Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Back To My Flame
Back To My Flame
Well our house is now minus a back porch, two days of dismantling a structure that any medieval castle would have been proud of and at last the ugly wart that stood out like a sore thumb and took up room is no more.
So now after two days so called rest I once more return to my flame and that wonderful magical world to bead making. With the sunshine placing that sense of summer upon the fens what better time to create more natural designs in glass, that feeling of new life in the air, the world of nature once more fresh and this amazing countryside again coming alive, what more incentive does this bead maker need.
Saturday, 11 April 2015
April Showers
April Showers
The week of sunshine and warm afternoons comes to an end here in the fens, this morning the showers of April drench the black soil and dark wide skies sit over the flat lands like those on painted backdrops in some victorian theatre where the black clad villian draws boos from his audience.
The plans of this bead maker were to toil in vegetable garden but these must await a dryer day and beads will be cleaned, photographed and made ready to list for sale, maybe tomorrow the day of rest, will be spent sowing the seeds and turning the soil.
The week of sunshine and warm afternoons comes to an end here in the fens, this morning the showers of April drench the black soil and dark wide skies sit over the flat lands like those on painted backdrops in some victorian theatre where the black clad villian draws boos from his audience.
The plans of this bead maker were to toil in vegetable garden but these must await a dryer day and beads will be cleaned, photographed and made ready to list for sale, maybe tomorrow the day of rest, will be spent sowing the seeds and turning the soil.
Friday, 10 April 2015
Alive Once More
Alive Once More
Once more the marshland of the east wakes from it's winter sleep, finches fill the hedgerows, heron and cormorants fish the drains and rivers and buds of every kind rest upon tree branch. Again the the river banks are covered in a mosaic of yellow daffodils, from white to golden butter, heads dance in the fen breeze while reed beds emerge from the ice cold waters where eel and zander feed.
Fen tigers sow seed in kitchen gardens and livestock are placed upon lush fresh grass while the last winter logs are warming still those few cold nights that remain.
Once more the marshland of the east wakes from it's winter sleep, finches fill the hedgerows, heron and cormorants fish the drains and rivers and buds of every kind rest upon tree branch. Again the the river banks are covered in a mosaic of yellow daffodils, from white to golden butter, heads dance in the fen breeze while reed beds emerge from the ice cold waters where eel and zander feed.
Fen tigers sow seed in kitchen gardens and livestock are placed upon lush fresh grass while the last winter logs are warming still those few cold nights that remain.
Thursday, 9 April 2015
Playing With Rock
Playing With Rock
With Spring well and truly upon us, this bead maker has been enjoying the warmer weather, the longer evenings and the fresh enthusiasm that this wonderful season brings. The new beads in both the ebay and etsy stores are fast becoming popular and my days are once more filled with the enjoyment of making the beads I myself love, the more natural beads for which I am known.
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The actions I took of completely emptying both shops to start afresh were a risk of course, but I just couldn't go on spending day after day making beads that failed to please me, it wasn't me at all. I knew it was time to introduce once more my love for the rock and silver effects that bring that smile to my face and if this meant the odd customer who was looking just for cheap beads would no longer buy my work, then so be it.
I must admit, to say I'm enjoying my work more is an understatement, I'm loving it, those feelings of excitement are once more there when I open my kiln each morning and as any true bead maker will tell you, that is such an important part of this life.
To take a look at the new stock that is being added each week to the shops just click on the following links, https://www.etsy.com/shop/pebbledreams http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Beads-Of-Glass I hope you find something that may interest you.
Now it's time for this old bead hermit to get back to his flame and the magical world of fire and glass, that little world free of stress and worry.
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With Spring well and truly upon us, this bead maker has been enjoying the warmer weather, the longer evenings and the fresh enthusiasm that this wonderful season brings. The new beads in both the ebay and etsy stores are fast becoming popular and my days are once more filled with the enjoyment of making the beads I myself love, the more natural beads for which I am known.
The actions I took of completely emptying both shops to start afresh were a risk of course, but I just couldn't go on spending day after day making beads that failed to please me, it wasn't me at all. I knew it was time to introduce once more my love for the rock and silver effects that bring that smile to my face and if this meant the odd customer who was looking just for cheap beads would no longer buy my work, then so be it.
I must admit, to say I'm enjoying my work more is an understatement, I'm loving it, those feelings of excitement are once more there when I open my kiln each morning and as any true bead maker will tell you, that is such an important part of this life.
To take a look at the new stock that is being added each week to the shops just click on the following links, https://www.etsy.com/shop/pebbledreams http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Beads-Of-Glass I hope you find something that may interest you.
Now it's time for this old bead hermit to get back to his flame and the magical world of fire and glass, that little world free of stress and worry.
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