Kalera Stratton - The Beadwife

One can never have too many Beadwife beads. I love them ALL!

Yum! Drooling over that dark multi - think its on my wishlist!

Amy, the Light Tobacco defines and intensifies the Raku or Multicolor effect, as well as often creating color separation on your base color. Sometimes you get a little devit, in which case I usually etch or tumble my beads, which also helps define any color separation.

wish I could..sounds amazing and it's been sooo long since I properly played with the glass. I'll save my pennies..

One can never have too many Beadwife beads. I love them ALL!

Yum! Drooling over that dark multi - think its on my wishlist!

OK -- when will you be there? 7-10?

Yep! I might be an eensy bit late, but I'm planning to stay til 10.

I really like the reclining(?) (sleeping?) nude. Outstanding.

Thanks!

Don't forget the gray to go with that 80's teal.

Thanks Sheryl, but I don't want to deplete your supply! It's not really for a particular project, it's just an interest I had.

The two paintings I've done so far have been nudes... maybe I'll post 'em on Flickr.

I'd love to see them!

I much prefer the old fashioned men, the ones who can actually DO something, LOL

Ya know, like work on vehicles, handy aound the house...

I lost my chance *swoons* time to commit seppiku!

I got chills reading that! The artisan community rocks!!!

I totally agree, K. This is an impressive development in our culture. I have long maintained that it is the artisans who will show us the way to the future, by maintaining the skills that would otherwise be lost. This seems to be happening all over, iinternationally, and not just a trendy coasty thing here in the states. Even China is moving in the direction of encouraging artisanship.

If you're seeing dots everywhere you should totally seek medical help for that. Particularly if the dots are on the children.

Too too hot... you poor thing!!!

Wow, I'd be dying! It gets above 75° in my studio, I have to grab the big floor fan. Of course, then I can't torch because it blows the flame all around :)

you can visit Ullja's new twitter page here: http://twitter.com/TaxEvaderWatch?utm_campaign=twitter20080331162631

she's "reporting" on so-called tax evaders, i.e. lampworkers and other people who spoke out against her.

That woman also targeted one of my Utah bead friends, resulting in visits to her home by a bunch of bureaucrats. Somebody obviously has WAAAAAAY too much time on their hands and doesn't understand the concept of minding one's own business.