fire and glass

There's something wonderfully freeing in the ability to allow yourself imperfections.  I'm not talking about churning out substandard work, or not striving for better.. but there's something incredibly liberating to understanding that perfection exists only in a perfect world and letting go of a standard that is unachievable. Introducing you to some glass artists that DO live in that Perfect World. Holly Cooper .. Trey Cornette and ohmygosh.. JC Herrell To my eye, these glass bead artists are very nearly 'perfect'! I've been making glass beads for over a decade now..I'm trying to accept my limitations. I deal with a small tremor and even with assists I will never come close to the control that would be needed in the flame for these amazing glass beads. I have to be okay with that.  My imperfect beads made by imperfect me will never be quite as precise, or Perfect. My beads are not stars on their own..they need supp...

Some of you may know that because of my husbands job we've been living overseas for some time now. In a 6 year span we've moved around through Maryland, Boston, California and Texas before traveling overseas for an extended period of time. For 3 years we lived in Israel, then in March of 2014 we moved to the little country of Qatar [on the Persian Gulf] where we still are. Being overseas has afforded us the opportunities for travel. We've enjoyed seeing parts of Turkey, Germany, Ireland, Italy, France and Scotland! All of that travel is amazing, amazing..for so many reasons. Plaza in Turkey I've tasted different foods and and tried to wrap my tongue around new languages...which oddly, isn't really appreciated, since everyone wants to practise their English with you!  As a woman, styles and clothing are noticed. Here in the Middle East, I've observed that under all those heavy black muslim veils and coverings are high quality , trendy jeans/dresses/s...