Orange and silver lampwork???

And you've only been doing this 9 months?! How did you learn so much so quickly?

Christy

No idea about the orange and silver lampwork, but I wanted to comment about the concentrator - I am waiting on mine and I am so excited!!! Was yours easy to hook up and such?

Can you post a link to your orange and silver beads? I'd love to see them. My favorite color to paint in is orange. It's my happy color. I can work for days on a painting that has blues, violets, or any other color than orange or finish a huge orange painting in a manner of hours. My fellow artists get a big kick out of watching me paint in orange because it makes me so happy.

Kalera, I love to fuse with transparent Bulleye orange as well, usually I use one of the Mardis Gras clear with stringers over it. You know, I never used to like orange, but I dyed my gray, formerly black hair, blondish and now I find I like a whole new set of colors. Patti

in article snipped-for-privacy@netnews.attbi.com, Kalera Stratton at snipped-for-privacy@strattonhome.org wrote on 30/7/03 9:21 AM:

I skim over a lot these days, Kalera, what with working full time. I have to be selective, it's a choice between that and sleep!

I'd say it was like learning a language by the immersion method, from what I've seen.

Deirdre

And though I am compulsive enough to at least open each message, particularly since topics morph so easily and the subject isn't always a good indication of the content -- there are always some I just can't take time to give my full attention to... regretfully, but otherwise I couldn't tune in at all.

It is hard to prioritize and be selective. But I don't want to give up on staying in contact most of the time.

Deirdre

Teah, the contact thing is really important to me, too! I feel like I need to keep some kind of handle on the group. Well, I guess if I miss something, no one will be *too* offended! Seems like we all have so much going on.

Sure! There's just one up here, but you get the general idea; they're transparent bright orange with an opaque core, and I make them in various shapes with varying colors of raised dots. The one here has light green dots:

It's amazing how a change in hair color can adjust your whole way of looking at colors! When I dyed my hair auburn, I found myself strongly attracted to earth tones. Normally, I am attracted to jewel tones, like the orange I love so much!

Bullseye's transparent orange is a real knockout, too. There's nothing like it! Have you tried layering it over opaque yellow? It's amazing.

That's my favorite of your beads.

Tina

Philadelphia. Is this going on elsewhere, too, or is the retro thing just really big where I am?<

I think it's everywhere, judging from the Target commercials I've been seeing. No offense to those who like it, but I thought harvest gold, autumn orange and avocado were awful the first time around and should have stayed gone. Some variations on it are nice, but I grew up in a gold and avocado kitchen and, well, it wasn't very nice.

OTOH, I'm getting a giggle about lava lamps coming back.

-- KarenK Desert Dreamer Designs

I agree with this. And there are so many people here that I like, and whose lives and thoughts are interesting to me. Wouldn't be happy with losing that if I let the high volume push me away, so I skim wildly when necessary, and catch up more thoroughly whenever possible.

Deirdre

Thanks!

I have a strong urge to make many like it, but with subtle variations.