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« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2010, 08:05:51 PM »
Oh my oh my..... those are amazing!  you make them from scratch?  Wow!!  That is soooo clever.  Amazing Jac and so beautiful  butterflies
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« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2010, 08:07:19 PM »
Oh dear!  You probably should not have told me that! 

I will have a look when I have been paid next week, and I may well buy some for my jewellery making.  Bank Manager will not be happy!
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« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2010, 08:11:31 PM »
Hi Jaq they are lovely, I love the earings. butterflies
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« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2010, 08:16:33 PM »
Thanks for posting the link - lovely beads. I just bagged some.

Please let me know when you start making spacers.
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« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2010, 08:19:41 PM »
Hello and welcome to the forum! Great beads by the way - very skillful
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« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2010, 08:25:29 PM »
Hiya! Love your work... but what is lampwork? I have a picture of someone sitting with a bunsen burner lol
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« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2010, 08:27:12 PM »
Hi Jaq, welcome to the forum! Amazing beads, you are very skillful  butterflies
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« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2010, 08:29:35 PM »
Welcome to the forum - and I Love beads and lampwork, just off to look at your site1
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« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2010, 08:44:48 PM »
Gorgeous work! Oh, and welcome!  Hi!
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« Reply #24 on: January 22, 2010, 09:20:06 PM »
Beautiful, I particularly love the earings, what does lampwork mean?
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« Reply #25 on: January 22, 2010, 09:30:04 PM »
Hi Jaq and welcome. Smiley


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« Reply #26 on: January 22, 2010, 09:36:47 PM »
Jaq, your beads are beautiful, thanks for sharing them  butterflies
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« Reply #27 on: January 22, 2010, 09:42:45 PM »
Quote from: Eire on January 22, 2010, 09:30:04 PM

Quote from: ElaineJ on January 22, 2010, 07:35:00 PM
You can put your website in your sig.

And bead pics in the Eshibition Room (Other Craft Show Orfs)

ElaineJ, have you been on the sauce again???

Not yet - but my lefthand ring finger isn't always co-ordinated a the best of times!
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« Reply #28 on: January 22, 2010, 10:16:40 PM »
Thankyou everyone, Lampwork is a very old craft originating in Venice and originally glassworkers would have melted glass over oil lamps hence the name, but now we have torches fuelled by oxygen and propane similar to a welders torch, which are very very hot! So the mention of a bunsen burner was not that far off Cheesy I use rods of glass like long glass pencils that I melt in the flame and shape into beads, which then sit in a kiln for a few hours to de-stress, then depending on what you want to do with them I make them into jewellery, sell them loose to jewellery makers or add the silver cores for wearing on the charm bracelets that are very fashionable at the moment. Sometimes when the rods are cold and the flame hot the glass shocks and sends little splinters flying burning whatever's nearest Grin hence my want of a good aloe vera gel stick type thingy to dab on while I'm working  Wink Most common place for lady beaders burns is the cleavage believe it or not Grin
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« Reply #29 on: January 22, 2010, 10:24:10 PM »
Oh my God Jaq those beads are beautiful Im not surprised you have sold out of the first ones. Ive just started making upsome pandora type bracelets and oh my godness those are in a class of their own.

There is loads on this site and you will find we are a very friendly bunch so welcome.
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