Good bead day!

Here is a photo of some of our beads we made yesterday! Larissa of risa beads was also here with Janet and I. Today we worked on silver coring a few of them with Jim Moore's riveting machine!
Janet had such a great time adding the silver cores that we went to Jim's and she bought one! They are so easy to use. Larissa already has one and has been doing some wonderful work with hers as well!

Kicking back......

My good friend Janet Crosby is here and we are just playing around with some odd lot double helix glass. We came in to take a break to find Towanda "kicking back" in the massage chair! We'll see what comes out of the kiln tomorrow and post some photos!

Wonderful Time

We had a great time with everyone! This class was awesome! Thank you everyone..........

We're home!

We're home! Had a fantastic time in Denmark. The class was great and the students and studio were awesome. This photo is of a bunker which Hitler had built. There are a ton of these there. Some of them are almost swallowed up by the sea. An artist turned some of them into Mules running to the Sea! We went in one of them, it was really kinda creepy.


This photo is from a tombstone inside a church in Ribe. The town was built in 700. The history there is just incredible.

I get to be home for almost a month before I am off to Japan to demonstrate at the Kobe Lampworkers Festival.

I managed to get a few beads on my website, you can view them here!

Hope that everyone is doing great!!!!!

Hello!

Just thought I would check in and say hello to everyone! Towanda was feeling a bit left out so I thought I should include her in my blog too! I am leaving on Monday for 2 weeks in Denmark! I am really looking forward to my trip, I will try to post some photos from there on my blog. I will be teaching for 3 days there and then the rest of the trip will be spent exploring Denmark.

My first Masters Class this last weekend was fantastic! The students were awesome. I am looking forward to teaching more of these classes.

Hopefully when I get back I will be able to get some new beads up on my site, I just haven't been able to keep up these days, lots going on.

Take care,
Andrea

Jen Geldard and Kathy Dorfer

Had an incredible week with these 2 amazing artist. Kathy is an awesome painter and Jen a fantastic glass artist! Kathy painted a painting and then Jen and I made beads to make a totem that represents her painting! I will try to get some good photos tomorrow!

These beads shown here are very much influenced by Jen's work. I silver cored them using Jim Moore's Press. It is so fast and easy to use!

On another note my hand has been feeling pretty good lately so I am really hoping to get some beads made before the masters class this weekend.

Will be talking to you again real soon!
Andrea

Great Classes!!!!!

The classes were fantastic! I had awesome students! This is a photo of one of Andrea Land's beads...... everyone did great! It is always so much fun to come and teach at Portia's studio. She totally spoils everyone! Today she even made us pina coladas and home made brownies!!!!!