I’ve been pulling pounds of ivory and black stringer for all those glass tiger beads I’ve been working on… and when I have a clump of such gorgeous contrast on the end of my pull rods, I can’t stand to waste it! So I make little hearts. I was struck by how elegant and plain they look and… well, I just could live with that! So I added frit – but ONLY to one side of the bead! So these glass beads have a split personality! One side is understated black and pale ivory, the other will have an explosion of color! Wear whichever side suits your mood!
Duo Split Personality Heart #2 is blue, green, rust and lavender on the reverse and measures 17 mm wide x 30 mm tall including glass bail. $15.00
I’ve been pulling pounds of ivory and black stringer for all those glass tiger beads I’ve been working on… and when I have a clump of such gorgeous contrast on the end of my pull rods, I can’t stand to waste it! So I make little hearts. I was struck by how elegant and plain they look and… well, I just could live with that! So I added frit – but ONLY to one side of the bead! So these glass beads have a split personality! One side is understated black and pale ivory, the other will have an explosion of color! Wear whichever side suits your mood!
Duo Split Personality Heart #1 is pink and lavender on the reverse and measures 17 mm wide x 22 mm tall including glass bail. $12.00
I got a moody new glass rod called “calico” and all I could think to make with it was a cat… pretty cute, huh??? 34 mm hole to hole (including ears) x 30 mm wide $22.50
What do you do when you have TONS of mille rod left over from an odd colored project (my recent blue feather focal bead experiments)? You make mini beads from the rod! Swirls of multi blues with white. Strand is 41 mm (1.6″) long. $18.00
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Cake Slice pair. Vanilla cake, chocolate frosting, coral flowers and leaves from variegated glass cane. Made of glass…completely inedible; totally adorable. $12.00 Measures 17 mm hole to hole x 13 mm high x 10 mm wide.
I have just been mesmerized with Eye Beads lately. I wrote all about my obsession with them on my glass bead blog. You can read the entire article on eye beads here. But here’s the part I adore about Eye Beads:
“Eye beads are meant to offer protection. Think of the third eye in Indian culture. The eye bead for protection is also really popular in Greece, Armenia and in Egypt. I’ve always been fascinated with Egyptian eyes and looked at lots of Egyptian artwork to come up with the background colors for that bead above. I also researched Egyptian symbolism to figure out what to put on the back.
I found out that a squared off version of a swirl… an image prevalent in all human art since the caveman era … stands for home. What a better thing to offer protection over than home!”
So, the obsession continues… I’ve had several requests for blue backgrounds with gold accents – a common color in Egyptian art. But… blue and yellow don’t really play well in glass. There’s always a weird green halo that my own eye really dislikes.
Both beads were made free hand in a loose eye shape. I covered both with a variety of blue glasses, both opaque and transparent. Each was wrapped with goldstone and feathered. Then I built the eye with murrini from my friend and very talented glass artist, Janel Dudley.
About the First Bead: Traditional dark eyelid, the goldstone does not sparkle much on this one. There is an Egyptian symbol for “home” on the back in goldenrod stringer. 28 mm hole to hole x 24 mm wide. $55.00
About the 2nd Bead: I really like the goldstone in this bead…it really sparkles! It was the first one I’ve made with a lighter colored (ivory) eye lid and the first time I attempted to place “eyeliner” UNDER the lid. The back side is plain with only the goldstone feathering showing. 29 mm hole to hold x 23 mm wide. $55.00
SOLD!
This is one of those glass bead sets that you kind of stare at for a while. The base is a transparent brown and it’s rolled in a raku that lends itself to blues and greens and purples and rust. It’s still transparent in places…which makes you stare a bit longer.
Five beads: Squiggle focal is 40 mm long by 16 mm wide. Four matching rectangles are 15 mm x 10 mm wide. This set would make an amazing bracelet or necklace! $36.99
Mini lampwork bead set of colorful lentils. Three beads; each 14 mm hole to hole. $11.99
Extra large turquoise glass bead lentil with silvered ivory and pinky peach detailing. View of both side of focal above. 3 beads: 35 mm large lentil focal, 8 mm rounds.
M I C K E Y….. yeah, you know the tune. My handmade glass beads tribute to the most famous rat in the world. These glass beads a all larger focals. I like big beads and just wanted to make a large set. The Minnie and Mickey ears are 15 mm x 15 mm. The bowtie is 28 mm hole to hole. Pants: 20 mm. Skirt: 18.4 mm. Shoe: 18.5. Also included is a set of 7 mini spacers in red and black. 13 beads in all. $59.00
