Last week I had a bit of a humbug ramble on about my lampworking abilities……or lack of them……on a certain day, but in true Aussie style, I got back on the horse after it bucked me off! In other words, the next day I lit my torch and was determined to make some decent beads. Well, I had a much better day, thank you!! I had a lovely play and have come to show you some pics. Some did not turn out the way I envisaged but I did a lot of experimenting with “stuff”.
I have entered an Organic Bead Exchange on one of our local Aussie lampworking forums – http://www.aussiebeadmakers.com/ – that means you make a certain amount of beads (say… 5 beads) in the appropriate genre, send them in by a certain date to the exchange co-ordinator who then picks 5 random beads from the pile that have been sent in by other participants. Cool hey?? Anyway, with “organic”, anything much goes – it’s sort of like, abstract art but…..beads! I am sooo excited and looking forward to getting my beadies back ‘cos there are some absolutely fabulous Australian lampworkers participating in this exchange but first I have to send mine in. Here are pics of some, (sorry they’re not even cleaned yet) not sure which are going to the exchange…..have to hop on my torch early next week to roll out some more beadie ideas. Hope you enjoy the eye candy….. The ones on the left are the “Bah! Humbug Beads” that gave me a headache! A much better looking crew on the right…
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