fire and glass

I like the sorcery that happens when a brand new rod of glass is brought to the flame and made to become syrupy molten. Part glass, part me..it folds back in on itself again and again.  More glass added here, a tiny nudge there.. until, finally it’s become a bit of art to be used in a larger design. Part of a bracelet. Part of a necklace. Worn by alchemous Renaissance women who can sense the  magic . Organic Leaf hand fabricated metal clasp has been worked in mixed metals..copper and sterling, as well as pure silver.  Handcrafted glass beads in simplistic raised flower petal using translucent rods of glass from Germany.  

We spent Christmas in Italy a couple of years back. It was amazing. We were surprised to see so little made of Christmas in the great city of Rome, but on the little island of Murano we walked into our hotel with Bing Cosby softly playing and the smell of pine emanating from the massive bedecked tree in the foyer. It was so sweet I almost cried.  Two of my favorite photos here, just because of the palettes.  Rusty siennas and pale warm apricots blazoned across the horizon just as the sun was setting. Taken from the ferry.