Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

re: Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

cjconstien — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:12:48 GMT

I absolutely love glass beads!! They are so beautiful! I am amazed by these talented artists that create such beautiful beads!! One of my favorite artists is Wendy Willmott. I first found her creations on Ebay and have since continued to purchase her lovelies from her website, ebay & etsy. She has also become a friend!! You can see what I mean by going to her website and she has links from there to her creations also on ebay & etsy.

http://www.creekybeads-uk.com/

Another favorite, 5 Fish Designs, husband & wife artists, Karl & Krista Tseu.

I can't seem to get enough of handmade glass beads and will continue to incorporate these in my jewelry creations!!

re: Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

Shell62 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:25 GMT

I love lampwork beads take a look at carl's work at

www.carlmartindesigns.com.

re: Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

nancytobey — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:15:53 GMT

Jennifer- thanks so much for including me in your blog and for your vey kind words! It's good to know the bead lived up to your expectations!

Best,

Nancy Tobey

Www.nancytobey.com

re: Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

nancytobey — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:15:49 GMT

Jennifer- thanks so much for including me in your blog and for your vey kind words! It's good to know the bead lived up to your expectations!

Best,

Nancy Tobey

Www.nancytobey.com

re: Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

Bobbi helms — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:06:15 GMT

i so hear you on the "shopping at 3am..." thing. Though I usually don't shop that late (early?), I am becoming a bead-a-holic - and proud of it. I must have a collection of close to 3000 beads right now - and If I use a handful a week, that's a lot. But i LOOVVVEEEE them so!

I've discoverd quite a few remarkable lampwork bead artisits - all of whom have shops on etsy, and other sites. LABeadlady is a favorite...as is Debbie Sanders...and Catalina Glass. IrinaS is incredibly talented from Slovenia...Nadineco is from Israel. All are different and all are worth a look!

Bobbi Helms

Fat Dog Beads

P.S. - i hope to get into lampworking myself some day soon!

re: Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

Diane Fitzgerald — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:50:48 GMT

These beads are not glass, but their detail, intricacy and whimsy bring them to the top of my list: check out www.joanmiller.com.

She makes ceramic/porcelain beads and will be at B&B 2012.

re: Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

Nancy Smeltzer — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:02:15 GMT

I use hundreds of buttons and beads in my art quilts, so I'm I'm always on the lookout for sources. That often means shopping at 3am, too. I've learned to clear my eyes enough to look at the zoom in or enlarge pictures and that kind of shine from the flash of a camera means "that kind" of look. It's sort of like learning to read vacation destination ads...this means this and that means that. So, with experience and LOTS of early morning orders, I find that I'm rarely disappointed with my orders for my button and bead stash....

Nancy Smeltzer

re: Beads I Love: Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads

nessoftheforest — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:14:16 GMT

Thought you may like to see these!