Toni Boyd makes some mighty fine looking bracelets! She makes other nice stuff too, but it’s her bracelets that really caught my eye :-) I just love fluffy, full, jangly charm-style bracelets. If you love ‘em too, visit Toni’s site, The Art and the Bead, for some great finds!
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4 opinions for The Art and the Bead
June Askew
Jan 3, 2008 at 7:14 am
I love the pink one best, its my favourite colour, plus love the beads mixed with the silver (Bali beads). Like the blue too. I have put the photos in my favourites. I am about to buy a kiln for fusing & slumping but still love beads though I was self taught & not quite so good with a sight problem. All the Best to you from June
Cyndi
Jan 3, 2008 at 10:57 am
Oh June, you are going to *love* having a kiln… :-)
June Askew
Jan 4, 2008 at 5:24 am
I have been searching for a long time. Have been told the Skutt is the best but a china painting one 15/20 years old is available. Not cheap, $1,150 without a controller & apparently not used much. I would maybe have enough to get myself a grinder then. It is 12″x12″x10″high which is a good size, front opening. The Skutt is about $2,000AD. I want to make curvy, fluted plates, tiles possibly big enough to fuse together later in a bigger kiln for a table top. My teacher makes partitions for companies so is very competent. I need a lot of tools as well. I have a friend who has made ceramic curvy dishes, she has a couple that are cracked so is giving them to me to slump over. Would the crack appear on the glass do you think? I live about 90kms in the mountains from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Wish you all the best. June
Cyndi
Jan 4, 2008 at 10:15 am
I wouldn’t think that the crack would “seep through”, so to speak, but it might make a rough place on the glass surface. I don’t know…I’ve never tried doing this :-)
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