It's torching weather at last. It's about time ! This was one of the hottest summers I remember since moving to Georgia. Little rain too but we're getting it now.
With the great cool weather I am back to torching as often as I can. Usually in the mornings, early. The best time of day for me. I get a lot accomplished then. I do try to limit myself to no more than 2 hours tops but sometimes I will end up in the middle of something or want to test out just one more color combination. :) I've been into making sets these days which is something I never really did liked to do. Different time- different year. lol ! Back when I first started making beads, it was sculpting. Hardly anything but sculpting. LOVED it. I still do actually but my hands do not. I don't remember the last time I actually sculpted anything really. I really never did "production" work. Never wanted to so never did. Sets were an on and off thing. Made them here and there. Got into making LONG beads for a long time. Still love to do that when I can. So many things you can do with a long bead. :) So sets it is for now which is fun and of course can be very frustrating. lol !
Since I've had a little time with my new "toys" I have been playing with one in particular, the baroque bead roller. I enjoy that shape of bead. Fun to play with. I don't have any new beads of that shape photographed yet but they're on the way. I've also been making more bellflowers. I got some brand new glass and ooooooo are they gorgeous ! Those flowers are in the kiln cooling now. In the meantime, I managed to "conquer" Rubino ! That is one glass color I used to have fits over ! Hard to work with but finally got it figured out. Second photo, gorgeous blue and the last photo is pinks and purples. Some opaque, some transparent and one translucent. Nice. Bellflowers are such fun to make. Having the proper tool is very important. I use nothing but the best which is the Carlo Dona bellflower press. A work of art in itself. There isn't another bellflower press on the market that compares to the quality of the Carlo Dona tools. They come in a variety of sizes and flower points. I have and use the 12mm 6 point - 14mm 6 point and the 20mm 8 point which is what the flowers below are. I will be getting another press when available in the 16mm 6 point size.
So did I only make bellflowers this past week ? Nope but again, I need to take photo's of everything. It's not that I didn't want to get that all done, I just haven't had time. lol ! Such is the way sometimes. :)
Stunning cranberry color in these flowers.
These flowers are done in a wonderful shade of transparent brilliant dark blue. Gorgeous !
This set of flowers are in purples and pinks. Quite lovely really.
It's time to sign off for now. Thanks very much for coming by. Please come back again soon. I'm trying hard to post on a regular basis. :)
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