These beads take me back to my lampworking roots when I made organic style beads all the time. Organic beads have a much more free-form approach when it comes to design. Instead of being very precise with placement of each element you allow the colors, special reactions and flow of glass to dictate your next move. This style of lampworking is so much fun to do because there are lots of unique surprises throughout the creative process. 😀
NEW! Introducing the talents of my daughter Melanie, an art major in college. Her specialty is animation imagery with an emphasis on Japanese anime, manga and pop art designs.
Using liquid enamels Melanie hand painted her own original art design onto the surface of these opaque white beads. I then fired the paint into the glass for a durable, permanent finish. I also applied a line and dot designs with glass stringer to the back of the bead for added interest.
I hope you enjoy this new artistic collaboration with my daughter Melanie!
My daughter just told me that today is the first day of Spring! I thought for sure it was in April – but it is indeed today. I find this so funny because when I named and listed this bead on eBay I thought I was just pining for Spring, I didn’t realize it was already here – LOL! 😀
I will consider my timing kismet 😉 Now if the weather would just catch up…
Just when we thought Spring was on its way, we got hit with another cold front. We were so enjoying the mid-80’s temperatures when the weather turned and now we’re back in the 50’s with rain in the forecast. I realize we Californian’s are weather-wimps and are spoiled by lots of great weather most the year – so I am not complaining….too much ;-D
Here is another floral focal and round bead set. I do not see myself tiring of this design anytime soon. Flowers have always made me happy 🙂
It may not be Spring yet, but lately it sure feels like it! We’ve been hitting the mid-80’s in SoCal lately so I’ve been inspired to create more flower beads. 😀
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