Good evening. I just wanted to share some photos of some of the items I made on the weekend. Here is my little AIM84BD Kiln, still at room temp, all ready to ramp up to 970F. I've had this baby for a couple years and its been a great tool, and perfect for beading and small fused pieces. Below is a photo of all the beads I made on Saturday.
I have become a bit obsessed with this opalish blue green color by CIM. CIM stands for Creation Is Messy, they have a cleaver name, and some FANTASTIC glass colors. I am going to make a cha-cha bracelet with the beads, and lots of silver and Swarovski. :) I'm going to start on that this week and wi'll post photos once its started.
Isn't is pretty? I'm in LOVE with this color and must buy MORE! :)
Sadly I didn't do much creative tonight, I was a slave to the TV for a bit since a new episode of House was on. I love the show, but it seems so tame after only watching HBO for summer TV entertainment. I keep waiting for nudity and swearing...then I remember this is just FOX lol. HBO has warped my mind and I love it. :)
Good evening. I just wanted to share some photos of some of the items I made on the weekend. Here is my little AIM84BD Kiln, still at room temp, all ready to ramp up to 970F. I've had this baby for a couple years and its been a great tool, and perfect for beading and small fused pieces. Below is a photo of all the beads I made on Saturday.
I have become a bit obsessed with this opalish blue green color by CIM. CIM stands for Creation Is Messy, they have a cleaver name, and some FANTASTIC glass colors. I am going to make a cha-cha bracelet with the beads, and lots of silver and Swarovski. :) I'm going to start on that this week and wi'll post photos once its started.
Sadly I didn't do much creative tonight, I was a slave to the TV for a bit since a new episode of House was on. I love the show, but it seems so tame after only watching HBO for summer TV entertainment. I keep waiting for nudity and swearing...then I remember this is just FOX lol. HBO has warped my mind and I love it. :)
Happy Sunday everyone! Don't you just love Sunday? I think it's my favorite day of the week. For me it's normally a day to finish up household chores, and relaxing. :) I was actually hoping to get out to make more beads today but so far it just hasn't happened yet. Too much relaxing going on I guess. I did make quite a few beads yesterday and had lots of fun. I kept it pretty simple since it had been a while since I've been at the torch but am happy with the results. Right now they are in the kiln cooling off after being annealed. Here are a copy pictures of the torch that I was using. I was at Rosa's (Rosa of artglassstudio.ca) house, she has a great set up and was kind enough to let me use it. This bad boy (the torch) is called Red Max (from Nortel). It's actually 2 torches. The smaller one on top, good for making beads and using soft glass). The bottom part makes a BIG HOT flame for doing sculptural and boro beads. I will post some beads pics as soon as the kiln cools off enough. :)
