Teaching @ Carla's

I'm back from my classes in Stuttgart/Germany.
Thanks to everybody | Vielen Dank an alle die da waren und an Carla für die super Organistation und Bewirtung. Schön wars!

163 spacers later...

I turned the bead I showed you yesterday into a long necklace. I never made so many spacers before. It was fun though, because I had the final piece already in my mind, and it even turned out nicer.
The wire bead is inspired by Kerry Bogert's book "Totally twisted".

Stuttgart

This weekend I will be teaching here in Germany, looking forward to meet nice people and see Stuttgart. Wish you a great weekend.

Looking forward to visit Canada this year

Have you heard of the Red Dear College in Alberta/Canada? I will be teaching there this summer, check out their schedul here.
And I made a new bead, this one is so colorful that it was hard to capture them all in a photography.
Size: 53 x 25 x 10mm

Blue like the sky

Pendant (size: 70 x 27 x 9mm)
I like to wear my focals on a long, basic chain, that way the bead is the centerpiece of my outfit and nothing is distracting from the detailed stringer designs on both sides. This bead has silver mesh inside, ladybugs and a zirkonia under the clear encasing.

It's time for Spring!

Don't you think?
On ETSY now.

Sunset

Different transparents and Zirkonias make these beads very sparkling. On ETSY now.

Roundtrip

New focal on ETSY.

Pick me

Fading transparent colors with a zirkonia on one side ...
... and pink cherries on the other side. New pendant in my ETSY store.

After midnight

I'm wonderring how much did this painting influence my work?

When Marcy Lamberson did the interview with me for the ISGB "Glass Bead" magazin one of the question was what inspires me for my creations... and suddenly I remembered the Picasso painting that was hanging over my bed all of my childhood."Child with a Dove" - I did not like that picture at all, it's way to sad, and it scared me. I was always wondering what's wrong with her and the dove, and who cut off her hair.
Now I like that picture, but I can still see why I didn't get along with it as a kid. There are just to many "Why"s in it.

A smile somewhere

Funny, I've never seen that smiling face on that bead ...
until I uploaded those pictures. Do you see it too?
Now in my ETSY shop.

Totally twisted

What a surprise! Kerry Bogert sent me one of her books "Totally Twisted" this week that she just published (available on Amazon). It is a wonderful book about beautiful wire jewelry mixed with glass beads. My beads are also inside on page 52 - 55. Thank you Kerry, you did a great job.
I love the bracelet she made out of my beads. What do you think? Especially the purple wire bead gives it a special touch.
And I updated my ETSY shop with more beads and pendats. Enjoy.

On a leaf

I am back on Etsy with new beads. More coming today, so keep checking my shop.

Israel

I'm back home since last night, I had such a great time in Israel. Sarah and Alain, the hosts of my class, made a fantastic job by showing me around, bringing me to the best restaurants and making my class a wonderful time. Thank you both so much.

Tel Aviv, I'm coming

I'm flying out to Israel today. Looking forward to meet Sarah Hornik and make new experiences, I am very excited about that.

Ladybugs, size of one focal is about 21 x 22mm

The only 1-day class in the US this year

at the Eugene Glass School. Click here for details

And right around the corner there's the EGS Flame Off and Glass Stock West. Come to Eugene this summer!

Purple Satellites

Size: 25 x 21 mm