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| Puddy Tat Glass Where Cats Rule |
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| ABOUT ME & MY STUDIO My name is Bonnie and I've been doing glass art/crafts since about 1990. I took my first lampworking class at the Eugene Glass School and as soon as I lit my torch and that huge ball of flaming gas shot across the work table, I was hooked...by the way, if a huge ball of flaming gas shoots out of your torch, you're doing something WRONG! I'm a member of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers and I am a registered Self-Representing Glass Artist. All of my beads and fused items are made with Bullseye premium glass, made right here in Oregon. The glass is a little stiffer and more expensive than the imported glasses, but I find it works wonderfully for sculptural items and it allows me to put flameworked elements into my fused art. All of my beads are made using a GTT Lynx surface mix (oxygen/propane) torch. I have an On-Site Pro4 oxygen generator that supplies all the oxygen I need and two digitally controlled AIM bead kilns for proper annealing of all lampworked art. Fused pieces are made using a Denver Glass digitally controlled kiln. I love making handmade lampwork beads and beautiful fused pieces, but I'm a "hobbiest" so high production isn't my thing. This isn't how I make my living, it's how I make myself happy and it's how I relax. I'll try to put up new pieces every week, but if the weather gets good and I've got things like deer fencing to do...well, I've also got to work. Thank you so much for visiting my website. |
| This is my lmapworking station. It was only this neat and clean once so it's a good thing I took a photo then so I could share it with you now. |
| I had invisioned that my light table would be used for laying out fusing projects (like I used to do when I did stained glass), but for the longest time it's been covered with headpins, silver wire, beads, etc. |
| Poppy is doing much better. She's still a little gimpy in that leg so no jumping off the deck...her gopher patrol duties are keeping her really busy right now. |
| Congratulations to Yael H. from Binyamina, Israel (jewelry designer) you are our bead winner for the month of April. This "Flower Power" cat head bead is on its way to you... |
| Congratulations to Brenda H. of Medford, Oregon you are also a bead winner for the month of April and your "Flower Power" cat head bead set is on its way to you... |
| Drawing News: Beginning May 5th we're going to start our "Customer Appreciation Drawings". Anyone purchasing glass pieces from our website or any of our online auctions will be entered into a drawing for one of our little creations. You could win a handmade bead, bead set, fused pendant or earrings. The drawing will be held during the first week of every month and the postage for your prize will be paid by me. So....For each lampwork or fused item purchased an entry will be put into our drawing. If you filled out our drawing form prior to 1:00 p.m. (West Cost Time) on May 5th, your entry will be honored. |
| Good News...soon you'll notice a change in the picture quality of my fused and lampwork pieces. My most wonderful husband gave me a mini-studio setup for my birthday. With this new photo studio the colors will be truer and the detail will pop. Here's an example... |
| With this new system I can actually hold the bead up to the picture to check the accuracy of my colors...it's wonderful. No more washed out details and faded colors. |
| Home of handmade sculptural lampwork beads and pendants, including cats, dogs, birds, fish and so much more, all made right here in beautiful Coquille, Oregon. |
| And this is now... |