I have been creating beads again using my oxygen/lpg torch. Have been experimenting, what do you think?
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
Creative Day Eleven
Here are a few lampworked beads for you today…
…not great shapes or colours, as I was just getting my hand back in. (or attempting to!!)
Here is a batch of hollow beads I made last year,
quite nice colours.
Monday, 04 January 2010
Creative Day Nine
Just a little stringing today. I made four bracelets for a friend of mine who loves pearls. Added some swarovski crystals for extra bling, and it's turned out really pretty. Hope she likes it.
Also thought that I'd post some of the past bracelets that I've made for you to see, some of them are relatively simple, but some were really tricky to make.
The large bead in the middle of the next bracelet is one that I have made myself with glass. I have done a few different lampworking workshops which have been great. Don't get enough time on the torch though.
Monday, 28 December 2009
Creative Day Four
What lovely rainy weather, although if you've got kids trapped inside the house you have my sympathy!!
I've been beading a necklace today. I made the glass bead in the centre quite a while ago and decided to make something to 'frame' it. Had a good play and it looks quite good on…
Anyway, while I've been playing John's been on the internet, and writing various bits and pieces on his computer, and resting… lots of resting for him.
He was bitten by a white tail spider over four months ago, and since then our lives haven't been the same… not whining at all, it could be so much worse, believe me, I've seen the pictures that people have emailed me!!
Anyway he is on massive amounts of antibiotics, is taking turmeric internally, milk thistle, and anything else we can think of, we have also been using manuka and the other sort of honey that's good for staph, can't remember it's name…
There is an excellent poultice that we've been putting on his wounds for the last few days. Its made of 9 rounded teaspoons of turmeric powder, 9 pinches of sea salt, 1 teaspoon of ground ginger and then mix it all up with the honey. Then apply it to every wound you can find, and the results look like this…
John resting and watching a dvd with companion cat, Slinky.
Slinky is in cat heaven, having us both home for the holidays.
