Bead Collecting

I won a Sarah Hornik bead on ebay! I’ve been admiring her beads for the last couple of months and I decided that some small amount of collecting was an essential part of being a glass bead artist. A picture of the bead can be found here. I’m eagerly waiting its arrival from Tel Aviv. [...]

Landscape Bead

I made this bead on Tuesday and wore it to church on Wednesday. Nobody in bell choir seemed to notice, and there wasn’t a good time to bring attention to it. But, when I went in for Wednesday Night Supper, my mother wanted to look at it and Martha noticed the bead too. She got [...]

Sometimes It’s The Little Things

I made these Sunday. I was so thrilled about the colors that I just made some simple beads to show off the glass. I’m going to make a necklace for my mother for Mother’s day. That’s still quite a ways off and it won’t be a surprise, but oh well. I think she’ll like it [...]

Satake Transparents

Well, this wasn’t the greatest week for bead making. Monday I only got an hour in because I had to go to the Doctor in Birmingham and run some errands for my mother. Thursday I went to Atlanta – Flame Tree Glass in Roswell, and dinner and a movie with a friend. Actually, it was [...]

Flower Bead

I said I’d post this bead from March fourth, so I am. I haven’t made any flower beads in the last few days. I’ve been focusing on rounding out series of beads that I can sell on www.etsy.com . I’ve been playing with my glass too. I tried making a hollow bead and it came [...]