This past weekend, I went down to Raleigh, NC for Maker Faire NC on June 18th. It was my second time there and lots of fun. People who make all sorts of things were there of course. Among them were several clubs from all over the Raleigh-Durham area. There were electronics, robotics, science [...]
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 This year for one of my friends I decided to make an ornament – well it was almost going to be a pendant but I knew that she really likes having a decorated tree… so I added the ribbon. I used carved bone beads, glass beads, color wire, and bright green ribbon. I like how this turned [...]  I took a class back in Spring 2007 that I really enjoyed at the Vitrum Studio in MD from the same person who taught me to make torch work beads back in Dec 2000. I learned a few more techniques and found that I really want to get a larger kiln eventually. That way I [...]  Since not everyone has ever heard of, let alone made a faux stained glass window, I thought that I would share with you some of my thoughts about making one. My goal was to make a fairly large window and I only wanted to do it once. I knew that I would need to make a [...]  Glass Pyramids I really loved these pyramids – photo taken at Disney in FLA. Then cropped and embellished with a night sky to provide a portal effect. 
This was an early picture of my dog…. when he was still cute and fluffy. Taken with an Olympus digital automatic…back in 1999 or 2000 I think. I was browsing Digg and ran across the following picture that someone took of some random street art in NYC. http://flickr.com/photos/nickgray/2434200018/ I find it inspiring to find people who can be this creative, but equally refreshing that someone else can recognize it enough to want to photograph it. 
This photo was taken in a darkened window at night and reflects several architectural details. Dec 2007 at the Greenbriar WV. Just got back from Penguicon 5. Went to a panel on miniatures – learned a few tricks to try on jewelry making. Went to another panel on staying on target artistically speaking… and trying to make it work along with the rest of your life – called Life Hacks. It was primarily targeted to aspiring writers – [...] Found the following jewelry artist while lurking on the jewelry makers LJ community: http://afmetalsmith.livejournal.com/ I’ve added her to my links list and I look forward to reading her blog more in depth. Her online store: http://www.afmetalsmith.com/index.html I really like her site design as well. The layout is completely different [...] |
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