I completed my second set of lampwork beads using a colour palette yesterday. I am really enjoying using the palettes, matching glass colours to them.

Here is the palette I used…

Made with glass colours: ink blue, periwinkle (base), opal yellow, transparent dark lavender and bubblegum pink.

I broke the beads up into three parts, a focal, a small pair (perfect for earrings) and a set of three. Here are the beads…

These beads are all etched as well.

Cheers!

Anne

I just read the results for the Sydney Royal Easter Show!!

I got two firsts and a third!!! I keep thinking I’ve read it wrong LOL

I got firsts for my chainmaille bracelet and my PMC necklace, and the third for my lampwork beads.

I’m in shock!!

Woohoo!! ROFLMAO

CLASS: 153 Wirework. Any article of jewellery using beads or gemstones and wire, including, but not exclusively, wire wrapping, wire sculpture, coiling, chainamille or wire threading techniques etc.

• 1 2134 MISS ANNE DUNDAS - GUILDFORD WEST NSW 2161 EURO 4-IN-1 CHAINMAILLE BRACELET WITH FRESH WATER PEARLS AND SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS
• 2 2147 MRS JAN SCHUSTER-CALLUS - CARLTON NSW 2218
• 3 2148 MISS VERA STANOVIC - CARLINGFORD NSW 2118 BEADED NECKLACE USING WIRE
• Highly Commended 2133 MRS E CRAMPTON SMITH - FRASER ACT 2615
• Highly Commended 2135 MRS KATHLEEN FREAME - EAST ALBURY NSW 2640 STIRLING SILVER HEADPIECE

CLASS: 154 Precious Metal Clay. Any item using fired Precious Metal Clay as it’s focal component.

• 1 2150 MISS ANNE DUNDAS - GUILDFORD WEST NSW 2161 NECKLACE WITH PMC & RESIN FOCAL PIECE AND GARNET GEMSTONES
• 2 2149 MRS E CRAMPTON SMITH - FRASER ACT 2615
• 3 2152 MISS FIONA MONTEBELLO - BELLA VISTA NSW 2153

CLASS: 156 Lampworked Glass Beads. Lampworked glass bead/s made by the entrant and made into an article of jewellery, or a set of 5 coordinated beads.

• 1 2158 MRS KERRY HARPER - YOWIE BAY NSW 2228 LAMPWORK BEADS LOOSE
• 2 2160 MS MEREDIE MEE-LING - PYMBLE NSW 2073
• 3 2157 MISS ANNE DUNDAS - GUILDFORD WEST NSW 2161 SET OF 5 NATIVE FLOWER SCULPTURAL LAMPWORK BEADS

I’ve decided to try making lampwork beads using colour palettes. This means that I’ll take a colour palette, of about 5 colours and only use those colours in some beads.

Well, yesterday, I had my first torching session using a colour palette. I’m really pleased with the end result. I did have some trial and error beads, where I was using another colour as the base but once I changed that they came out beautifully. To be honest I wish I hadn’t etched them in the end, while they look great etched, they just seemed more lush when shiny. I may make another set and leave them shiny… may… lol

This is the colour palette that I used.

The glass I associated with it are… light turquoise (which I used as the base), violet, black, rubino oro and dark pink.

And these are the beads. I also added Lauscha Supernova for the bumps.

I’m just wondering, for the people that buy my lampwork beads. Would you like a photograph like the one above where I’m holding the beads in my hand? For sizing reference? Or are you all fine with just the group image?

Well, I dropped my entries for Sydney Royal Easter Show’s competitions on Saturday. I’m entered in the Wirework, PMC and Lampwork categories.When I dropped mine off, there was only one other lampwork entry, two other wirework entries, and no other PMC entries. I wonder what arrived after I had been.

I was thinking about going to the show specifically to see the other entries and competitions but the price is $31 per adult! I couldn’t believe it when I saw that price! I will have to think about it. The show opens the day before Good Friday so that’ll give me two weeks to decide. If I do go, I dread all the kids, crowds and noise. One thing I’ve come to realise, being home full time makes me appreciate the quiet lol

Well, I promised photos of my entries, so here they are. They’re not the best pic’s but they will give you an idea of what I made.

First my entry for the Wirework category, it included chainmaile. I made a euro 4-in-1 bracelet in sterling silver, with keishi pearl flakes and light amethyst AB Swarovski’s. Unfortunately, the pictures really dont do this piece justice. It is incredibly sparkly in person.

- Clasp

My PMC piece is a PMC pendant with red coloured resin, sterling silver chain, and garnet rondelles and briolettes. This is actually my first piece of PMC jewellery ever!! The only other PMC pieces I’ve done is where I’ve wrapped it around a couple of lampwork vessels, and they weren’t really the best lol

- Close Up

- Clasp with drop

And lastly my lampwork entry. You had a choice of entering a piece of jewellery using your lampwork beads, or a set of 5 beads. I decided to enter a set of 5. Some of you know that I made a waratah bead early last year. For this set I made three waratahs and two sturt desert peas. I expanded on my original waratah making larger petals and leaves off mandrel and I’m really pleased with the results. I also made a small stand to put the beads on, I chopped off a piece of peppermint gum that we had lying about, cleaned it up and stuck some old pieces of mandrels into it.

- Close up of waratah

- Close up of sturt desert pea

Well I hope you all like what I entered. Wish me luck!!

Cheers

Anne

As I was working on my Easter Show lampwork entries, I had a play during a break.  As a result I have three new focals.These focals have the marbled backgrounds again, but this time I didn’t etch them.  I’m really enjoying the marbled backgrounds, the colour combinations are endless.

Anyway, enough natter!  I’m sure you want to see piccies! lol  So here they are:

 

Lagoon

 

Bliss

 

Directions

I hope you like them!

Cya!

Anne

I’ve decided to give Ebay another try again with my lampwork beads. This time though I’ve listed them on the US Ebay, I’m not sure if it will make any difference but I can only try.

I ended up buying an Ebay template, it looks so much better than anything I could of come up with. My coding skills are very much limited lol

It also gives you all a chance to purchase my beads at a lower price, as I start the auctions at approx. 20% off my regular price. The prices listed are in US dollars but work out right with the exchange rate.

I’ve just listed one set so far, my Dreamscape set. If you want to have a look-see you can find them HERE.

Well I did say that I would post the photos of the beads I made for the bead swap on the beading forum. The main theme was time, and it was broken into three sub themes, prehistoric, roman times, and the depression.

Prehistoric - for this theme I thought of petrified wood and amber.

Roman Times - When I first saw this I thought it said roman tiles lol so of course I researched roman mosaics. The wave design was a very common design used in alot of roman mosaics.

The Depression - Now this theme was really hard! I googled it and it came up with alot of images, mostly black and white. I found an image of a woman with a worried expression and alot of children to care for. So I made her into a bead, well tried to, I’m afraid the bead didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped.

Well, those are my three beads! I hope the recipient’s like them.

Cya!

Anne

It was my mums birthday on the 13th and I couldnt resist showing you all the huge bunch of flowers I got for her.  They are stunning!

Anyway, here are the piccies!

Sorry the photo’s are a little dark.  I was taking them from the shadow side lol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!

 

Hey Everyone!

I’ve set up a niftly new Customer Gallery on my Lampwork Site HERE. It show’s pieces of jewellery that some of my customers have made using my lampwork beads or cabochons.

If you’ve created something with some of my beads, cabs, etc and would like it added to the gallery just send it to me in via email at anne@annedundas.com and I’ll add it. Don’t forget to pop on the email your name or trading name so I can add it as well.

Cheers!

Anne

I’ve decided to reward my loyal, regular lampwork customers with a Reward Program. It will be tied to their total combined purchases, including the purchases to date.  Here’s the details (copied from my site)….

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What do you have to do? Nothing, just purchase as usual!

What do you get?

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