Out of the Studio

I've been in the process of getting ready for my October Bead Affaire show every chance I get.  My beads always seem to be changing - I'm not sure that's a good thing or a bad thing in terms of my customers. Here's a few beads I've recently added to the shop.  As you can see in the top two beads, I'm enjoying working with translucent clay.  It's not a clay I've worked with a lot in the past, but I love the magic that sometimes happens. 

The last bead was for our recent BAO Challenge.  It's always great to see how other people interpret the challenge.  I'm finding lots of inspiration for the challenge contenders on Pinterest.  You can get lost in there for hours.  I haven't spent a real lot of time there as I know myself too well.  But so, so tempting. 

This past Sunday I went to the Boston Metal Clay Guild's meeting on Kumihimo.  One of the members, Monte Nikkel, gave a fabulous demonstration.  We all came bearing kumihimo boards, rattail, thread and beads.  What a fun time.  Monte brought a suitcase, filled with her goodies - no kidding.  There will be pictures over at the Boston Metal Clay Guild's blog in the near future so I'll be sure to post a link here.  Thanks to Lori Magno, the iPhone wizard (I'm so jealous) for all the on-the-spot photos.

Beginning Thursday is the Jewish New Year so I'll be back on next Monday for another Marvelous Monday!  Happy New Year to all my Jewish friends!