Pics from Larry's course

Attached are some pictures from Larry's class. He has the most amazing dot control. On his Byzantine beads, there are 200+ raised dots/bead!!

Larry Scott

I had the pleasure of taking two 2-day classes with Larry Scott recently. We attempted to make some of his "trade mark" beads such as Byzantine, knot and carved beads. We tried our hand as well at some cane and latticino. Besides being an amazing teacher, he is truly funny and loves cats.

Spring is sprung, the flowers riz, I wonder where the birdies iz?? These are the only flowers blooming in my yard right now......

I'll be spending my Saturday at our Aurora Borealis Fireflies One-Day Studio Sale, Saturday April 14th 10:00 - 4:00 at the Bellevue Community League - 7308 - 112 Ave. Come check it out!

A fish I made over the weekend created from Bullseye glass. He's quite a big one as you can see compared to the quarter. Not sure what I'm going to do with a large piece like this one. It's hard to incorporate it into anything besides sculpture, I think. Personally, I don't like to wear large beads like this one, so probably he'll make his way onto my windowsill, or in my china cabinet with all the other underwater creatures.

I set up my new Mini CC torch last week. Wow, the flame is much hotter than my old minor! I was pretty faithful to my minor for many years - it always performed well. I listened to a lot of my bead buddies say that they had made the switch to this new torch, how they just loved it, yada yada yada. And, I thought, no, I'm stayin old school, stickin with my minor. Well, I succumbed, and I'm not ashamed to say it. Bring on the heat!

This is a set I sent to Calgary last week, made with moretti black, silver plum, turquoise, purple and coral.

Spring Fling!

Spring - it's finally here. Is it my imagination, or does it feel warmer today?? I saw two robins at the University this morning, so I think it's official. I can hardly wait to get out mucking in my yard, and when I say mucking, I mean mucking. We moved to a brand new house last spring, and I have no grass yet -- just a backyard of wet clay. But, before the snow arrived in October, my husband built me 4 raised garden beds, so even if I have poor soil elsewhere, I can plant a garden this year -- hurray.

For today's viewing pleasure, a lime green/blue bracelet. I haven't made this style for a while, and it was fun to do again.

Where is spring???

Spring is taking forever to get to Edmonton this year. Making florals puts me in a better mood though.