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Boadicea Bracelet

A Recent Piece - Colours of Tibet Bracelet

Good Memories of a Great Dad
My Darling Dad would have been 81 years old today. It's kind of hard to imagine, as just under three years ago when he died he didn't look or act like someone with only a year to go before turning 80.I still miss him dreadfully, but every now & then something happens to remind

Gaffer's Chalcedony Glasses
I'm grateful. I find it impossible not to get colour from Chalcedony & I know that I am fortunate in that. It doesn't matter whether I use a high oxy flame, neutral flame or a reduction flame, the colour just seems to want to come.When I compare these to my early results, which I might add I was pretty darned pleased with at the time, I can see that perseverance has paid off. I guess that it takes a glass like this to encourage one to really learn their torch & the way different glasses behave in different flame atmospheres.

Chalcedony Rod
Isn't this scrumptious? To me these look like core samples of agate that have been polished - they are so beautiful!I don't think that I am going to able to bring myself to break them up. What are they - two beautiful rods of G109 - Chalcedony. These are what they *gasp* smash up into frit, or pull smaller canes for decoration down from.No way I can bring myself to smash these babies.

Comparisons II
It's always interesting to see how a new glass stacks up against its peers.Having noticed a lot of similarities in results & the way I achieved them when working Gaffers G-1095 I thought it would be interesting to see how they looked alongside each other.

Comparisons I
Now who would have thought that after working so hard to get good colour & a high shine in a striking glass, that one would want to etch it?I'm not sure what made me etch the first Chalcedony beads that got thrown into the tumbler, aside from the usual Deb thought of "I wonder what would happen if ...."I am so pleased that I did.How fortuitous that I just had these two sets sitting here ready to list the other day when I got a custom request for a set of each!