More Post-Murano Madness
I Say Carrot
Yes. It is a carrot. Or a Sarrot? Either way, it is totally Linda Lee's fault.
After that happened, I started thinking... about hollow beads. For a couple of years now, I've been asking myself from time to time: "is there any way I could incorporate some Sarahness into a hollow bead?" - and usually coming up with same answer; "nah". I suddenly realized that the question I should have been asking all along, was: "is there any way I could incorporate some hollowness into a Sarah bead?"
I decided I had to at least give it a try. This is the first one I made, and the hollow part was actually easier than I had expected it to be.
Of course, I discovered a little dent in it the next morning.- but oblivious to that at the time, I started making more partially-hollows. Or at least, attempting to.
This one WAS hollow - I swear - until I noticed a little bubble in it. Wait a minute, I thought to myself, how can this bead have a BUBBLE in it if it's HOLLOW? After examining it under the light numerous times, I learned that the bead was indeed not hollow. I am still wondering how that is technically possible - I saw the air with my own eyes! Where did it all go? But anyway, I finally brought myself to accept the unhollowness, decorated it with some tentacles and now I'm really happy with the results. It's called La Flamma.
Then I made this one, which actually came out okay, so I decided to give it to my mother for her birthday.
(You start to get the feeling that you might be just a bit too Murano-obsessed lately, when your mother opens her birthday present and the first words out of her mouth are "oh, cool, TENTACLES!")
Then I made this one, that came out technically okay; I just don't really like it that much. (Ignore the drops of water on the inside - those should evaporate at some point.)
And then this one, where the hollowness went all weird again (here I thought I had finally come up with a good way to conquer the crappy millefiori white). It's sort of half-hollow. The lines that look like cracks are just the edges of the oddly-shaped bubble that is the hollow part.
I don't think I'll be attempting any more hollowness in the near future. It's very time-consuming, making the unpredictable results all the more frustrating.
If you happen to like one of these three, despite the above-mentioned issues - I'll sell them to you for $30 a piece, or all three for $75, shipping included. E-mail me. (First come, first served.)
SOLD - thanks!
Some sad news:
My first beach glass bead cracked as well, making me wonder if the reason all this fantastic glass was discarded in the first place was that whoever initially tried to work with it discovered it was incompatible with everything, or just generally problematic. Damn. It seemed like such a cool concept.
Maybe it's like I was saying on one of the last nights in Italy, as we were throwing all our unwanted beads into the lagoon - maybe Murano is just a little island floating around in one big icy cold jar of rejection.
Thanks #1:
For your responses to my last post. I have till the end of the weekend to make up my mind, so keep those great ideas coming!
Thanks #2:
To my students, whomever you are, that have been buying Cattwalk tools and mentioning my name - now I get to choose a free press! Woohoo! Catt rocks.
If you're in Israel, have a happy holiday!
See ya soon.
I love the one you are giving your mom sarah! I would keep trying these, i can see something happening, even though you don't want too! i think they are cool but frustrating after working on all of that and having it crack! i have not seen anyone attempt to make hollows like this, go girl!!!
Peace,
steph
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I so your staff on Cattwalk before! Hurray, that's great!
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The carrot is hilarious, it even has tentacles. I was laughing out loud when I saw it. La Flamma reminds me of the sculpture in on of the squares in Murano. These beads realy are expressions of your time in Murano, they are more then great.
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