Sitting here, sipping my coffee and catching up on some of the things that have been going on in the glass world...or at least a couple of the glass forums, and realized that I've been quiet on the blog front. So I thought I'd fill you in a little on what's been going on :-)
This past week has been hot and humid here...well, hot and humid for this area, but nothing like what some areas of the country are. That meant no torch time for me. Put the heat from the generator with the heat from the kiln and add the heat from outside due to the open window for ventilaion.....even with an air conditioner, my studio gets too hot for me to work in. A friend of mine works with a glass furnace...I can't even begin to comprehend how she copes with the heat. Yes, I am whining about the heat :-)
I've been coping with the heat by working inside and doing a little Spring Cleaning of my jewelry area. Yeah, yeah, I do know it's Summer....I'm a bit behind :-) Anyway, I decided I have too much "stuff" that needs a new home and am going to do some destashing. As soon as I have pics, I'll be putting some of it up in my
supplies shop. Should be later this afternoon or tomorrow.
A couple of days this week I spent off with some friends. I needed some R&R, so we headed to some local suppliers and picked up some new findings. Got some new ideas swirling around in my head! As soon as I get some jewelry made up for a shop that carries my work, I'm going to play!
Speaking of new ideas/work....I just finished up a six week Metalsmithing class. I had a blast, learned tons, and am working on incorporating metal with glass. The long drive each way was totally worth it!! What's funny, is that the teacher took a beginning lampworking class while I was taking the metals one....and she's hooked!!! Here's a couple of prototypes that I've been working on....
This one uses a flower bead made by Susan Sheehan. Check out
Susan's Etsy shop, she has lots of goodies!!
The editor of a magazine contacted me to write for them again! What a good feeling that he has confidence in my work and writing ability! I'm working on a couple of tutorials that while they aren't very difficult, even someone relatively new to boro should be able to use them, they make a nice piece...at least I think so :-)
Dang! The Weather Channel is on and you guessed it....Hazy, Hot, and Humid for tomorrow :-( I hate it when they show the dewpoint in the Oppressive range!! Maybe I'll get to work on those new ideas sooner than I thought? :-) :-) Or work on taking pics of that HUGE pile of glass jewelry that has been getting bigger and bigger. For now, I'm heading out to the studio....it's been a while.
Now up on Etsy :-) 
