My goal was to make the most of my last week of vacation. I actually got some torch-time in a couple of days and finished several bracelets. It feels good to get back to work on the projects I had to set aside last semester.
The bracelet above is a free-form peyote stich with a glass bead closure. This is my favorite project and I have finished five, completed three, and have three that need a clasp. It's nice to see the stash box filling up.
I also made dozens of the RAW bracelets above. These were given as gifts to my daughter's friends, my friends, and I have a few in the stash. The pattern is from a bead magazine I left in Michigamme, so I'll have to give credit-where-due when I retrieve the magazine in April.
I am inspired to join a challenge at Wetcanvas. There is a Valentine's Day challenge to create heart beads in the glass forum. I'm usually just a lurker but I make some pretty cool heart-shaped beads. Last week, I even learned how to make one with a verticle hole.
This one represent the usual hearts I make. I let them drip and ooze to a long point and then gather that in a twist. I like the way the colors come together in the spiral on the twist.
That is something that I like to do in a lot of my beads, such as the "storm" in the center of this bead I made in August...the last time I was on the torch.
This one looks a bit "wonky." I had a bad experience with a dot so I just wrapped it in stringers. My son thinks it's cool!
This one represent the usual hearts I make. I let them drip and ooze to a long point and then gather that in a twist. I like the way the colors come together in the spiral on the twist.
That is something that I like to do in a lot of my beads, such as the "storm" in the center of this bead I made in August...the last time I was on the torch.Check out at my Flickr account at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/superiorbliss/
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