What are your favorite lampwork beads?

Depends what mood I'm in...

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


starlia wrote:
Okay, I'm asking because I have been making what I like but I'm trying to
add some new things to my site. So, what type of lampwork beads do you
like?

Here are some examples:
florals
vessels
sculptural
rounds
squares
bicones
lots of silver
lots of frits


--
Starlia Klopman
www.klopmanstudios.com

HAW! It's true... I have tried to follow the market, but what I've found
really, truly works is that I make whatever I feel like making, and most
of the time, someone will buy it. If I try to predict what's "hot" or
follow trends, it's a flop.

So I spent all day making frit beads.

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


Pam wrote:
I wasn't saying you didn't Starlia! Just that if you do that - if you follow
your heart - really follow it - it will pay off. Yeah it's good to know what
the market wants, but putting your joy and energy into things comes back
around. Of course that doesn't explain the starving artist thing, so I could
be way off base on this....

I
was actually enjoying making florals today. The ones that will be out of
the kiln tomorrow are killer. Yummy pinks.

Yay! I can't wait to see.
~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

I especially like
Florals
Encased beads that incorporate mysteries
Dichro Clear bright colors
Color on color
Blue green in the aqua range
Round beads
Beads without purple bruises
Sculptural -- NOT cute

Tina


"starlia" wrote in message
...
Okay, I'm asking because I have been making what I like but I'm trying to
add some new things to my site. So, what type of lampwork beads do you
like?

Here are some examples:
florals
vessels
sculptural
rounds
squares
bicones
lots of silver
lots of frits


--
Starlia Klopman
www.klopmanstudios.com

Tina,

One thing that struck me with your response was "encased beads incorporated
with mystery." That's a pretty way to describe something you like. Can you
give me some examples?

s

"Christina Peterson" wrote in message
news:1083129481.94247@prawn...
I especially like
Florals
Encased beads that incorporate mysteries
Dichro Clear bright colors
Color on color
Blue green in the aqua range
Round beads
Beads without purple bruises
Sculptural -- NOT cute

Tina


"starlia" wrote in message
...
Okay, I'm asking because I have been making what I like but I'm trying
to
add some new things to my site. So, what type of lampwork beads do you
like?

Here are some examples:
florals
vessels
sculptural
rounds
squares
bicones
lots of silver
lots of frits


--
Starlia Klopman
www.klopmanstudios.com

You aren't the only one. When I think the beads are awful or just not right
I'm always surprised by how well they do. I just scratch my head.

"Kalera Stratton" wrote in message
...
Depends what mood I'm in...

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


starlia wrote:
Okay, I'm asking because I have been making what I like but I'm trying
to
add some new things to my site. So, what type of lampwork beads do you
like?

Here are some examples:
florals
vessels
sculptural
rounds
squares
bicones
lots of silver
lots of frits


--
Starlia Klopman
www.klopmanstudios.com

Did you mean me? I don't think Karen has done anything called Fairy Dice,
and I haven't seen many cubes from her. Smack me if I am wrong here.

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

I like cubes! Especially Karen's cubes, even though she keeps putting
flowers
on all of them. g But if you want to see a set of beads where flowers
REALLY
worked, her "Fairy Dice" is the canonical example.


Celine

--
Handmade jewelry at http://www.rubylane.com/shops/starcat
"Only the powers of evil claim that doing good is boring."
-- Diane Duane, _Nightfall at Algemron_

Must be Kandice, I don't do cubes, with or without flowers. G

KarenK

"Kandice Seeber" wrote in message
...
Did you mean me? I don't think Karen has done anything called Fairy Dice,
and I haven't seen many cubes from her. Smack me if I am wrong here.


--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

I like cubes! Especially Karen's cubes, even though she keeps putting
flowers
on all of them. g But if you want to see a set of beads where flowers
REALLY
worked, her "Fairy Dice" is the canonical example.


Celine

--
Handmade jewelry at http://www.rubylane.com/shops/starcat
"Only the powers of evil claim that doing good is boring."
-- Diane Duane, _Nightfall at Algemron_

My personal favorites are geometrics in colors that really complement
eachother. I like encased florals, but only if they don't have the icky
green vines in the background. For me, that ruins the color effect. I
know. Weird. I love really well-done sculptural beads, including vessels
and such. But they have to be very well-done - no undercuts, no messy
application. I'm really, really picky. LOL I love symmetry and precision,
done in colors that appeal to me. Contrasting colors (like red/green or
orange/blue) really don't appeal to me at all. Frits don't appeal to me -
I've never liked the look for some reason.
Some of my fave artists -

Corina (of course), but not as much recently. I like some of her older
stuff better.
Bluff Road - Kim. Her work sends me.
Karen Woodword - her pink metallic stuff is lickable.
Glassotica - her vessels are my fave.
Solstice Glass (Mark Hamilton)
MAWGA - Mary Ann - my fave boro because she can do geometrics with it!

Anyway - there are more. I have different tastes than a lot of people, in
that I don't go for organics much unless they are vibrant, and I dislike the
look of beads that just have frit as decoration. The beads I like have a
certain harmony. All the elements in the bead - the colors, the design, the
shape - all have to work very well together.
**sigh** Sometimes I don't think I make much sense!


--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

Okay, I'm asking because I have been making what I like but I'm trying to
add some new things to my site. So, what type of lampwork beads do you
like?

Here are some examples:
florals
vessels
sculptural
rounds
squares
bicones
lots of silver
lots of frits


--
Starlia Klopman
www.klopmanstudios.com

Starlia - would it upset you if I gave you some constructive criticism of
your beads?
I am asking because I don't want to just be critical without considering
feelings.
When I first started selling my beads and posting here about it, someone
came in (a person who had never posted before that I know if) and said
something very critical, but very very true. A lot of people attacked her
for it (she was kinda mean about it), but what she was saying was true, and
I never forgot it. It ultimately made me a better beadmaker, because I pay
attention to that one thing a lot. So I want to ask first.

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

Okay, I'm asking because I have been making what I like but I'm trying to
add some new things to my site. So, what type of lampwork beads do you
like?

Here are some examples:
florals
vessels
sculptural
rounds
squares
bicones
lots of silver
lots of frits


--
Starlia Klopman
www.klopmanstudios.com