More BHB's

Here are a few more of the Big Hole Beads...

Amber with Fine Silver dots.

A deep black with silver leaf heavily encased with clear for a little magnification. It makes me think of the universe.

Cobalt with silver glass frit encased in clear.

And Amythest with some Fine Silver mesh also encased in clear,.

New Big Hole Beads with Silver core linings...

Just a short post this morning, of the new BHB (Big Hole Beads) I finally finished. These beads are commonly used in the Troll or Pandora bracelets and will fit either. I had to purchase a special coring tool and then learn how to use it, but now I feel like a pro. I have more beads but I need to take the time to read the book on my new camera as well before I take more photos. ( It's pretty sweet) . This bead happens to be a combination of 2 silver glasses and silver leaf with a clear encasement.

Dog Days in the Leap Day Storm

This isn't exactly glass or jewelry related but a new puppy has arrived in our household and I just had to share photos of playtime in the snow. It seems Winter decided to descend afterall and we had 18" of snow overnight. We now have 30" on the ground, so things were suspended for the day, my husband couldn't get to the Clinic, he barely made it out of the garage before getting stuck. Many local businesses closed and the DOT warned everyone to remain at home due to the amount of snow, until they could get things plowed. But in the meantime these little guys had their fun in the snow. Meet our new addition, Emmet

 Come on Mick let's play!

Love those flying ears!

Oh and this gives you a bit of an idea of how much snow we got!

More Oak Leaves

I thought since I had the cabinet doors from the kitchen of my friend Jean, I should probably put up the 5 foot window that graces her entry on one side and provides some extra light in a hallway on the other side. IT has the same Oak leaves  only in a seedy amber glass and the wonderful swirly Baroque glass. Once you start in on a sheet of Baroque for a window like this , you can't make a mistake or you have to start over. You need to keep that continuous swirl pattern intact. Lucky for me , the glass gods were smiling that day!

Oak Leaf Cabinet Doors

A few photos of some cabinet doors I did for my friend Jean. The first two are backlit and the bottom photos are in regular light to show off the swirls of the beautiful Baroque clear glass.

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

I will be leaving soon to join my family in Iowa for a Christmas celebration, so I'll leave you with a few  Christmas images to enjoy. May your Holidays be spent with friends and family, making our space a better place, and may peace prevail.

SOME ArtStart GALLERY PIECES

 Wine Stoppers

 Cheese Knives

 Bracelet with Bronze chain, Lampwork Glass beads, Kyanite,Lapis,and Sterling Hilltribe Flower beads.

 Fine silver focal with lampwork etched disk and concave Fine Silver disk suspended on a long gathering of different bronze chains, freshwater pearls, silk an various other goodies.

 Two strands of beautiful Bronze Freshwater Pearls with 2 Lampwork Glass beads adorned with a special glass frit, and a Sterling Hilltribe flower. and toggle clasp that rests in front.

Lampwork glass bead focal in a silver glass done in a twist style suspended from a sterling drop ona rubber cord. As always click on the photo for  a closer look. Enjoy!

ArtStart!

Rhinelander has arrived! We have a group of dedicated people that are working on an Arts & Cultural Center for the town. So far there is a building, the old Federal Building with its red brick and white fat columns, that makes it stately already. It's located in the heart of Down Town Rhinelander and is about to have it's first Gift Gallery Opening. I will be in attendance as well as some of my artist friends and we will all have work in the new gallery space. The group hopes to accomplish bringing some major exhibitors to the area and is working on ideas to help bring this about. You can see more on ArtStart on their Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/#!/ArtStartRhinelander  I'll be posting some of the pieces that will be in the gift shop on my next post. You can always check out my Facebook page for work as well. Here's your chance to SHOP LOCAL and help support your communtiy and local artists too.

Some Art Detour Frames....

These are some photo frames I had made for Art Detour. and they all sold so I guess they fit the bill for several people.

This one has a semi precious gem stone called Sugelite,in the middle crevice as well as a hollow glass bead with a paper thin glass shard.

 These two also have hollow glass beads and  yes the dog photo is my Micky.

ART DETOUR

Even though I will not be able to be at Art Detour next weekend, my friends there have kindly taken my Jewelry and Stained Glass and will have it on hand when they open for business on Friday Oct. 2. So I thought I might as well put up some of the photos I had taken of the work I managed to complete, before my mother's illness.  I will be back with more photos of some of the other items I have as well. I'm sure this will be a great show and I will miss the camaraderie of artist friends, as well as crossing off a few things on my Christmas List! Check out the ART DETOUR site on Facebook for more information on the other artists, as well as times, location, and yes S'MORES!     https://www.facebook.com/#!/ArtDetourWisconsin