Bead&Button 2-Day Class Results!

[Queen of Tides]

Here are my beads from my 2 day class with Sharon Peters and Janice Peacock. The only one missing is a lovely red vessel with nice handles, I have to unpack it. I'll post it later though. The fish, sculptural heads, surface froggie, lizard wrap and hollows are things Sharon taught. The missing vessel with enamels and reduction frit, squat vessel with silver, and encased bathroom sink beads are things that Janice taught. I loved the vessel not yet posted, and I changed the surface frog and lily pond bead into a beehive, floral vine, bumble bee thing myself, to see if I could take the technique she taught and make it more my own thing instead of just a copy of her work, which I love but everyone recognizes as Sharon's. I just stunk at the encased kitchen sink beads, wonkified them all!!! I left the neck off the squat vessel, and I just knew I had not done something right when I finished it. The sample was already in the kiln and I couldn't peek to refresh my memory. I forgot to turn the lizard's head the other way, so he looks more like a snake with legs. So here is my hodge podge of work, some is quite laughable, I know, but they are just to remind me of what to do and not do!

The class was wonderful and I highly recommend anyone with the chance take it next year!

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[AMR GlassWorks]

Wow Maria!! You did a great job!! :clap: I have never heard of bathroom sink and kitchen sink beads. Why are they called that??

[Beads-Me!]

I have never heard of bathroom sink and kitchen sink beads. Why are they called that??

Yeah Maria - inquiring minds want to know! ;) Your beads look great - next year I gotta go!!!!

:cool: Nancy

[Lenda]

Great work Maria, sounds like the class was wonderful! Yeah, tell us about the sinks please!:D

[crsann]

Great Maria, I bet that class was a hoot!! I wanna know about the kitchen sink too.
chris

[bluelizzy]

Wow, terrific beads. That must have been tons of fun.

Sinks? Like, "Everything but the kitchen sink?"

[snootyvixen]

Maria! Super job! My favorites are the red froggy and the beehive.

Vikki
(who's also curious about the sinks!)

[craftylady]

I love the duck!:D
(who's also curious about the sinks!)

[3SistersBeads]

WOO HOO Maria!

Great beads! I'm taking a Sharon class in Boston in October and can't wait to get crazy with her!

Thanks for sharing.......I've been OOT for the past three weeks and am just getting back in the swing of things.

Blessings~

[Queen of Tides]

Hi again,
the kitchen sink beads, lol, sorry I didn't explain. Yes, everything but the kitchen sink is in those. Murrini, dichro, silver foil, latticino, gold aventurine stringer, it is a lot of stuff and all encased. I burned the dichro right out of the first one, so just a hazy patch where some nice shimmer should be, but I didn't put that one in the picture. It was great fun, all of it though, and even though I took this class last year, I learned so much more since I am at a totally different place with my bead making skills this year.

Thanks for being so kind, some are really pathetic!

[GinnyHampton]

Maria, your beads are FABU!!!! I love the bee bead :)

My kitchen sink beads are a little different - - - mine are the ones that are so bad I wish I could get them DOWN the kitchen sink :D

[meh2purple]

Maria, those are great beads! You must of had so much fun!! I met Sharon Peters at the show and she was so sweet and friendly.

Mary

[midniteburner]

Now I am jealous!!!!!:D :evil: :D You taking all these classes, ugh.

Well, I love that crabby bead!!! He is just way too cute!!!

Sara

[toozygoot]

Maria - those are great! You sure must have had a blast and learned a lot to boot!

pat

[Lori Peterson]

They look great, Maria!!! I'm glad you had fun in your class!

I love the duck face. Great work!

[dark13ootique]

COOOOOOOL beads, Maria! You got a lot of great pieces to take home from that class- and is your hair wrap still in? :D Wish I could have seen that finished :D Y'all gotta know that Maria is a gorgeous lady with the PRETTIEST hair, and she was sitting to get a hair wrap with her own special beads the last time we saw her :)

My kitchen sink beads *do* go down the sink, Ginny...lol... reduced to frit in my water glass, then into the disposal they go to be powdered... lol

[littlecrow1]

Welcome Back! sounds like you had a blast!! And your beads are great! :D IM JEALOUS!!! Cant wait to be able to take a class with one of those ladies!!

Many Blessings,
Deb / Littlecrow

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[Queen of Tides]

Deb,
did you go and introduce yourself in the lobby yet? I want everyone to meet you!!!

[littlecrow1]

Hey Maria~ lol..umm I did introduce myself but dont think it was the lobby ...lol...*wondering where the lobby is*...rofl:confused:
I just kinda jumped in here with a hooked on flowers thread...everyone was super nice!

I love this place! Thank You for stearing me in this direction!!!


Back to the torch! Trying different colored Iris's. Purple and white, orangey yellow with a dark ruby color! Didnt realize there were soo many color combinations! Ohh and I want to try black....:)...on and on and on .......


Many Blessings,
Deb / Littlecrow
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