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This is my new page where I will be listing "fresh" beads for sale. Specials that were for sale in 2007 are now in the SPECIALSARCHIVE. If you see something you like below, please email me at corinatettinger@yahoo.com and let me know which beads you like. I try to keep the page updated when something sells, so you won't have to ask in vain. Shipping for all beads/beadsets is $ 2, unless you want them mailed via Priority Mail, which is $ 5.00.
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Monday, June 16th
# 1 - "Timid Blossoms"
I really like the "airy" look of these encased florals - tiny white four-petal flowers on very fine swirls, over a layer of sparkly green dichroic. They are about 1/2 inch high, not quite as wide. 7 florals and 6 white large hole spacers for $ 145. (SOLD)
# 2 - Timid Blossom - just one
for a small pendant or "just to have", $ 20 (the original is sold, but I will make a couple more tonight....if you're interested)
# 3, 4, 5, 6 - Tears of Joy - pendant style quarks
These beads are a "variation" on the teardrop shaped quarks, the top part is made with silver-plum glass and has that antique metallic look, kind of like a built-in beadcap. The smallest pendant on the left is 3/4 inch tall, $ 40 (SOLD), the two medium sized ones are somewhere in between ( $ 50, BOTH SOLD), and the tallest one on the right is 1 inch tall and $ 65 (SOLD). Next time you run into me somewhere, you will recognize me because I already made a pendant for myself! Maybe we'll be all members of the "Tears-of-joy-club"...
# 7 - Curiosity killed the fish
A slender bicone in the "Dead Fish Society" theme - there is no one single shot which shows the look of the fish around the bead...but he really looks like he was very curious, and then not bemused about what he found out. 2 1/4 inches long, $ 42
Some very fun new frog focals coming soon....after coffee
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Monday, June 9th
The first 4 strands today are from my "once-a-year-only" series of 4th of July beads, and now I remember why I only make this type of bead once a year - the placement of the tiny "star-dots" takes an incredible amount of time and concentration, and since I hold my breath when placing the dots I get dangerously close to fainting right into the torch - and that doesn't sound like fun. But - the resulting beads are a lot of fun, so I called this theme PATRIOT GAMES. (One remark to the pictures - haven't figured out the right lighting yet, and Sony always had a problem with catching the right shade of blue, so, the REAL blue in the beads is dark lapis and much nicer than in the photographs...)
# 1 - Patriot Games with hearts
This strand is the largest and prettiest of the sets with lots of beads to play with, 21 beads, 8 inches long, $ 200 (SOLD)
# 2 - Patriot Games with Party Hats
10 beads, 4 inch long strand, $ 110 (SOLD)
# 3 - more Patriot Games with Party Hats
10 beads, 4 inches long strand, $ 110 (SOLD)
# 4 - Patriot Games, flat beads only
19 beads, 6 inches long strand, $ 125 (SOLD)
# 5 - The incredible Lightness of Being
These beads seem to be floating in the air - small white beads encased in crystal, decorated with superfine encased black stringer. 7 beads for $ 75 (SOLD)
# 6 - Summer Carol Chadwicks
This is probably my all-time favorite variations on the Chadwick-theme (raised stringer application on round beads) - "limited edition" Double Helix stringer (called C-70) over encased fuchsia dichroic. The matt golden rondells inbetween enhance the beautiful golden luster of these beads. 8 beads with spacers, 6 inch long strand, $ 100 (SOLD)
# 7 - K-F Quarks
What's "K-F"? It's a German expression, "Klein aber fein", meaning, small but precious. And you couldn't describe these 1/2 inch high quarks any better. Lots of new murrini and cane, compared to the first batch - you will definitely like these! $ 35 each. (# 2 is sold, but they all look more or less the same, it's just that a different side of the beads is facing the camera)
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I finally got around to string and photograph all the beads I made for my little blurb on "Bead-Darwinism". Actually, Sheri put the sets together, and I think she did a great job. Now, if I could only teach her to MAKE the beads, I could retire, but alas, Miss Sheri has no interest whatsoever to even be near the torch, so, for the time being, you will have to enjoy MY beads....
I alway like to name my beads, usually with something that has to do what inspired me for a certain design or color combination, so, all these beads are variations on "Summer on the Lake". The diameter of all lentils in these sets is 1/2 inch, the round beads are approximately 12-13 mm.
# 1 - Owls on the lake
7 beads, 3 inches long strand, $ 60 (SOLD)
# 2 - Summer on the lake, small set
8 beads, 3 1/4 inches long strand, $ 66 (SOLD)
# 3 - small set with party hat
7 beads, 3 inches long strand, $ 64 (SOLD)
# 4 - more summer on the lake
10 beads, 3 3/4 inches long strand, $ 75 (SOLD)
# 5 - Likeside fun with cube
8 beads, 3 1/2 inches long strand, $ 85 (SOLD)
# 6 - The Lakeside Gardener's party
9 beads, 3 3/4 inches, 92 (SOLD)
# 7 - Rainbow over summer lake
13 beads, 4 1/2 inches long, $ 88 (SOLD)
# 8 - Frog on summer lake
10 beads and a miniature frog, 4 inches long strand, $ 125 (SOLD)
# 9 - Fireflies over Summer Lake
8 "Chadwick-style" beads on a core of green dichroic over transparent teal, 3 1/4 inch long strand, $ 85 (SOLD)
and some new Quark focals:
# A - All tears flow back into the Ocean-Quark
This is the first of three differently shaped "Bottom of the Ocean Quarks" (aka VEGAN AQUARIUM BEADS, aka JAWS) - they are not as "stuffed" as the regular quarks, thus they are less expensive, but they have a dreamy elegance to them. This teardrop shaped focal is 3/4 inch high, $ 65 (SOLD)
# B - Round Bottom of the Ocean Quark
23 mm in diameter (I can't figure that inch-thing out when it's between 3/4 and 1 inch)....$ 60 (SOLD)
# C - Oval Marriage Quark
This new style of quark bead is entirely made with black, white and clear (oh, and silver dichroic and silver mesh). I prepared about 20 different murrini and twisties and cane for the 4 marriage quarks, it's amazing how much variation can be created with just the basic colors - and the result is just beautiful. What does that have to do with marriage? A lot....I think. Sometimes they might feel like a little bit of color might be missing....but a little sparkle is always underneath....I don't want to start into a long philosophy on marriage (especially since I am on my second divorce I am obviously not an expert on making it work...) - but I believe that sometimes designs (in beads especially) can evoke a lot of thoughts, memories, musings...so, this one is dedicated to marriage!
The bead is 1 inch high, $ 95
# D - Big Round Marriage Quark
Close to 1 inch in diameter, $ 85 (SOLD)
(I have more focals which I'll add later in the day....)
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I'm still not "quarked out" - this week I created a new look: the OFFICE QUARK. All colors I would expect to see in an office, both on the furniture and decoration, and on the people who work there, with lots od sparkle like silver, silver-dichroic, silver-mesh and goldstone. Little worlds in glass. There are three pictures for each bead, and the beads are a lot brighter and more "brilliant" in person than what they appear to look like in the photographs....
# 1 - Office Quark A, 3/4 inch in high, $ 85 (SOLD)
# 2 - Office Quark B, 3/4 inch high, $ 85 (SOLD)
# 3 - Office Quark C, 3/4 inch high, it is less "stuffed" compared to the two above, but very pretty. $ 75 (SOLD)
# 4 - Office-cubicle Quark, 1/2 inch high, $ 30 (SOLD)
# 5 - Kokopelli
A squeezed fossil style focal with silver dichroic, goldstone, raised barnacles and Kokopelli...I really had to hold myself back from putting a frog on the bead, but I think this one is just pretty as it is...1 1/4 inch high, this week would work either as a pendant or the centerpiece for a bangle-style bracelet. $ 35 (SOLD)
 
The next batch of bead-sets is "classic corina", variations on colors and designs that took me almost as long to put together as they took me to make. Well, not really, but sometimes it seems that way, when you strive for the perfect balance of color-shape-size-design. The beads are a little "airier" than my original designs from years ago, since I guess every artist is working on getting better, no matter how good you are (or think you are) - this time I used almost entirely ENCASED stringer for the designs. That means, instead of making swirls from opaque green, I made a stringer of transparent green over white. In some of the purple based beads the stringer even has two color on top of each other, like ink-blue over rubino oro over streaky pink. It's definitely worth the extra effort...and the dichroic adds a little extra-pizzaz
Springfever # 1, 10 beads for $ 125 (SOLD)
Springfever # 2 - 8 beads for $ 100 (SOLD)
Springfever # 3 - 9 beads for $ 110 (SOLD)
Springfever # 4 - 9 beads for $ 95 (SOLD)
Springfever # 5 - 10 beads plus spacers for $ 105 (SOLD)
Springfever # 6 - 10 beads plus spacers for $ 95 (SOLD)
that's it for today...thanks for looking
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Monday, May 5th 2008
# 1 - My Mom loves Butchard Garden
Heart-shaped focal with decoration on both sides - 1.5 inches long, $ 55 (available)
# 2 - Mother's Day Graffiti
A long, slender teardrop-shaped focal in a flat quirk-design...almost 2 inches long, $ 75 (SOLD)
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Today I have a bunch of different Butchard Garden beads - I took a picture of all the beads I have, sorted by size and style. Prices for the beads are on a list below, you can mix and match whatever you need to make a necklace or bracelet. Please let me know what you would like - and whether you want ONLY the orginal bead as shown, or whether you would also accept a remake (except for the focals, those are one of a kind).
I will get back to you as soon as possible.
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# 1 - Double Frog teardrop focal, 1.5 inches long - $ 100
# 2 - Frog on long squeezed bead, 3.5 cm long - $ 75
# 3 - Large Olive shaped focal, 1 3/4 inches long - $ 65
# 4 - Vetrofond "Odd" green frog on squeezed bead - $ 50
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# 5, 6, 7, 8 - squeezed bracelet beads with dot decoration, around 3/4 inch wide, $ 22
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# 9, 10, 11, 12 - "standard" squeezed BG, around 3/4 inch wide, $ 20
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# 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 - olive shaped beads (I think these would be killer for a necklace, or even just one as a small focal), 3/4 inch high, $ 25
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# 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 - olive shaped beads with frogs, totally adorable, 3/4 inch high, $ 50 (the one on the far right is slightly smaller, but it still takes the same amount of time to make, and even a little more breath-holding)
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# 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 - miniature round beads (actually, # 26 is a miniature olive)...too cute for words. $ 14 (I didn't make too many of these because of the time to make/size of bead/price ratio, if you know what I mean)
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8 mini-lentils, with all the Butchard Garden detail, including dichroic, miniature twistie etc. - I think these would be perfect for a dainty bracelet, or, if you have ankles worthy showing off, an anklet - $ 12
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8 mini lentils in black and white, 1/2 inch in diameter, perfect "fillers" for jewelry made with the more fancy lentils above. You can either order the entire set, or half, or just certain designs, $ 8
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more "fillers", but nice and round (which I prefer for necklaces), the price depends a little on the design, but the average price is $ 6.00
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Monday, April 14th. New beads are just around the corner, I am going to list one set at a time, so if you don't see anything you like right now, check back in a little while...
QUIRKS - Quirks are obviously a variation on "Quarks", which are subatomic particles, and in the universe of Corinabeads, they are the kind of beads that include just about everything that makes beads fun and exciting. While Quarks are usually round and encased in clear, Quirks are like a beadmakers pizza, with everything on top. Whenever I come up with something new that I absolutely love and am proud of, I turn the very first set into a bracelet for myself (which I seem to either sell or give away in the end, since I currently own only two bracelets..). Here is the picture:
This bracelet is not currently for sale, but I have quirk-sets in different colors coming up, so, if you like this, maybe you can make your own bracelet...
I also made a pair of earrings to go with the bracelet:
okay, enought now of showing the stuff that is NOT for sale....better get busy on what IS for sale....especially after just learning that the moving company is going to cost roughly $ 1000....outch.
# 1 - Midnight Quirks with inspiration
One of the reasons I made a bracelet for myself was to "test-wear" these beads. I only decorated one side of the flat orrbs with "quirkiness" - mostly for economic reasons, since these beads take a long time to make (not speaking of the preparation of all the cane and murrini), and I didn't want to spend over an hour per bead. Even when the bracelet is not tight, the decorated side actually stays "up" 99 % of the time...just to make the back more interesting in case the beads do flip over occasionally, I added "inspirational words" in silver plum on the back. How did the "Corina" get mixed in there with "God"? Well, we both are creators, in a way, and if you can't accept that, just look at is as a "signature bead". Each of these is 3/4 inch in diameter and $ 30, so the set of 5 (which is how many beads I used for the 7 1/2 inch bracelet, with some stuff inbetween) is $ 150. Oh, although they look like black in the picture, the base of these quirks is actually transparent violet-inkblue. (SOLD)
 backside of these beads:
# 2 - Midnight Quirk with stringer decoration
The second set of quirks is basically the same as the first one, but instead of words I used patterns to decorate the back - and there are only 4 beads, which I think is still enough for the bracelet, especially since the colorful decoration of the front pretty much goes with anything as far as the "fillerbeads" for a bracelet is concerend. $ 120 (SOLD)
back of these beads:
# 3 - Twilight Quirks
Black and white is still one of my favorite color combinations, both to wear and to use in beadmaking....These beads have a variety of designs on the back, and the bead in the center has a pink Murrini. I have to admit that that was a mistake - the murrini I picked looked white - and I was very surprised when I took the beads out of the kiln, but it was a "good surprise". This set is perfect for someone who likes lots of lampwork and little filler in a bracelet - and the color combination will never be "out of style", that's for sure. Each bead is again based on a 3/4 inch flat orrb, 7 beads for $ 200 (oh, one quick comment - there is a hint of PINK in the bottom beads - that's just my pink shirt reflecting in the dichroic, except for the little pink Murrini, there is nothing whatsoever pink in these beads...) (SOLD)
back of the beads
# 4 - Circus Quirks
Do you ever feel like your life is like a circus, and you don't know whether you're the director, the clown, the elephant with it's big behind on a ridiculously small stool, or the lion, ready to bite someones head off? Well, these beads might be able to express those feelings, AND remind you that with all that stuff going on, at least your life is COLORFUL, and that's not a bad thing at all.....as long as we manage to see the beauty in the chaos. These beads have nothing but "pure color" on the back, and if one flips around, just see it as a chance to take a little break once in a while, as you should. 7 beads for $ 195 (SOLD)
# 5 - Masterquirk
For those of you who like to wear pendants, rather than a bracelet (OR both, of course), the "Masterquirk" is perfect....I added just about everthing I put on the flat quirks, there are a total of 30 "design elements" on this slim, 1 7/8 inch teardrop shaped focal. If you like your pendants "ready to go", there is one already made up below. This bead is $ 75 (SOLD)
# 6 - Masterquirk pendant
The bead I used for the pendant is slightly "chunkier" than the one listed above....I think both are lovely, but if you are too lazy to make your own pendant, this one of course is ready to wear. Slightly under 2 inches (not counting the tassle) $ 95. (SOLD)
# 6, 7, 8 Mini masterquirks
These guys are perfect for small pendants or zipperpulls or just something dangly on your purse....they are around 3/4 inch tall (the one one the left is slightly shorter) and prices go from $ 25 - $ 30 - $ 32 (SOLD)
Okay, that's it for now - and until I'm in the new place...but you'll bet that my studio will be the first to "go up"...I don't care about the kitchen or anything else...and thanks for stopping by today!
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# 1 - Totally Amazing Mini-Lentils
Just before I left for Murano my Aussie friend Jaqui showed me how she reduces the Double Helix color "Psyche", and I fell in love with the effect on black. So I made a bunch of mini-lentils, and they are just adorable, I think. If you like to mix lampwork beads with lots of "stuff" for your jewelry, one strand should be enough, but it you are like me and prefer mostly lampwork in a bracelet, you would need 2 strands for a medium size bracelet. Each bead is 1/2 inch in diameter. 7 beads for $ 60 (SOLD)
# 2 - more Amazing Mini-lentils
Basically the same as above, just slightly different designs, 7 beads for $ 60 (SOLD)
# 3 - and even more Amazing Mini-lentils
This strand has 8 beads and is $ 68 (SOLD)
# 4 - Rainforest
I absolute love these beads, but they didn't photograph right for some reason. The transparent "wings" look slightly pinkish, but in person, they don't. They were made with one of the new Effetre "Cool Colors", a transparent shade of blue-green called "Ocean Waves". The beads were made with psyche on black, which creates amazing effects of blue, green and purple, but underneath the transparent wings the colors change to a more golden tone. The raised lines are made with Precision Rembrand and shimmer in a golden green. Some of my favorite designs in a long time. 7 orrbs (3/4 inch in diameter) for $ 125 (SOLD)
# 5 - Tear of Joy Quark
I am still in a quarky mood, and there will be more big quarks coming this weekend, but for now I have one smallish tear-drop shaped quark that would be perfect for a delicate pendant...3/4 inch high, $ 50 (SOLD)
If you like Quarks AND frogs, make sure to check today's frog specials as well.....otherwise, more beads this weekend!
Monday, March 18th
The first 3 sets are one of my favorite (hardly ever used) colorcombinations: black and blue. I don't know why, but when I think "black and blue" I immediately think of domestic violence, which I luckily have no experience with - but I don't think naming beads something like "beaten up" is not a good idea, instead I called them "Night Frost", which is something we still have to deal with here...and I think it's a pretty name, for pretty beads. I was very tempted to string them into one gigantic set...but it's probably more reasonable to have 3 smaller sets, so that 3 people can play with the beads...unless one person feels a strong urge to own them all. Please keep in mind that this is Australian Photography - the beads are my usual small size, that's why I made sure to add the length of the strand....they just look HUGE in the pictures
# 1 - Nightfrost Mix
10 beads (the entire strand is 3 inches long), $ 60 (SOLD)
# 2 - Nightfrost, more Mix
Some really cute fancy beads in this mix (I love that "lei-bead") - 2.5 inches long, $ 65 (SOLD)
# 3 - Night Frost lentils
7 beads (3.5 inches long), $ 80 (SOLD)
This weekend I was teaching a private class near Seattle, and whenever I demo Florals, I try to cram as many different types of flowers into the same bead. I was showing how to rake petals in two directions - and it looked a lot like a lily to me (although I know that lilies have six petals in two layers of 3) - so when I later made a surface lily that was "botanically correct", I realized that the 5-petal "wannabelily" looked a lot nicer. So, as soon as I came home after a long drive/ferry ride I had to make a few lilies on bracelet size squeezed beads, and I am in love....hope you like them as well
# 4 - Lilies in the dark
7 squeezed beads in black with silver plum stringer decoration, the center 3 are "be-lilied", I figure that for a bracelet it would be more comfortable to have lilies only on the ones that sit on top of the wrist., 5 inches...$ 120 (SOLD)
# 5 - Little Lily
Not everybody makes bracelet with all lampwork, so, for the small taste there is a single lily bead with two squeezed companion. The flower is made with pink on opal yellow, which creates a very beautiful color. 3 beads, a little over 2 inches. $ 50 (BARTERED WITH)
# 6 - Tiger Lilies
I got a little fancy here, three pink lilies on squeezed encased tiger-beads, and 4 companion beads, either for the bracelet, or matching earrings, with tiger-rose-round beads. 7 beads, 4 1/2 inches, $ 135 (SOLD)
# 7 - Totally Amazing
Last night my friend Jacqui and I made beads together, and Jacqui showed me how she reduces Double Helix colors...I was never very successful with Double Helix, other than Kronos....so when I tried some squeezed beads with stringer decoration in the "new" way to reduce, I was so thrilled when I took them out of the kiln this morning that I turned them into a bracelet for myself, and immediately sat down (even before having breakfast) and made another set for todays sale....the picture is pretty good actually, but of course, any of those "mysterious silver-laden secret beads" look better in person.....7 squeezed with fancy scrolls, twists and raked patterns, 5 1/2 inches, $ $ 130 (SOLD)
# 8 - Bottom of the Ocean Quark
I don't think there is much to write about this bead....the pictures show what's going on here. The bead is 3/4 inch high and a little wider, nice for someone who loves shades of blue. $ 75 (QUARKED)
# 9 - Pacific Ocean Quark,
This quark is a little larger (one inch wide), and overall lighter in color. $ 80 (QUARKED)
Friday, March 14th
# 1 - The Chocolate Blues
Allegedly artists express emotions with their artwork. If that is true, this set of beads is expressing what I would feel like if my little piece of bedtime-chocolate would be taken away from me forever. 11 beads for $ 110 (SOLD)
# 2 - Northwest Spring Rain
It's not officially spring yet, but the sunny skies in the last couple of weeks coaxed out the first buds. But in the last three days we had nothing but rain, so it got me into the mood for a remake of an old favorite in light grass green and jeans-blue. 19 beads for $ 150 (SOLD)
# 3 - Diet quark set
The reason I called this size quark (1/2 inch diameter) "diet" is because they are for the small quark appetite, and I guess one of the secrets of a successful diet is to it small portions. You could also turn this into a "diet-helper" by assigning each element inside the bead to a "dangerous" food (like a donut), and as soon as you feel the urge-to-splurge, you look inside the quark and just "imagine" eating the food - and enjoy the imagination as much as the supressed reality. Wow, can you tell that my hypnotherapy studies are flowing over to my beadmaking? The bracelet strand consists of 5 quarks, 8 bright green large hole spacers and 6mm jet 2xAB Swarovsky chrystals. $ 175 (SOLD)
# 4 - Single Diet Quarks
Slightly larger than the 1/2 inch diet quarks in the bracelet sets, perfect for someone who likes dainty necklaces, or who is just curious what a quark looks like in person. 3 quarks available $ 35 each.
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Monday, March 10th
Wow, I can't believe that this week I only made 3 sets....but about 20 sets in my mind, I just have to find the mood to materialize them. Here is what I've got today:
# 1 - London Marriott, mixed shapes
This is obviously a variation on my "Paris Hilton" series - instead of black I used dark chocolate brown, and although I am not a "brown" person (I don't have a single brown item in my wardrobe, not even shoes), I actually love this color combination. 11 beads (4 inches), $ 100 (SOLD)
# 2 - London Marriott, mini-lentils
The second strand is just lentils, perfect for a bracelet that is always comfortable to wear, even at the computer. They look like yummie chocolate candies....10 beads for $ 95 (SOLD)
# 3 - Pink lemonade
After the "CIM Pink Hiatus" I went back to my good old recipe of Effetre Rubino Oro over streaky pink, and they all stayed in one piece....Praise to the Gods of Pink! 16 beads in a fun variety of shapes and designs, $ 85 (SOLD)
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Monday, March 3rd
# 1 - Video Quark
This is the very quark I made in the video - and it comes with all the ingredients I used to make them....the pieces of twisted cane are 3 inches long. In order to use these you might have to punty them up to a piece of clear stringer, which is described on page 135 of Passing The Flame.
The quark itself is $ 75, and I added $ 10 for the stuff (with which you COULD make 6 quarks, but I you better figure in some loss....), so the total is $ 85 (SOLD)
# 2 - Raindrop Quark Pendant
This awesome, not quite so busy quark on a dark transparent sage base is 1 1/2 inches long (the bead only), and a whooping 4 1/2 inches from jumprink to the tip of the sterling silver tassles (and since I always get the question "where do you buy that tassle" whenever I offer something with a tassle on it, here is the answer, to make it easy on everybody: Singarajah!) $ 125 (SOLD)
Friday, February 29th - Bracelet size Mini-Quarks
7 Mini-Quarks (1/2 inch wide) plus Alexandrite colored large hole spacers and 4 mm Jet 2xAB Svarowksy Chrysals..$ 250
Thursday, February 28th - Don't Worry - Be Happy Beads
# 1 - Don't worry strand with red heart
14 beads, 4 1/2 inches long strand, $ 100 (SOLD)
# 2 - Don't worry strand with green heart
17 beads, 5 3/4 inches long strand (enough for 2 bracelets), $ 125 (SOLD)
Tuesday, February 26th - Definitely Happy Beads
Bright colors of orange-red, butter yellow, aqua and lime green. The sets not only differ in the amount of beads, but the beads themselves are getting more complex in the larger sets, which is why the sets differ in price "unproportionally" to the number of beads they contain.
# 1 - Happy Mix, small set
13 beads, 4 inches long strand, $ 65 (SOLD)
# 2 - Happy Mix, Medium Set
14 beads, 4 3/4 inches strand, $ 85 (SOLD)
# 3 - Happy Mix, Large Set
21 beads, 6 3/4 inches strand, $ 135 (SOLD)
Monday, February 25th - Spring is on it's way
This past week we had incredibly beautiful spring weather....the temperature were up in the high 50s during the day, sunshine, it was nicer than some days in June that I have experienced here in the Northwest. Accordingly, I spent more time outside than at the torch, but I was inspired very much to make something airy and sping-like....Today the weather is not as great anymore, but I am still in a springy mood and will add a variety of small, medium and large bright and fun sets throughout the week. hope to see you back here....
# 1 - Camano Spring
A variation on an "old" set from the auction archives ("Along the same lines")...but my bead are always a little more intricate these days. I particularly love the little flowers on mini-lentils...the one closest to the center of the strand has the same flower on the back, the other 3 have abstract designs on the other side of the lentil. 15 beads (length of the strand is 7 inches), $ 185 (SOLD)
# 2 - Pandemoneum
A Quarkish flat lentil (1 1/4 inch in diameter) with semi-raised decoration on dichroic encased in clear, $ 85 (which includes shipping to wherever)
Friday, February 22nd - Super Quark Friday
Today I have 10 individual round Quark Beads for sale, I call these "Stuffed Quarks", because I couldn't have possibly put any more "stuff" inside of these....I got a little carried away, which makes these beads the perfect entertainment when you're stuck somewhere with nothing to do, you can just gaze inside and discover something new every time....(some little bubbles too, of course, which I actually like in beads...)
I am still working on taking pictures, but till I'm done you can look at the most expensive set that I have EVER listed as SPECIAL - a "Super Quark Necklace set", which I am already itching to turn into a killer (short) necklace in case it doesn't sell. I have two pictures, one with just the focals (plus SS beadcaps and fuchsia freshwater pearls, the center focal is almost one inch wide), and one with the focals and the over 50 spacers that come with the set, to give you something to play with. The entire set (57 beads, NOT a finished necklace) is $ 400.
About the single Quarks below - each is the imaginary building block for something important in my life. They are all (more or less) 3/4 inch in diameter, with 3/32nd holes (so you could string them on a leather cord, or a snake chain...). Each bead is $ 75, which includes 2 SS beadcaps AND shipping (unless you want Priority or Global Priority)....
# 1 - Sunshine Quark (SOLD)
# 2 - Smart Quark (SOLD)
# 3 - Insight Quark (SOLD)
# 4 - Love Quark (SOLD)
# 5 - Friendship Quark (SOLD)
# 6 - Fun Quark (SOLD)
# 7 - Muesli Quark (SOLD)
# 8 - Garden Quark (SOLD)
# 9 - Pet Quark (SOLD)
# 10 - Garden Quark (SOLD)
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Monday, February 18th - Focal Fiesta - A Butchard Garden Variety....
Today I have a bunch of Butchard Garden Focals in all kinds of shapes. The basic design is always the same, but the shape really created a distinctively different type of bead. Focals with frogs are as usual on the frog-page. I listed the bead in ascending order of price, the pictures show the front and back of the same bead. Sometimes the pictures are really enlarged to show all the detail, so make sure to read the dimensions, and maybe take a ruler to get an idea how big the beads will be in person....
# 1 - BG Cameo
1 inch tall, 3/4 inch wide, 1/2 inch thick, $ 36 (SOLD)
# 2 - BG Lentil
1 inch diameter, 1/3rd inch thick, $ 40 (SOLD)
# 3 - BG pendulum (cone)
1 1/3rd inch long, $ 45 (comes with Sterling Silver beadcap upon request) (SOLD)
# 4 - BG Ball (round)
1 inch in diameter, this one was the most difficult bead to shape...very strange. $ 48 (SOLD)
# 5 - BG Oval
1 1/2 tall, 1 inch wide, oval flat focal, shaped by a combination of squeezing and then giving it a second press in a lentil mold, so the bead has a slight overall curve. $ 50 (SOLD)
# 6 - BG cylinder
1 3/4 inch long, lots of fun. In the pictures it almost looks as if the cylinder is not straight - but that is an optical illusion. $ 55
# 7 - BG square
This bead had me sweating quite a bit, because you have to fill the mold exactly - and with the Butchard Garden design, you start out with a black bead, and then you add dichroic, twisties and all kinds of stuff, so it's kind of a hit and miss whether you have enough (or too much ) glass in the end to fill the mold. But it worked, and this is a very unusual focal, I don't know too many beadmakers who work in this size and shape. 1 inch square, $ 70 (SOLD)
# 8 - BG tab
1 1/4 inch in diameter, 1 cm thick, the largest tab-shaped bead I have ever made...it's the heaviest of all the focals I have to offer today....this one will definitely get noticed! There is no front or back to this bead, so if you turn it into a pendant on a long chain, it will always have a beautifully decorated side showing. $ 80 (SOLD)
# 9 - BG Madeleine
Why did I call this bead a Madeleine? It's a french (?) type of pastry, like a tiny cake, that is shaped like this bead, with a flat top surface and sloping sides towards the edge. This bead is 2 inches long, 1 inch wide and not quite 1/2 inch thick, and this is my personal favorite of this page....(of course, the Madeleine with two miniature frogs is "top-dog"). $ 90 (SOLD)
that's it for today's focals......now I have to get a massage, since my shoulders hurt like hell from handling these heavy beads while holding my breath to apply stringer and dots....one of these days I'm gonna faint right into the torch....
Friday, February 15th
I actually made this kind of bead about 8 years ago - but only in my head! It took me this long to aquire all the skills that I needed to make the bead look as good in person as it looked in my imagination. This is definitely the beginning of a new series - who knows where this style can go. There won't be many of these though, they take a lot of preparation, all the murrini, canes, twisties, and then each bead takes over an hour of fully concentrated work - and afterwards I am physically and mentally exhausted, so I can only make about two of these a day...but they are well worth it. They are called "Quarks" (more about that on the frog page) - approximately 1 1/4 inch high, 3/32nd inch hole, $ 125 each.
I will let the images speak for themselves - there are 3-4 pictures per bead, I just turned it a little each time...
# 1 - Creativity Quark (on a base of black) (SOLD)
# 2 - Love Quark (on a base of transparent Sage) (SOLD)
Monday, February 11th
There is ONE MATCHING FROG to go with these sets....now I'm off to bed and I'll get back to you tomorrow...
Sheri and I are finally done stringing the big pile of black and white beads into individual sets, now I have to take pictures and add them to my website. In the meantime, here is a little glimpse into the stringing studio (the supervisor is behind the camera, the office manager is feeding the two assistants, the bear knows it all (like, "hey, it's time to take that Christmas decoration down, but we can't, because the vigorously blooming jasmine has ranked itself around it, so it will hang in the window till the jasmine either dies or we have to move out since the house is filled entirely with greens...)
  
"Hi, my name is Frog Chihuly - I was meant to be a masterpiece of creation, which, of course I AM, but unfortunately fate in form of a dog and a hard hard-wood floor had in mind that henceforth I shall look at the magnificent world from one eye only. But I am sure keeping that one eye open to see what else my creator unleashed into the world. She decided to take pictures of each bead individually, for better "bead-keeping"....thus, the specials might be slightly delayed, but like all things in this world "Gut Ding will Weile haben", so, thank you for your patience, and keep checking.
Friday, February 8th
# 1 - The pool party
A fun barrel shaped focal in Kronos with clear stringer decoration and silver plum rims, lots of gold shimmer underneath the clear...I defnitely like this look. 1 1/4 inch long, $ 30 (SOLD)
# 2 - Golden Burst
I used the same colors as in the focal above, but I "rimmed" it with Precision Rembrand. The silver in this glass fumed onto the rest of the bead and created this amazing golden glimmer....I never get tired looking into these beads....1 1/2 inch long, $ 28 (SOLD)
# 3 - Blue Lagoon
The last bead is a long tapered squeezed bead in Kronos and Clear, with black ends. The overall look is blue with hints of golden green. This one might even work for a bracelet.
1 1/2 inch long, $ 18 (SOLD)
(Picture shows both sides of the bead)
(two more on the way)
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Sunday/Monday, February 3rd/4th
All the beads are MINI-LENTILS, with a diameter of 1/2 inch (12 mm). I took the images very close up, so you can see the detail in design, but they are SMALL, no matter how huge they look on the screen.
# 1 - Mini Tidepool Lentils
Lots of detail on a tiny canvas - matching previous focals of my tidepool series. One of the mysteries of these beads TO ME as that they take just as long to make as the larger tidepools. 6 beads with silver mini-disk spacers are $ 100. (SOLD)
# 2 - It's Magic, large set
The "elusive" silver blue on copper green effect", this week it worked perfectly. There are three strands that not only differ in the number of beads, but also in the shade of blue, green and "muddy" copper. I had a lot of fun making these.... set # 2 has 14 beads, the strand is 6 3/4 inches long, $ 120 (SOLD)
# 3 - It's Magic, medium set
This strand has a nice coppery background, 9 beads, 4 1/2 inches, $ 75 (SOLD)
# 4 - It's Magic, small set
7 beads with a distinct blue shine....3 1/2 inches, $ 58 (SOLD)
# 5 - Mystic Waters with Frog
My favorite "Kronos-Effect" also looks great on the small canvas of the mini-lentil, 10 beads with the cutest little goldengreen frog, 5 1/2 inches of beads, and the most important comment to add is that these look WAY better in person.....(and greener too). $ 125 (SOLD)
# 6 - Ghostrider
I still like the "classy look" of silvered ivory on black, totally timeless. I had so much fun with the designs that I got a little carried away - there are 11 beads plus the ivory frog on a micro-olive, 6 inches of beads, $ 125 (SOLD)
# 7 - Pleasantville
Intricately decorated mini-lentils in black and white with a touch of bright red lipstick....10 beads, 5 inches, $ 85 (SOLD)
# 8 - Paris Hilton encore
This colour combination is just delicious, and I had fun with the designs (I hope that in my next workshop I can get the secret of the "micro-stringer control" across.....) 9 beads, strung with sandblasted sterling beads, $ 115 (SOLD)
# 9 - Wild Things in the Lentil Soup
I'm very pleased with the way these turned out, I used my "classic" animal print designs, but I tried a few different variations, like different combinations of brown and ivory for the giraffe, variations with goldstone and silvered ivory for the tigers and different shades of ambers for the cheetah, a black base with ivory lines versus and ivory base with black lines for the zebrah.....fun. 12 mini lentils for $ 100 (SOLD)
# 10 - Valentino's
A couple of weeks ago I did a survey about Valentine's beads - and there was enough positive feedback that I had planned all kinds of wacko hearts....but making beads in your mind in the bathtub and actually sitting down and MAKING them is a whole different cup of tea (which, by the way, is something I have on my mental "beads-I-want-to-make-list" - a brightly coloured tea-set.) But for now, I have ONE set of Valentines' beads (and that's it for this year!), I poured my entire romantic-fun heart into this set (which took me two days to make - not because they actually TOOK that long, but because I had exhausted my lovy-dovy spirit after 3 hearts....) . This strand is 11 inches long and consists of 6 hearts, 10 tiny decorated beads, 10 bright spacers and lots of Sterling Silver for $ 185 SOLD)
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Five sets today, not much, but two of them are longlonglong - I ordered some more rainbow-dichroic, and instead of having 5-6 inch long rainbow segments per rod, these one had the rainbow stretched out over the entire rod....so, in order to get all the colors in that particular rod I used all of the dichroic in one set...a little on the expensive side, but well worth it, I think, but judge for yourself:
# 1 - On a rainbow-roll
medium orrbs (15mm in diameter) with raised intense black stringer decoration over encased dichroic ranging from dark purple to bluish green. 12 beads - total length of the strand is 7 1/2 inches. $ 175 (SOLD)
# 2 - On a mini-rainbow roll
Again, a full strip of rainbow dichroic, but a narrower diameter of strip, so I turned it into a "simple" fun strand of encased mini-lentils on a base of black, 14 beads, 7 + inches long, perfect for a "simply stunning" bracelet, $ 125
# 3 - Deeeeeeeee-lux Goldilocks
In the Chadwick Bonanza from last week one of the most popular set was # 3 - clear with golden Double Helix stringer. I didn't give any name of the golden Double Helix, because it doesn't officially exist. ???? Yes, one of the advantages of living close to the horse's mouth - Jed, the owner of DH lives near Frantz Artglass (actually, he used to work there before he started making glass), and at the "Frantz August Bash last" year he offered small bundles of "experimental colors" for sale....the only had numbers, like "C-1", or some bundles had nothing at all. I have 5 rods left....we'll see what else I come up with...
About the beads in the picture below: instead of just decoration clear beads, I made a skinny clear barrel, added one wrap of silver dichroic, encased this in clear and then added the stringer decoration. The gold in the stringer fumes the clear to a slight golden yellow, but the dichroic underneath is still clearly and sparkly visible. The beads are between 9-10 mm wide and 14-13 mm high. Each strand consists of 6 beads in various designs, the average size of the beads diminshes slightly towards the bottom, meaning, the beads on top are slightly larger than the beads in the strand on the bottom. The top strand has 6mm Swarovski Chystals (no idea what color, but they are AB and match perfectly), it's $ 80 (SOLD), The middle strand has interesting square Thai-silver tube beads (which I bought in person in Bangkok), $ 80 as well (SOLD), the bottom strand is "raw" (I have more Thai-silver if you like it) and $ 78 (SOLD). The two bottom strands have matching earring-beads on each end of the strand... (The beads didn't photograph well tonight, the gold shimmer is much prettier than in the picture...)
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The Chadwick Bonanza, Tuesday, January 22nd
All beads in the picture are sold - more on Sunday the 27th
# 1 - Mystic Waters II
This is a style of bead that unfortunately doesn't photograph well. Each "pool" has rings of gold deep inside and gives the bead a depth that you can only see in person. I promise that you will be very pleased. This second set in the Mystic Waters "series" has a lot more green and lighter shades of blue than set I from the last set of specials. 8 squeezed beads (total length of the strand is a little over 6 inches) for $ 100 (SOLD).
# 2 - Purple Butchard Gardens
A set of "Butchard Garden" beads with bright purple dichroic, purple roses and sea-foam greenery. The focal bead (1.5 inches wide) would look good in a bracelet, or as a necklace. the 1/2 inch mini-orrbs at the end of the strand have dichroic and raised decoration on both sides and would make perfect earring beads. The 4 squeezed beads by themselves would be enough for a bracelet, if you add some silver or other "stuff". 7 beads plus spacers (6+ inches) for $ 150 (SOLD).
# 3 - The Glam Squad-Special
A collection of "experimental" designs (some I know I will never make again, because they took me forever to make, others will be definitely new styles to come soon). the lentils on the end of the strand are 1/2 inch wide (across the hole), 3.5 inches of beads, lots of sparkle and detail, 6 beads for $ 55.
PREVIOUS SPECIALS.......
# 1 - Mystic Waters
I had a few sets in this color/design last year, but I realized I never made them in my favorite bracelet-style: the squeezed bead. The base of these was made with fumed Kronos, and the fuming is "caught" underneath the clear water-drop dots, so there is a touch of gold and green in these beads. Unfortunately this effect is hard to catch in a photograph, but then again, it's always more fun to be positively suprised by the actual beads, rather than the other way round. (SOLD)
# 2 - Mystic Waters Ring
The first of my rings for sale - it matches the sets above and below - a 3/4 inch orrb, set in Sterling silver, size 6 1/4. $ 130
# 3 - Mystic Waters Olives with Francesco
I don't know how many times I have made squeezed beads, and at that moment just before squeezing, thought to myself: "This bead would be perfect just the way it is now". This is the first time I actually ever did it - shaped the bead in the perfect shape for squeezing - and then left it that way. They would be perfect to use in a necklace, with googly eyed Francesco as the focal. Each bead is 3/4 inch long, (SOLD)
# 4 - Butchard Gardens on New Year's Eve
A cool fusion of the "old" and "new" styles - three squared off Butchard Garden beads (the holes are slightly off-set, which I think will work perfect for a bracelet, with the larger part hanging towards the hand...if that makes any sense) - and 4 "Dichroic Darlings" (lots of those below) in the same dichroic green that is part of the Butchard Garden beads. Matched with silver spacers, 4 3/4 inch of beads (SOLD)
# 5 - Arnie on Green Gables
8 Dichroic Darlings (mini lentils with black decoration on encased dichroic) in green - with a matching frog on a tiny dichroic Barrel, the lentils are 1/2 inch in diameter, the entire strand measures 5 inches (SOLD)
# 6 - Dichroic Darlings ONE
7 mini-lentils with a variety of colored dichroic and different pattern of intense black decoration. 3 3/4 inches long, (SOLD)
# 7 - Dichroic Darlings TWO
Same as above, just different colors and designs, (SOLD)
# 8 - Dichroic Darlings THREE
The last strand of thes fun and sparkly beads, six beads (SOLD)
# 9 - Dichroic Darling Froggie - matches any of the three sets above, and he is hiding on the FROG-PAGE
And more beads coming at the end of this first week of the New Year. Thanks for stopping by!
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