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From left
to right:
1. Reduction frit
on aquamarine, Ivory w/toasted turquoise, transparent turquoise
with reduction frit dots
2. White heart
with fubar latticino, then, VERY FIRST BEAD!!
Amethyst white heart bead with a wave of dots, white round with
sweet pink rose & leaves.
3. Black with silvered
ivory, taupe & black stringer, (almost) perfect black round.
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Cooking with GLASS
!!
or, what happens
when a restaurateur takes to the torch
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When students come to Schermo's,
you just never know what she'll make you do. In this case, BARB,
a world famous prosecuting pastry chef, was required to cook
dinner before being allowed to return to the torch. (Making beads
is hungry work.) Barb was so excited about the beads she made
today, she was unable to remember what went where.
For instance, what a stove
is for, and what a torch is for. She assures us, she has used
a hot head before; to carmelize the sugar on a creme brulee.
However, the next thing we knew, she was trying to cook the roast
in the flame of the minor.
Geez Louise.
In the bottom right picture,
you can see the extremely authentic looking jalapeno pepper bead
she made today. What a honkin' big HOT bead !! (At the rate this
woman goes through glass, I may have to start charging more for
classes.)
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(The long anticipated)
Day Two Beads:
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Schermo here:
Barb's gone, so now I can talk about
her freely.
She is a very talented beadmaker,
who approached learning in a great way. She read up on it before-
hand extensively, did her research, and used talents and experiences
she already had to push herself forward. She missed no opportunity
to pick the brains of other talented lampworkers (Most especially
the infamous Emily McKetchup, oops, I mean, McKillip!) and was
conscientious about trying to relax while she did it, and not
get her hopes too high. Her expectations for her first beads
were realistic, so she was invariably pleased with the results,
rather than getting down on herself for not being able to produce
the "perfect bead" she saw in her mind's eye.
The combination of her satisfaction
with her own progress (I made a round bead! WOW!) as well as
her CONSTANT questions kept her progressing at a phenominal rate.
Just take a look at her day two beads, if you don't believe me
!!
Barb was a joy to work with,
and she and I kept each other running to the bathroom, searching
for a box of Depends, if you know what I mean.
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Francisco El Fishie |
Haiku Dichro |
Copper Turquoise Nugget with Silver
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The Flight of the Impossible
Dove
Yes, Barb did this
one ALL by herself, on Day Two at the torch, with no help from
me at all, from the initial idea until the completed product.
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Impossible Dove, view 2
This bead took her over an hour to complete, and you should have
heard her coming down off the high, for almost as long once it
was finished!!
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"Some Like it HAUTE:
Gourmet Cooking for Beadmakers"
Send $19.95 today
for a copy of Barb's newest cook book,
Simple but elegant
recipes
for torch and kiln, featuring:
For Dinner Parties and Open Torch Night: Propane Pork Virginia Beach
Torched Trout with Balsamic Frit
Bead Butt Roast Rubino &
COE Souffle'
Breakfast & Beadmaker's Brunch:
Oeufs Opalino
Crepes D'Emily:
Evil Devitrifying Pancakes
with silvered ivory syrup
& for busy Lampworking Moms:
Kiln Pizza
Murrini Cookies on a Mandrel
(Nip & Slump Style)
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URBAN LEGENDS
from Our Class Time:
Don't forget to
ask Barb about the story of the beadmaker with the webbed hands
who makes beads lying on her back, looking in a mirror, twirling
the mandrel with her feet.
As Barb found out
the hard way,
whatever happens,
Don't let Schermo go into your bathroom alone;
BEWARE
THE
BOG MONSTER !
he he he he ......
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