tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71949779657917352602024-03-04T23:27:35.796-06:00Northern LightNorthern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-42073862250348056052015-11-04T22:12:00.001-06:002015-11-04T22:13:35.803-06:00Holiday 6x6x6 Show at Outside the Lines Gallery in Dubuque, Iowa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm pleased to tell you that I'll be part of this show at Outside the Lines Gallery in Dubuque. The Opening Reception is this Friday Nov. 6th from 7-9 and I plan to be there. The show runs through the month of December. This is a talented group of artists and I'm excited to see all of their new work and maybe even get some early Christmas shopping done. The show features Jewelry, 2D and 3D work. Stop in and say hi, I would love to see you.<br />
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Click on photo to expandNorthern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-54751034725603812782015-06-11T22:01:00.000-05:002015-06-11T22:01:07.925-05:00A Sampling of Pieces for the Art Gypsy Garden Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-424878903680094922015-06-06T18:33:00.001-05:002015-06-06T18:33:45.615-05:00New Art Gypsies Garden Party Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been putting in a lot of time making new pieces for this show, hope to have some photos a little later this week. If you're in the area stop by Blue Lake Pines and take in some great art!<br />
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I've been meaning to do a blog piece, with this group of photos, for some time and was prompted to post this when a fellow artist friend, Toni Bergeon, asked about the town. A Quilter Extraordinaire, she is on her way to Iowa to purchase a sewing device, which I know is far above my head, but I'm sure she will use to do great things with her quilting. Another friend, Nancy Pierce, who is a Photographer, is going along to help and wanted to know about possible sites for some good photographs. All of this reminded me that I had taken some photos while attending a reception at Outside the Lines Gallery, for a group show that I was participating in there. I had also just read a post on wandering the stairways of Dubuque and was delighted to recognize many of these old steps in the city. So to give you an idea of just a few things you might see in this quaint old town, this is for you Toni and Nancy and anyone else who just might like looking at their home town. As always simply click on the photo to enlarge. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8wgt-mEPDNdwfwcQAMbKMPGdkU7nXzfJNGyZMqaXU9HG9D0ITUZSo57sc6ertJCHM52TQ3st1pmfmgupO3pR72pJGthO6WyMQvX5Hj6QY3BOyedmkxR3xiyiGyIQcEC08ZeNMaufctQ/s1600/DSCN3133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8wgt-mEPDNdwfwcQAMbKMPGdkU7nXzfJNGyZMqaXU9HG9D0ITUZSo57sc6ertJCHM52TQ3st1pmfmgupO3pR72pJGthO6WyMQvX5Hj6QY3BOyedmkxR3xiyiGyIQcEC08ZeNMaufctQ/s1600/DSCN3133.JPG" height="400" width="195" /></a>The old clock tower in the down town area.</div>
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Probably one of the oldest and most popular things in the city is the old Fourth St. Elevator. It still runs today. It originally took people who lived up on the bluffs to the down town area in a short ride, as opposed to having to zig zag around the hills to get to the same place.<br />
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Recently, Dubuque has undertaken a project to remodel the old Carr Ad Co buildings and make them useful once again. Years ago they were a window, sash, and door company. Now they house condos, an Art Gallery, Food Co-op, Furniture store and other businesses.</div>
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<br />Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-36558616968300653782014-06-15T22:31:00.000-05:002014-06-17T10:46:14.890-05:00More work from the Outside the Lines Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-73192875790912526922014-05-07T21:33:00.001-05:002014-05-07T21:33:56.929-05:00Artists Reception at Outside the Lines Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I'm back from my home town of Dubuque, Iowa where I attended the Opening of a new show at Outside the Lines Art Gallery. I'll be posting some of the work I had there as well as photos from the reception. I was able to connect with 2 of my very good friends for the weekend so there was double the pleasure! They helped with the photography as well as the good time. So the whole weekend was a terrific success. Here's the first edition of some of the pieces that are in the show through the end of June. Enjoy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8qnKrW95AZ3B4SYIYN7kQqJ9O1gHbiDLoA5g5XmsdUCSvKnOGswpABuRnTIe289_GpPJ_yzBem-qjVugyhhDlHTnpCCtIkHz6WGDwZ3DqadYdS2_uHRaNpXXzg-uN29ScuD77t5YDXI/s1600/DSCN3012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8qnKrW95AZ3B4SYIYN7kQqJ9O1gHbiDLoA5g5XmsdUCSvKnOGswpABuRnTIe289_GpPJ_yzBem-qjVugyhhDlHTnpCCtIkHz6WGDwZ3DqadYdS2_uHRaNpXXzg-uN29ScuD77t5YDXI/s1600/DSCN3012.JPG" height="400" width="373" /></a></div>
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<br />Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-59161609737967969972014-05-01T18:32:00.001-05:002014-05-01T18:32:12.155-05:00Just a Couple More....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-49616119358790151992014-05-01T17:55:00.000-05:002014-05-01T17:55:02.450-05:00Jewelry Show at Outside the Lines Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fine silver metal clay textured focal piece with riveted lampwork glass bead, hanging from chains and freshwater pearls.<br />
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<br />Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-2704826001055395962013-12-24T16:03:00.000-06:002013-12-24T16:16:25.316-06:00Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photos from a recently completed window I did for a special commission. I hope to have more photos when the window is installed. I will also have more info of on the process as well. Right now you can see the process on my Face book page by clicking the FB tab on the right of this blog. The top photo is the complete window which is about 3 1/2 ft long x 13" high. The other photos are close-ups of each section. Hoping to add more soon.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGzDtIAkv7QEoVYMpzMvL2eKlYJRO2sPJxqqPupoAIDo1B91E3qCo3cwhEEK8tOTNM7thLDIjscU6PPl2kQH9FrcDZVc6YEyCAVRI8OpeBcGVLswF2jYeWYDRMTgfdWuJS1JXOvIO7PU/s1600/DSCN2663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGzDtIAkv7QEoVYMpzMvL2eKlYJRO2sPJxqqPupoAIDo1B91E3qCo3cwhEEK8tOTNM7thLDIjscU6PPl2kQH9FrcDZVc6YEyCAVRI8OpeBcGVLswF2jYeWYDRMTgfdWuJS1JXOvIO7PU/s320/DSCN2663.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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<br />Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-67260197812641733332013-02-11T14:25:00.001-06:002013-02-11T14:25:23.264-06:00Need Something Special for Valentines Day?<a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/ArtistreeGallery">https://www.facebook.com/#!/ArtistreeGallery</a><br />
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Check out the Artistree Gallery Page on Facebook for some ideas for your sweetie. I have my stained glass and glass bead and silver jewelry there. They have a wonderful space there with more than 20 local artists contributing their time and work. Some of the photos on the Facebook page are my jewelry, along with other artists. The Gallery is located in down town Land 'O Lakes, WI. Give it a look see....I know you'll enjoy it.Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-22174472196567657572013-01-14T15:30:00.001-06:002013-01-14T15:32:37.196-06:00Great Big Glass Bubble......about to become a shard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This very large glass bubble, which was blown with a small hollow tube, is about to become glass shards. You've probably heard me talk about them as I like to incorporate some into my glass beads. Well this is how they start out, once the bubble is complete, and it can be of just plain glass or silver glass, or glass with silver leaf added, the bubble is broken and you have these nice large pieces of paper thin glass to add to your beads. This is done very carefully since the glass is so thin that overheating will cause it to just ball up. Picking up the shard with a pair of tweezers, helps to hold it steady and to steer clear of the direct flame. But both the shard and the bead area you wish to connect with must be heated gently for both pieces to attach. This particular shard is courtesy of Joe at Avenue Beads. He makes very large bubbles which in turn yield nice large pieces to work with. Pretty cool huh? See Joe's work at <a href="http://www.avenuebeads.com/">http://www.avenuebeads.com</a> Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-77144262798469036372012-09-18T21:11:00.002-05:002012-09-18T21:11:59.565-05:00Mentoring Students....the last stages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And now Ildiko gets to do the same. This is of course the most exciting moment. After both girls have tinned both sides of their work, they will proceed to "laying a bead" over the area they have just tinned. This can be a tricky part and requires lots of practise, but they both did a lot of concentrating and the results were great.<br />
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<br />Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-71000030375984129082012-09-09T13:09:00.001-05:002012-09-09T13:09:36.635-05:00Mentoring Students .......Copper Foiling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This day both Anna and Ildiko were at the studio ready to begin taping their pieces. They started with a sticky sided tape made of very thin copper foil. Each piece must be entirely taped, and burnished. The copper tape will allow the pieces to hold together when we solder them and will also give them a strong bond. The girls need to have each piece clean and free of glass dust for the tape to adhere. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy7nfcdUNaPI2tKV66wANNz09DEtb9Evus-4YPyOnzD1OegNPjzcD7-y9AJz7fpe9PI1UK8lTUFrIJDl5OQhE9ekkC2g66mp18htNln4ObcXkIc9RnrQu555xl4GWNqlHK6DJb0CQTSM/s1600/DSCN2106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy7nfcdUNaPI2tKV66wANNz09DEtb9Evus-4YPyOnzD1OegNPjzcD7-y9AJz7fpe9PI1UK8lTUFrIJDl5OQhE9ekkC2g66mp18htNln4ObcXkIc9RnrQu555xl4GWNqlHK6DJb0CQTSM/s320/DSCN2106.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
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Anna burnishes the piece of tape she has just applied. I ussually use very high cost tools for this process like a wooden clothespin or wine cork. This will make the tape smooth and closely adhered to the glass.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI8xMzanhfRC6EA1zYBHPrZpW7viepv405jwnZd7gBM3ng3L73yPg8PKxShBgcdSQy9ZhcCFlxwhzDzinLKWKG-0qJ0vBEU5ZRAXVrawEIiKQU6-zqhbgZcIOUiPRvksVoQXzoenvpVk/s1600/DSCN2108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI8xMzanhfRC6EA1zYBHPrZpW7viepv405jwnZd7gBM3ng3L73yPg8PKxShBgcdSQy9ZhcCFlxwhzDzinLKWKG-0qJ0vBEU5ZRAXVrawEIiKQU6-zqhbgZcIOUiPRvksVoQXzoenvpVk/s320/DSCN2108.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
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Ildiko uses a Foiler tool to help wind the narrow tape around the edge of the glass.<br />
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Once the piece has been foiled the girls can begin to tin their work. This process involves the use of solder which is part tin and part lead, and a soldering iron to melt the solder onto the copper tape which has been thoroughly fluxed. The flux will help the solder to adhere to the the tape. <br />
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Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-40880008972701851592012-08-27T19:38:00.001-05:002012-08-27T19:38:18.289-05:00Next Chapter, Grinding....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
And another day of fun begins, at least it was for me and I certainly hope it was for the girls. This day we proceeded to grinding. Once the pieces were cut, we could start to fit them into the framework and grind the edges smooth until all the pieces fit together like a puzzle. Here Anna takes her first piece to the diamond wheel and gently smoothes the edges. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP09PNSWaO1nofH3mPPbU3ifmNMocULO4WNCzLb7k_M6w8XjmE1GUt4LyRwxpWr-8_uGuKbXXrEzUw_cqDzKmzMER-kBBPU0OqQ1T_vbcv4OKAsDF2bwFgifcQqycxxIP7-OP-HkdVIxw/s1600/DSCN2074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP09PNSWaO1nofH3mPPbU3ifmNMocULO4WNCzLb7k_M6w8XjmE1GUt4LyRwxpWr-8_uGuKbXXrEzUw_cqDzKmzMER-kBBPU0OqQ1T_vbcv4OKAsDF2bwFgifcQqycxxIP7-OP-HkdVIxw/s320/DSCN2074.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
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Up close and personal,at the grinder.<br />
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Below Ildiko takes a final look to make sure all her pieces fit together cleanly.</div>
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Looks pretty good to me! Both girls did a nice job of cutting and grinding.<br />
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Remember to click on the photo for a closer look.Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-45971676008790900902012-08-25T18:16:00.000-05:002012-08-25T18:16:29.359-05:00Mentoring Students....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
When asked what I had been doing on my "summer vacation" recently, I had the opportunity to tell of my experience mentoring two young students through the ArtStart Fusion Project. Let me introduce you to Ildiko (think Indigo as she so helpfully pointed out) and Anna, my students. Through a program put forth by Art Start of Rhinelander <a href="http://www.artstartrhinelander.org/exhibitions---events.html">http://www.artstartrhinelander.org/exhibitions---events.html</a> regional working artists are paired with local area high school age students to participate in the age old tradition of master and apprentice. Our goal was to create a variety of visual art that expresses both the individuality of each participant, as well as the creativity resulting from artistic collaboration. From there we began our journey. I asked both students to create a piece that would stand alone but would be visually pleasing when presented as one work of art. And of course I was participating in this as well. </div>
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First we, needed to come up with a design that we were all in agreement with. I asked them to stay with geometric designs as opposed to circles and curves to ease into cutting the glass. They learned that there is a difference in drawing designs for stained glass as opposed to sketching for the sake of sketching. When cutting glass it has to be cut edge to edge, so the lines in the design become very important. In a drawing you might use bolder or finer lines to show shading, but with glass you need to do that using the color of the glass or the lines that are created when 2 pieces of glass unite. After making all our lines into cuttable pieces and doing away with any extraneous lines our final design was complete. Anna's is on the left, mine is in the middle and Ildiko's is on the right. We have a common thread running through all 3 pieces which anchor them together, but allow them to stand alone. Now it was on to making 2 more copies of each design, one master copy to refer to with all pieces numbered and colors specified, one to cut the pattern pieces out, and one to use as a guide for our design. </div>
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Here Ildiko is at the drawing table putting the finishing touches on her design.I love how the person on her T-shirt seems to be very interested in what she's doing.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGilEt3oTDrk1YWOq7M3KBTkyPiNx4m4RBuUuJXik1TpEWZxzgVCtA9hPXEgolx53Y7l2xlYIT5v3-idQ0gsRrMCw4SqihnE20TgmHQJp5HLP8N3aOJszqY8Cjy8vrBU2KhMX66x8_eM/s1600/DSCN2026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGilEt3oTDrk1YWOq7M3KBTkyPiNx4m4RBuUuJXik1TpEWZxzgVCtA9hPXEgolx53Y7l2xlYIT5v3-idQ0gsRrMCw4SqihnE20TgmHQJp5HLP8N3aOJszqY8Cjy8vrBU2KhMX66x8_eM/s320/DSCN2026.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
While working on our designs we also chose the glass we all wanted to work in. We selected colors that we all could use , but we didn't necessarily use all the colors in each of our designs.Ildiko holds a piece of glass to the light to see what it will look like when hung in a window.<br />
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We had our own soloist!<br />
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Emmet tries to jump on the boat, but misses and falls in between the boat and dock for his first time in the water. He was a little puzzled, but apparently it's all good!Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-50207867371028349392012-06-22T09:42:00.000-05:002012-06-22T09:42:43.783-05:00More Art in the Yard pieces...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Art in the Yard is this coming Saturday and here are a few photos of some of the pieces that will be in the show. Cheeck out my FaceBook page for more. <br />
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I'll be up in Land O' Lakes as one of the Art Gypsies for this show. Come up and take a peek at some new work...or maybe even try it on and then it might just have to go home with you!</div>Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-87596843625014424532012-06-11T16:28:00.000-05:002012-06-11T16:28:14.096-05:00More Umlauf Gallery work....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Freshwater pearls, with silver dipped old copper beads. Handmade Fine Silver piece with a lampwork glass lentil bead in black and blue silver glass.<br />
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Dichroic glass bead with tiny Murrini suspended from a Sterling Festoon on green garnet.<br />
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Glass twistie bead with Murrini and Fine silver charm suspended from a three ring Fine Silver bail on a cable cord.<br />
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An irregular flat disk and concave disk riveted together by a fine silver headpin and oxidized.<br />
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Softly etched blue lentil beads with silvered ivory stringer swirls on sterling loops. As always click on the photo to enlarge.Northern Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15434836734480357282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194977965791735260.post-23594974121722351932012-06-02T15:37:00.002-05:002012-06-02T15:37:56.793-05:00More Work at the Rodd Umlauf Gallery...<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the vivid color in this bracelet. You'll probably be seeing more of this in varying themes. The red beads are all glass beads made by me with silver glass scroll work. The blue beads are chunky Lapis, Fossilized Agate, and Kyanite disks with some Sterling beads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canape' set in silvered ivory with silver plum decoration. These pair up nicely with Kathy Mitchel's pottery serving trays also at the Gallery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sterling wire worked ear wires with silver glass bead disks and Fine Silver spirals all softly oxidezed to a light gold.</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpamFsR0WPMamqPEdxW4_XbLon9EiRUOgqdvTpgz6wadB_gTtWgbWdREIktdEemvmoUebYPoc0dnihVu0NGIDPyBU-WE-Tdx7OW5gVDustzk4-2J6GLz9OvxcsoX6TxQdb9zXRXfCceTc/s1600/DSCN1809_edited-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpamFsR0WPMamqPEdxW4_XbLon9EiRUOgqdvTpgz6wadB_gTtWgbWdREIktdEemvmoUebYPoc0dnihVu0NGIDPyBU-WE-Tdx7OW5gVDustzk4-2J6GLz9OvxcsoX6TxQdb9zXRXfCceTc/s320/DSCN1809_edited-1.jpg" width="320" /></a>This one was very hard to photograph so this is the second go round and it came out better than the first one. This is a special blend of glass frit that even has a bit of goldstone in it. It's very different.</div>
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