Today I have a annealer full of beads I made yesterday. They are mostly recycled wine bottle beads. After the beads come out of the annealer each hole is drilled to remove the bead release. It never seems to be a time after this process that I don't hold them all in my hands and feel like the Priate in Treasure Island must have felt in the 1950 movie "Treasure Island". The scene comes to mind where the pirates go into the cave and find the Treasure Chest, they open it and there it is...treasure! Even after so many years I feel the same way about that handful of beads.
The Dichroic Glass Cabochon was fused by Cheryl Orrhood. I purchased it from her during a Tucson Gem and Mineral Show many years ago. Not long ago I adorned it and created a brooch to remember. This brooch can be found on my web store.
I call this piece "Simply Pink". I first created a torc from Crayola, Model Magic. I let it dry 12 hours and then covered it with size 11seed beads using peyote stitch. I then added my lampwork beads on top of the seed beading. This piece is about 30 inches in length. I created a red necklace similar to this one and I called it "Miss Kitty", taken from the series, Gunsmoke. 7 N. San Francisco St
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