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Beads–an epiphany

I made these beads during the core formed vessel workshop while I was waiting for a demo to begin.  I’ve been practicing the dots and masking techniques, reasoning that these are the foundation of most lampworking techniques.  I’ve found that I often have a hard time placing the dots accurately, as my hands shake.  Was …

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Spacer Beads

Here are the spacer beads I made, again with the not-likely-to-be-realized idea that I might actually string these into a necklace or something. I made them four at a time, and made them as small as I could. They are approximately 3/8 inches in diameter. The other picture is all the beads, before they’d been …

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Blue and White Beads

These are the beads I did after lunch, figuring that now I could try a different technique using different colors.  I didn’t make as many after lunch. For this I mostly used dots and masking.  My dots are not placed very well, because I don’t have the muscle control sufficient to hold my hands in …

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