Julie has done it again!!!

And I still hate his current work. I like some of his earlier work, and I think that what could have been a stunning career actually BLOWING glass was truncated when he lost his eye. You don't think so? You think he never would have goten better, and therefore was all done "emerging"? Then maybe the eye was no great loss after all!

Sure, he had some nice accomplishments, but his current career isn't built on the work he made for himself before the accident. The work he was doing before was utterly differemt, and IMHO much better. He would have been MUCH better now had he been able to continue both-eyed. (Though apparently you don't think so, since he wasn't really "emerging" and had learned everything he was ever going to).

-Kalera

TheHotterTheBetter wrote:

Well, you know how "fans" can be. I saw a chick riding a bike yesterday, and it was PLASTERED with Britney Spears images cut out from magazines... the spokes, the nadlebars, even her HAT. EEEEEK!

-Kalera

T> Touchy, touchy...

Cheryl, those pictures are SO much better! Wow! Also, your "pile" clearly needs to be heavily edited... those are beautiful!

I think the pale purple actually works best of the ones you have up, but I would suggest light grey- it's very neutral and will help the colors of your work show true.

-Kalera

Cheryl wrote:

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.combeads (Cheryl) :

]I will repeat this daily "I will not toss beads, I will not give them to ]children, I will post them and they will come... "

GOOD!

[well, my checkbook won't think so, but . . . ]

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

(Jewelry) newest creations: ----------- The measure of the menace of a man is not what hardware he carries, but what ideas he believes.-- Jeff Jordan

Light beads will look good on black backgrounds usually. I would use solid black or solid white.

I know what you mean about having to go from camera to computer to software - it is a pain, but so worth it when your beads sell for a decent price. At least, it is for me. :)

With all due respect, Tina, I would agree if it weren't for the "(ahem)"s. They struck a great blow to the effectiveness and tone of what she wrote, IMO.

Alison

Cheryl, would you REALLY have to beg??? Or, do you just hate asking? If it's the latter, bite the bullet and ask!

A

That's because I don't like his art, and I was trying to convey that fact while admitting that I admire his business acumen. I also don't care much for him as a human being; he isn't very nice to anyone he considers "below" him, but I try not to let that color my opinion of his work... I just don't like it for what it is, even while I appreciate the scope and sheer size of his projects.

I should be more clear; I don't like his art from the last decade. I have really enjoyed some of his earlier work, when he was still blowing and not "designing", which, FYI, usually takes the form of a few lines slapped on a piece pf paper and handed to his team foreman to interpret.

Furthermore, you can berate me to your heart's content, but it won't change my aesthetic.

-Kalera

Alis> With all due respect, Tina, I would agree if it weren't for the "(ahem)"s.