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 Mary
Gaumond, the Winner of the Winter 2000 Bead O'the Quarter
Here's the story on the beads that I did.
These are the "bumble bee going into the honeycomb". I usually make little
paperweight cabochons and use them to make little buttons for clothes, with
the brass shank on the back of them. Sometimes I just take the "cab" and UV
glue an earring back to it for earrings.
This little "glass addiction" started in March, 1995 when I first took Kate
Fowle's beginning glass beadmaking class, and the rest of the story is the
BEST trip I've ever had the good fortune to take. Not only do we learn to make neat things
but we meet the best folks in the world that turn into
lifelong friendships.
I also took Dinah Hulet's class again, who is the QUEEN of
murrine!!! First
time at Penland, this time at Urban
Glass. Our assignment was to write a limerick and then illustrate it in
Murrine... (all in 5 days!!) I started off
making stringer-rods and pulling them out then bundling them all up, pulling
these out, then bundling these, and pulling them out for a nice pattern murrine which made up the honeycomb. I added the
bee after I encased the
slice of murrine in a dollop of clear for the paperweight magnification effect. The bee body was
made ahead of time as a murrine cane then sliced for each body I would use to save time at the torch. Then I added
the wings and
teeny eyes with stringer dots. I used the new Uranium Moretti Glass for the
wings to give them a nice transparent "glow". The outcome was delightful and the
whole process was very entertaining to do.
I was pleased to have it chosen as the bead of the
quarter!!!!
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