Torched! Lampwork Studio

06/15/2015

36 custom crosses for a graduation class! every one unique and shaped freehand. A lot of work but a fun project :)

05/23/2015

The boutonnières are almost finished :)

05/23/2015

From the kiln this morning (except the crystal of course lol stainless head pin petals and alien greenery for a wedding boutonnière with a Star Trekkie kind of theme :) so fun!

05/07/2015

Bidding has started on this fun trio over at Lampwork Bead Market! Starting bid $15

05/06/2015

just one of the many beads I'll be listing on the Lampwork Facebook groups this week. Ending at 4 PM EST today over on "Lampwork Beads For Sale"

04/22/2015

Playing with new shapes to encase. This may be too dainty... Will have to try putting it in a bead and see...

04/09/2015

Yep.... This is about as tidy as it gets around here lol I was far too sheepish to post the before... Lol to work I go!

04/07/2015

Okay... So this is war! Due to bead release woes, I've been out of production for quite a while. I had a wonderful supply of release that is been using for years that never failed. It was a mixture of everything that came through my shop...Fusion, Smooth n tuff, universal, kiln wash and possibly more. My concoction met a messy end sadly as I shook it too vigorously in the shop without holding the lid tightly enough... Sigh (that was NOT a fun mess to clean up.... ALWAYS hold your lid well!!!).
So... I ordered what I thought was working for me, Smooth n Tuff. Right off the bat this was not working well. It was thick and had large chunky crystaly bits in it? Tried it as is and it flaked like mad. The ones that did hold left a lot of internal residue in the bead hole which is very evident in transparent beads due to the lumps. So... I added distilled water. Better consistency but the chunks were crazy apparent now! Waited for done to dry and gently rubbed off the chunks. This method improved things but the release is still flakey and looks awful after cleaning in the hole.

Time to go back to square one! Bought a few new bottles to try and I've cleaned all my mandrels thoroughly.... Let's see what happens!!!! Anyone else having woes like this with Smooth n Tuff? Talk about annoying!

03/31/2015

Sunday May 3rd, The River Inn in Corbyville is the place to be! Always something new and exciting to see from this group. Fabulous gifts for Moms? I've decided to hope for lovely weather (as it was last year) and will be set up outside this year! Looking forward to seeing you there!

A handcrafted ARTISAN EVENT dedicated to fostering the contemporary arts & crafts movement in Belleville since 2003!

03/14/2015

WOW! 500 like goal has been reached! Time to make something special for the random draw.... Stay tuned :)

03/04/2015

5 more likes to go until we hit 500 likes :) Thanks everyone! Updates to come...

02/11/2015

Wow! 470 likes as of today. Perhaps I'll do a random giveaway on the 500th.... :)