More Beads

A customer requested order of hollows…..
SueRossHollows

And a set of tortoise frit beads…

TortoiseFritBeads

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More Hollows and Doodads

Another set of purple hollow beads…..

PurpleHollows

And a set of doodad beads. I use these for dangles and add ins, sometimes as stoppers on chains.

Doodads-1

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Two More Sets

Got these two sets done last night.

Autumn Hollows – In vivid autumn colors. The glass has striations in it to make them look more interesting. On two, I wound thin silver glass lines around the bead and left it raised.

AutumnHollows-1

Another set of Space Age Retro beads. These are really fun.

 

SpaceAgeRetro-2nd-1

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Black Silver Glass Krytonite Beads

Made these set last night.

BlackKriptoniteBeads

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More Beads

A bunch of different beads I made over the last few days.

OpalYellowRounds-2

Some of my favorite beads. Opal yellow base bead with enamels and frit, along with some purple spacer beads.

BlueFritBeads-1

These turned out kind of interesting. Thought they would be different shades of blue. Was surprised to see pink and some green in the frit too. On a white base bead.

HalloweenSet-2nd

Another set of Halloween beads. I put arms on the ghost this time.

Published in: on August 9, 2014 at 11:57 am  Comments Off on More Beads  
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Is It Halloween Yet?

Made these Halloween beads last night. I should have put arms on the ghost. Oops.

HalloweenSet

And played with some new frit called Muse. Used it on different base bead colors and with silver foil (last two beads).

 

PinkFritBeadPairs

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Another Ivory Shard Big Hole Bead

This was supposed to be hollow but it didn’t turn out that way. Ivory glass is really soft and soupy when hot. My walls collapsed so this ended up solid instead of hollow. Good thing it’s not HUGE.

BHB-IvoryShardBeadThis one is a bit lighter and kind of looks like some kind of marble or rock.

Published in: on August 6, 2014 at 2:23 pm  Comments Off on Another Ivory Shard Big Hole Bead  
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Silver Glass Beads

I decided to try working with silver glass again. I’ve been disappointed in my results in the past. Can’t seem to get all the colors out of it like other do.

SilverGlassIceChips-2

These have a silver glass core that has been heavily encased in clear. This are irregular discs that remind me of ice.

SilverGlassDots

Opal yellow base bead with silver glass dots. The big blue dots are silver glass with a big dot of clear on the top.

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Ivory Shards on Ivory Beads

Decided to go organic last night.

BHB-IvoryShardHollow-1

Hollow big hole bead that I added etched copper bead caps and cored with sterling silver tubing. The bead is made out of ivory with silvered ivory shards melted in and fumed with silver. Thin lines of black and dots of turquoise and black embellish the bead.

Ivory-IvoryShardSetThe big bead is hollow except made on a smaller mandrel. Various surface decorations on the smaller round beads and two silver glass spacers.

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More Bead Sets

Have some new ones to show.

FlowerPowerBrightSet

Flower Power Brights set. Strikingly bright with raise dots and other surface decorations. These are fun and whimsical.

MultiColorFritBeads

Multi-color frit on clear glass beads. This was a tough picture to take. Different colors of transparent frit on clear glass gives these a watery look.

TurquoiseEnamels

Some of my favorite beads. Turquoise with enamels and various frits give these texture and design.

Published in: on August 4, 2014 at 12:53 pm  Comments Off on More Bead Sets  
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