Sneak Preview!
This Saturday is reveal day for group three in the 7th Bead Soup Blog Party. I thought I would give a sneak preview of some of the things […]
Category Archives: soldering
Pain and Soldering
Bezel Experiments I have a friend who’s been a goldsmith for more than forty years. She told me told me that she learned how to solder jewelry by working with a plumbers […]
For the Bezel Challenged
My friend Sherman claims to be bezel challenged. That got me thinking. Who hasn’t had a cool stone or glass cab that would look great in a metal […]
Take a Peek into My Workshop
It’s been a while since Libby Mills profiled my workshop in her blog’s Studio Snapshot series. Since then, I’ve branched out into other mediums including felt, do more metalsmithing, and […]
Mixing It Up
This year, I’ve gone from a metal and soldering frenzy to a lamp working frenzy, to a glass and ceramics tumbling frenzy, to a glass fusing frenzy, to a felting […]
Stained Glass Pendants and Suncatcher
Some Christmas gifts from this year. The glass is foiled and hand cut. I used glass on the back of the pendants (fourth picture) in a color to compliment the […]
My Blue Heart
My husband had an extremely difficult 2008- so bad his heart was broken and he finished the year undergoing open heart surgery. He’s getting better, regaining his strength and looking […]
Make Clasps from Found Objects
I’ve been thinking a lot about jewelry made from found objects lately, probably because I have been asked to give a talk on the topic at the April meeting of […]
Christmas Ornaments with Repurposed Materials
I make lamp worked beads; sometimes with scrap glass and I fuse glass, too. I was pondering whether to toss the little odd scraps. ugly beads and fused pieces that […]
