- Wire leaf neclace
Besides painting I really like to make jewelry. I started with beading and then I learned how to make lampwork glass beads, now wire working and bead weaving. I would like to incorporate all these together.
I find that wirework can be very challenging, ok frustrating as it takes many attempts to get the wire to do what you want it to do. I teach myself and look at pics in the books but realize too that the artist in the book struggled at the beginning as well.
To learn lampwork beading I took a class at a local stained glass studio that teaches workshops in fusing and beadmaking. It was so much fun. There is something really intriguing about working with fire and molten glass; as there is with working with metal and a hammer. It’s like taming elements. Making something beautiful with raw materials. Very sexy.
