She’s naughty and we love her:) Meet the hairy child, she is a pedigree Yorkshire Terrier from Antara. She loves lie-ins, people and dentastix – not always in that order. She doesn’t like the landrover and will turn round and go back to the house when we walk to that car…no thank you, it’s aircon … Continue reading
Posted in August 2012 …
I haz orchid skills!
When I was in my teens, I had this dream to have an “apartment”; that was an American only term at the time. We called them flats, they are still called flats unless you want to increase the value by about 20% and then they are now called apartments. So in my room, I set … Continue reading
Inclusions – Butterflies, dragonflies and flowers
This is my first concerted attempt at including something in my glass projects. Some interesting learning here, was nearly a complete disaster with those large bubbles forming. I suppose I should have realised that something in the middle would have caused the sides to sag and trap air. Don’t get me wrong, I love bubbles, … Continue reading
Slumping – Take 1
I’ve been desperate to try slumping something, but I kept forgetting to buy some goggles for looking into the kiln. This is a 20cm x 20cm piece of Tekra glass with lilac opaque and a strip of art glass. First I fully fused the pieces together and then slumped into a mould covered in … Continue reading
Inspiring video of the week
Good pick, Julia! via Inspiring video of the week.
Olympic Sailing
Weymouth is a loooong way from home, it’s also a long way from London for this London 2012 Olympics! There were predictions of massive traffic issues and if you look at a map you will see why, there is one road in and out of Weymouth. Debate ensued – should we even go and use … Continue reading
