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I love to see all the different styles of lampwork that are created by artists around the world.  I'm most familiar with U.S. lampworkers through art and trade shows and like to support them when I can.

It's always a challenge to create jewelry with their work since it's so beautiful on its own.  I want to highlight their bead since it can be the most expensive part of a pair of earrings or other piece of jewelry.I was playing around with my collection of beads and found a simple,…

"Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you."  Marsha Norman, American Playright

I think I told you that I'd made myself a promise that I wouldn't sit and create anything until all surfaces in my studio were clean.  Well, I did clean up a lot, seriously a lot!  I sent out 2 bins of magazines for recycling after tearing out stuff to keep and getting about 2/3 of that into my Spark binder.  However, with the month already half over I just had to do my September Art Bead Scene challenge…