Reprise en douceur...

Je reprends ce blog après un an de silence. Du silence, mais pour la bonne cause ! Pendant cette année, j'ai beaucoup travaillé le verre, beaucoup appris. Alors, aujourd'hui, je reprends la plume virtuelle et je vous livre quelques créations, récentes ou pas.

Bon voyage dans mon uni-verre...

De verre noir et bleu "Pulsar", ces petites perles sont devenues "Tsarine" pour de jolies boucles d'oreilles.

J'ai rajouté deux perles en verre façetté et des apprêts en métal argenté. Les crochets d'oreilles seront sans doute remplaçés par des dormeuses, plus élégantes.

Voici mon premier avant/après pour le redémarrage de ce blog.

Vous pouvez les retrouver sur mes sites A Little Market, pour les perles, chez
"narrative jewelry", et pour les boucles d'oreilles, dans le "boudoir de la cote".



"Miel noir" est dans la même veine, j'adore réaliser ces perles à "gouttes" de verre de différentes couleurs.

Je pars d'une base unie, j'ajoute quelques points de verre blanc que je fonds au chalumeau, ensuite je rajoute une couleur de verre transparente, que je fonds partiellement. Le blanc va sublimer la transparence de la dernière couleur.

Un peu de technique pour expliquer le travail minutieux du fileur de verre.





Des petits points, avec "Indian dreams", un set de perles tout en douceur, pour faire aussi de jolies boucles d'oreilles ou un bracelet.






"Milky raspberry", tout en douceur et en tranparence, avec cet effet loupe que j'adore.



Et une petite dernière pour aujourd'hui, "Byzantine", c'est un peu ma préférée, il faudrait que je trouve le temps d'en faire d'autres.

Elle est mon humble hommage à Kristina Logan, "the queen of dots", que je ne me lasse pas de regarder travailler.

MY FIRST EGGS AND SOME NEW SETS

I made my first eggs, following the explanations of Kelley, and inspired by Nina Bagley's sister Ellen's eggs too, playing with gravity, really funny to do, but need a lot of concentration.

Much appreciated in France these "Raku beads" are so pleasant to make.

I now create the famous RAKU, on black, orange, blue, and... they are all sold ! Yeppee !



Some new sets in Green, two etched, two transparent with zillion bubbles and two with raku frit.


One pink blush, with two etched beads and one with white dots.













The last one called Ephaïstion, like Alexander the great's best friend.

ENGLISH CHERRIES

Love them, they look like cherries, what we call in France "cerises anglaises" !




And for the fun, let me introduce you to the tangerine team.


Enjoy ! and many thanks for your comments.

JUST TO SHARE MY NEW LAMPWORK BEADS

Raku dots on dark ivory.
















Dark blue with amber.


Some "Réglisse", as we call these pieces of candy in France.


Hope you enjoy ! Have a nice week end Ladies.

COLOURS

Hi ladies,

There was a long time since i did not show jewelry.

So, here is a necklace i made sometimes ago, inspired by the talented Deryn Mentock. I added one of my very first lampwork bead, a Effetre dark blue transparent. Gorgeous colour even if i am not really a blue girl !

The copper wire is hammered and patinated with LOS. The photo doesn't show the hook i made in the middle to attach the pendant, sorry.


And something new for me, because of my new torch, a Minor, i can make my own balls ends with copper. Yeaaaah ! That's a personal message for my sweet Esther at "Mes illusions baroques".

Below is my beloved Lemongrass glass by Vetrofond. A wonderful yellowish green.

I am really crazy with this colour,
and am pretty sure my dear Renate, at "Put a little magic in your life" will adore it too.

Making lampwork beads is a great great pleasure i have discovered a month ago.
Great adventure to take time to play with the rods and gravity when the glass melts.

Trying to make, as all newbies, swirls, dots, bubbles, flowers.

My next step is to try Double Helix, aka silver glass. A bit more difficult because i have to reduce the oxygen, or play with the fire, by "striking".
















Thank you dear ladies to stay my regular readers even if i do not post a lot. Thank you for all your sweet comments.

Oh, and please, do not forget to go on Christinne Damm's blog at "Story they tell", she is doing something important for her sister in law, Vila, who was diagnosed with leukemia. She needs your help.

HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY FROM FRANCE

Happy Valentine's day to you dear friends of all around the world, from France.

I found sometimes ago these lovely vintage photos from 19th century.
It is a tryptique telling us the train trip to "The sweet land of love" of two strangers.

The legend said "Alone, at last !"

Have the most beautiful Sunday of your life dear friends.

FROM ME TO YOU

Because, as said Riki, i am very quiet on the bloglandia, some photos of a part of me, my home, to share with you dear friends.

Quiet because of my busy days on lampworking. Yeees, i bought all the supplies and am trying to make some beads. Wow ! great work, so interesting, so fun, so incredible to see the glass rods turning into a liquid orange paste.

Thank you to those of you who share their experience with us, newbies, on YouTube or on forums.

May be next time, some pics....

AND THE WINNER IS... MARCIE

Yeees, i have a winner for my December giveaway !!!
So, "Mademoiselle Poupette", my lovely girl decided to celebrate it by eating some "galette des rois" ! Of course she won the crown, but difficult for me to take a photo whithout moving.

Marcie at "The rustic victorian" found the material i used for the blue-gold ring, it was... UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) from Ranger. Please Marcie, let me know your address and i will send you the ring.
Do not forget to take a look at her lovely blog, even the banner is gorgeous.

I really love playing with UTEE. Funny joke to mix colors in the melting pot, pouring them in a cake pan, and voila, donuts are made. Up to you to develop the idea. For this ring, i used gold, white, and Denim blue powders. That what gave the marbled effects on it.

Thank you so so much ladies for all your answers and the good ideas you found, i am so proud to see all your comments.

Ooooh, and don't forget that my dear Sharon at "Livewire jewelry" has a lovely giveaway for the first monday of the new year. A wonderful "make a wish" bracelet which was featured in Bead Trends January 2010 issue.

Just leave a comment on her blog, or email her, or take a look at her Flick. You can enter till midnight on January 16th. The winner will be picked on the 17th and announced on Monday the 18th. Good luck ladies...

May i wish you the best for all of you and your families for this new year, hope 2010 will be plenty of love, ideas, creations and friendship.

A SORT OF GIVEWAY

May be the beginning of a collection...

This ring is handmade, of course, but the question is, made of what ? Ah ah ! If you find the answer for the first days of January, it will belong to you. Yeeessss.

As i intend to open my Etsy shop for January, it is a sort of giveaway.

But, not so easy...

As you can see, i put a little chinese coin on it, and a vintage button with a crystal on the top. The ring is hammered brass and adjustable. The diameter is 1,5 "

I have some of these handmade "rings", and am starting a collection with them, some rings, but some pendants too, with lots of different colours.


Here a photo of two future pendants, just the time to find the type of links, and if i added something or let them alone.


Time for me to wish all of you a merry Christmas, and send all my thoughts to all the friends i met here in bloglandia who suffer, or lost someone they loved.

Best wishes and merry Christmas.

With love,

THANK YOU LADIES

Yes, thank you ladies for your answers and encouragements concerning my future Etsy shop. Well, i now have to work on it with the help of my sweet Esther. I can understand that you are really interested by french supplies as buttons, laces, etc... So, let's go for it.

Those two necklaces are "work on progress", the heart (on the right side) is made with porcelain beads and copper wire, hammered and oxydizied. The focus bead (on the left side) is polymer clay, texturized with stamps, and painting with acrylics and some gold and copper wax.