Do You Want To See My Setup??

You don't need a fandangle Studio room custom built for you in the backyard.
SURE, it would be the bees knees and yep, I'll probably kill for one....but most of the time us beaders are stuck in the garage.

Wanna see my fancy setup?

Here is my burnt little desk in the corner, in amongst the paintcans and power tools.  Oh, and my ventilation?  The double garage door right next to my chair! ;)

 

The glass. Yep, I'm a glass ho. And that's not even all of it....I have another 30 kilos stashed away in a box.

My Paragon Bluebird XL kiln. Big enough for a whole day's beadmaking, and even then it won't get filled up. It also gets hot enough to fuse, if I ever want to venture into that one day.

I have a couple of torches and currently I have the CC hooked up. It runs on a 5 LPM oxygen concentrator and a gas bottle.

The graphite shapers, imprinters and general tools.

Frit, leaf, foil, CZ's and powders.

Last but certainly not the least, most of the presses.

Got any questions? Please comment!

I would also love to see photos of other lampworker's work spaces.  If you have any photos online, pls point me in the direction of them.

Glass Porn!

I'm excited by my latest purchase of silver glass from DoubleHelix because it contains test batches! And something else that is making my heart race.....

Opaque Sparkle Lusters!!  ARGH!!!!! Look at those sparkly rods!
 

I also stocked up on Zephyr, the best Clear that I can find on the market. I usually get the 'seconds' lots from Doublehelix as I really cant see the difference between them and the 'proper' lots. More Helios, Olympia Rain and of course, the most Fantabulous glass ever created....Terra.

I have been on a 2 week hiatus from beadmaking, self imposed, as I bead everyday leading up to a major Bead Show. Since the next one is not until November, I gave myself a couple of weeks rest. Can't burn out the MOJO! But now that this glass has turned up....I may just turn on the torch a little earlier than planned.

Stay tuned!

P.S, do my photos fit into the left column correctly without riding over into the right hand column?  On my monitor they look fine but I've had an email from somebody saying that the photos are too big....please leave a comment and let me know!

Melbourne Bead and Gem Show

Well, I've just spent 3 days in Melbourne at the Bead and Gem.  Unfortunately attendance was extremely low....I don't think anybody knew it was on due to it not being advertised. 

I did get to catch up with my beady pals tho which was super fun!

Looking a little tired.

Miss 11 helped me out for 3 days. She also spent what profits I made on beads and made a heap of jewellery for herself and friends at school!

Hello Georgina from Georgie Girl Beads! Georgie puts my stark white simple display to shame.

And there's Helen from Fields of Clover peeking out!

Pauline Delaney demonstrated beadmaking several times a day.


My next outlet will be The Square Handmade Market on the 15th of Sept at the Bendigo Town Hall. Then at Kingston City Hall in November for The Bead Expo. Mark it in your iphones girls!

Melbourne Bead and Gem Show

The Bead and Gem Show is only 3 weeks away!

I've been beading my little bottom off and have a plethera of brand new work to show off.  I will also have my older work on SALE with heavy discounts, most around 50-70% off, so it's worth a trip to Moonee Ponds!

Moonee Valley Racecourse

1 McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039
17 - 19 August 2012

Opening Hours:

10am - 5pm (Fri & Sat)
5:30pm - 8:30pm (Friday - Trade Only)
10am - 4pm (Sunday)

Tickets:

Adults $13.00
Concession $11.00
Children (12 - 16 yrs) $7.00
Children (under 12) FREE

Recent Work

I lost Photoshop off my computer so I have been unable to whiten the backgrounds on these photos. But here are some recent work pics, dingy backgrounds and all.

Latest Work

Ready for some bead porn?!

I've morphed my Roman Urns into layered dots this past week and I am enjoying myself immensely.   Making show stock gets very tedious, especially making the same stuff over and over, so it's refreshing to make what I want to make for a change!

See anything you like?  Email me for prices :)

CiM Testing: Moana

Moana is a new color from CiM that I tested recently for Affordable Inspirations. Kerry also sent me a few other colors she wanted it mixed with and this included: Split Pea, Lilac, Purple Haze and Heffalump.

This set was made with Moana as the base and the others colors striped as the flower cane. The donut spacers are Blue Moon spotted with Lilac.

This focal is Moana layered over white. Layering it gave it a very slight lighter appearance.

Moana was lovely to melt and it melted very easily with no scumming or devit. It also played nice with the dichro with no compatibility issues. When heted super hot it can turn a slight miky color, see the ends of some of the beads in the set above.