on paper, and in the studio. I am hoping to make it a staple line of my work. The combos I can do are endless, and folks can buy as many or as few as they want to stack up their [...]
Posted on August 19, 2008
by juiceglass
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 [...]