They were in the kiln when I left. Hopefully they will end up in one of her auctions, and pics will be available then.
I contracted to pick out a dozen-plus of the fused glass cabs for myself, and the rest may end up on auction, too. At least that is what she mentioned would be their likely fate...
Deirdre
while she spent some time in her studio.<
Sounds like it was fun!! Nice that you got to meet her mom, too, Deirdre.
Carol in SLC New pic (9/5):
wow.. what a wonderful way to spend a day! Lucky you.. both! Any chance we can see the beads that got made that day? Diana
Then, after a quick lunch, she went back to the studio and struck up
> the torch to do a batch of beads. I saw the process from a bird's eye
> view above her right shoulder, and was totally fascinated. I got to
> see her program her kiln, pull stringer, gather each of the base beads
> onto a mandrel, pre-heat rod ends in the kiln, create surface
> decoration (swirlies)... and dip new mandrels for the next session. >
> It was an absolute blast, and I want to thank her publicly for letting
> me in on her work session.
>
> I had a fascinating conversation with her mother as we both watched,
> as well. We had many viewpoints and life-experiences in common, and it
> was easy to see that Kalera drew a really good number in the Parent > Lottery. >
> Thanks, Kalera, for being willing to share your artistic process, and
> your family. (I also got to meet cat, dog and birds ... but no Moxley
> or kids were at home at the time...)
>
> Deirdre
Wow, what a great experience.
Sounds very cool.
Now this sounds like a fun way to spend the day! Glad you went, and got to meet Kalera, and were inspired :)
Laura
It was a big thrill! And I wish her very well in her hopes to make the artistic side of her life her primary money-maker as well. Imagine being a kid watching your mom make beautiful things for a living...
How cool would that be? And what kind of shift would that make in one's hopes and expectations for one's own future?
Deirdre
Absolutely! I'll probably take pictures tomorrow, if it's sunny.
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kalera Stratton :
]I can hardly wait to teach her to make ]her own in a couple of years, if only to get her off my back about it...
LOL!!!!! don't you just LOVE it?
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Doesn't this remind you of watching Nicole!
Tina
"vj" wrote
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :
]Doesn't this remind you of watching Nicole!
absolutely! and i've still got a mental "list" for her! LOL!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
bawhahaw! Sucked another one in! The temptation of the torch.... hehehehe. Gets 'em every time! Resistance is futile! Dispatching a small army of dust bunnies set to arrive at the first sign of glass purchase... trained to reproduce at a rate to match the number of glass rods in the work area... Prepare your family for the worst - no more cooking! no more cleaning! - no more nothin' from the torch hermit! bawhahaw!
It is always thrilling for me to see someone get excited about melting glass, can you tell? Lampworking has opened a new world for me. Perhaps it is the other lampworkers, so willing to share. It could be the new and expanded appreciation for glass. The instant gratification. The Muse... she is constantly bothering my sleep! The list goes on and on!
Kirsti
I loved it. And just anyone try and stop me from doing it again...
Deirdre
I can agree with the kiln. I started doing fusing then have moved to lampworking as well. I love them both.
Lampworking is an AMAZING thing and the lampworking community is SO open, SO encouranging... it's a community and an art that I'm proud to be part of! I want to take the teacher's class at the Gathering next year so that I can feel confident about teaching my craft, because I want to share it with as many people as possible!
IT'S NOT. WAAAAAH!
It is SO great! I am so inspired, also, by the parent/child lampworking teams out there... there's this 15-year-old on WetCanvas, Aaron, who is a GREAT kid and wonderfully talented, and works with his mom... I told him that she is a very lucky woman to have a son like him! Now Sam also tells me he's going to make beads when he grows up, and I'm soooo tickled!
Thanks! I know there are dozens of rcb-er who are dying to take up that offer. I think I'll walk before trying to run, though. I have been visualizing all kinds of shapes and colors of fused glass pendants and two-holed bracelet components...
I see them in my dreams, and when I wake up, I still see them...
Deirdre
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