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31/10/2011

Greetings!

It's our 2nd Birthday!

It's been an amazing journey with rapid growth due to the wonderful support from each and every one of you. We sincerely thank you for that!

2nd Birthday
We are not finished yet either. Over the next 6 months we have new and exciting product lines planned, so stay tuned!

We wondered what we can do to say thank you and decided that post Christmas is a time that's often hard to find those extra dollars to buy glass so we thought you might appreciate some extra spending money at this time. For our birthday week if you spend over:

$100 and receive a $15 gift voucher

$150 and receive a $30 gift voucher

$200 and receive a $50 gift voucher

$300 plus to receive a $75 voucher

to spend in January & February :) Click on the specials link below to see the details.

Crunch the numbers on the AUD here

FIRE OPAL TUTORIAL

Naos on LampworkEtc (Amber) posted this Fire Opal Tutorial on Lampwork Etc in July last year and its been a sought after tutorial for lampworkers since then. See Amber's site here.

I though it a good time to give this one a re run for all those that are new to this to this newsletter.

The amazing beads above were create by JanC, a talented Australian Lampworker.

See the full Fire Opal tutorial here

SIMPLE SNAKESKIN BEADS

Jewelry Artist Magazine has a beginner level tutorial on how to make simple Snakeskin Beads.

See the tutorial here

GETTING EFFECTS WITH SMILTROY MURRINI

Ever wondered how to get all those amazing effect with Smiltroy Murrini?

Tiago from Smiltroy posted this informative thread on LampworkEtc when he first released his murrini. I thought it a good time to revisit this great tutorial!

See the tutorial here

EFFETRE ON FACEBOOK

Thanks to Avil for letting us know that Effetre now have a facebook page.

Here is a link to their Facebook page. It has some interesting insights into the Effetre production if you take a look at their pictures. Take a look and you will understand why hand pulled colours are often so uneven!

EVIL EYE BEADS

Jinx and Mike E on Wet Canvas posted some written and pictorial instructions on how to create Evil Eye Beads.

Carla Alexander posted these beads in the same thread with her version of the Evil Eye Bead. Read the Evil Eye Tutorial here

LAMPWORK CAT

How cute is this! I have seen a number of lampworkers producing these, all with their own style and flair.

What can you do with this simple fun design?

See the You Tube video tutorial here

HOW TO MAKE A RING

Nancy Hamilton has a series of You Tube Videos on her website. Although not glass related this is a great series of tutorials on how to make rings that you can incorporate your lampwork beads into.

See Nancy's ring tutorial here

BOROSILICATE TUBING IMPLOSION

Brent Graber (aka Mr Smiley) posted these two videos on Lampwork Etc.

The first one is a demonstration on how to pull a point and blow the bubble in preparation for the implosion. Watch the first video here

The next video is a 17 minute demonstration on how to complete the pendant. See how to make the pendant here

APPLYING FEATHER MURRINI

I know there are many out there that love these feather murrini but are now sure how to apply them.

Problem solved. Below are two videos the show you exactly how!

The first video shows you the preparation that needs to be done.

The second video is a 14 minute long comprehensive demonstration on how to apply the feather murrini to a bead.

I found these videos in a Lampwork Etc thread by Otter and the picture is of Otters (John Rizzi) bead. Take a peek at his website here, he is very talented!

Buy Feathered Murrini here

TORCH FIRED ENAMEL JEWELERY

Vibrant colours are in and for those that enjoy enamels here is a fantastic idea!

I came across this blogpost by Sharilynmiller this week and felt it more than worthy of sharing just for the inspiration it can give you.

See the blogpost here.

Thanks for your time and have a great week!
Warm Regards,

Kerry
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