07.15.06
Posted in Beads at 2:10 pm by Resa Kerns
Welcome! If you’ve found your way here for the Lampwork Carnival, welcome to my tiny corner of the world. If you came here just to catch up with me, you are in for a treat! This is the July edition of the Lampwork Carnival, with a theme of “other creative outlets”. To learn more about what a Lampwork Carnival is, or to read previous editions, visit the Lampwork Carnival’s home on the web.
It is no surprise to see lots of varied talents in this group! Many of our bead artists had very full artistic lives before they even thought about melting glass. But, it was a challenge to find folks who were blogging about their other creative pursuits! Then, again, there are only so many hours in a day – even for the Renaissance women and men. If I’ve missed a great blog post, I invite you to add a comment to this post and share it!
Art Trading Cards are one of the newest art-collecting phenomenon, and are getting some buzz on the beadmaker’s forums. Our Carnival editor, Lyn, shares one of hers.
I’m excited to see the interest in Art Cards, as it is the one other creative pursuit I’m still dabbling in after becoming glass-addicted. Here’s a sample of some of my recent cards.
Beads and crochet are all the rage these days. Cindy Gimbrone is reviving her crochet skills.
After entertaining us for some time by her observations of life, and everything, on her blog, Lori Greenberg has finally written a book!
Kim, at Heavenly Fire is also entering the publishing business, partnered with Lori Robbins. Scroll down to the news section for the book details, and read her journal for some of the progress reports!
You’ve got to check out the gorgeous photography of Pam at The Blue Between. These are some of my favorites!
Lots of Lampworker’s are also experimenting with Precious Metal Clay (PMC) – after all, we’ve already got kilns! I love these beads by Barbara Becker Simon.
I mentioned above that it was a challenge to find blog postings by glass beadmakers about other creative endeavors. When I first mentioned this project to my good friend, Steph, her response was “are there other creative pursuits besides glass??”. Well, indeed there are — check out this recent thread at Lampwork Etc. The talent of this group is phenomenal! But, I did note many a post that said — “this is what I did before I found glass”!
Finally – although not always billed as such, I think many beadmakers who blog are finding a creative outlet in their writing. Check out a variety of beadmaker blogs at the Lampwork Carnival home site, and check for additional links on every blog you visit. You will find beadmakers writing about a variety of topics.
I’ll close with a bit of creative fun on the computer. Check out this clickable image map of Jen Geldard’s workspace!
That’s this month’s edition of the Lampwork Carnival. Hope you enjoyed this round-up! Many thanks to Lyn for giving me a chance to play hostess. Join us next month at the Lampwork Carnival Blog for “Summer Vacation Special”. Bloggers — get your posts written about your summer vacations, and make submissions by August 10.
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07.06.06
Posted in Life at 2:29 pm by Resa Kerns
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July holiday! Riley enjoyed a day home from school, and staying up late to go watch fireworks. She especially enjoyed setting up in the back of the pickup and eating bags and bags of popwork — she thought it was like a camp-out. The weather was perfect (actually, rather cool), and we saw enough beautiful fireworks to call it a successful outing.
In case you are wondering — the glasses are special 3D fireworks glasses. They didn’t really do much for the fireworks, but were fun for looking a car headlights while waiting for the show to begin.
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