on the bead front...

I've been sneaking a bead in here and there, just practicing really. Here are a few from Friday night:



The one with the arrow pointing to it is actually a really nice transparent red. This picture doesn't do the color justice at all, but you get the idea.



The bead just to the left of the green and white dotted one is actually squarish. I would have taken a better picture of it, but it was placed in the Logan Lyons Glass Bead Museum before I could get to it.



These are the same beads plus a new aqua one from Saturday afternoon. How 'bout those similarly sized bumps? And what about those similarly sized, still crappy, but not AS crappy placed dots on the green bead? It's coming to me. Practice, practice, practice.

Oh, I can't forget this little guy:



I had a request for a green bead with purple bumps. A simple request, right? Well the bumps were placed weird again so I turned it into a turtle thinking my client would be tickled to have a turtle bead. Well, I was wrong. Thankfully, though, my client's little brother thought it was the best thing since Buzz Lightyear Pull-Ups. Naturally, my client's opinion was almost instaneously swayed.

After Logan decided the turtle was not the devil reincarnated in glass alright, he requested my glass bead making book so he could show me which beads he wants me to make next. I think I might need to sign myself up for a sculptural bead making class in the near future.