Thursday, April 30, 2009
More New Stuff!
We continued on today with something new. If it turns out decent, I will post photograph/s tomorrow. It looked very promising when we put it in the annealer. Sometimes with something new, there are so many things to watch and moderate over I might have overlooked something that didn't look right. Right now, I am cautiously excited!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Expanding our skills!
Here's something new we tried yesterday and just got out of the annealer today. It's a five piece incalmo. It's the first time we have ever tried incalmo, and we did five of them. Very pleased with our first one. I know they will get better with practice. It's 23" tall before cold working. The four incalmo cups are in the annealer before we start. The 5th one was already on the pipe. The middle picture is before it was blown out. It looks pretty cool like that.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Decorating has gone to the birds.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Paper your world, paper your walls.
You all know from my last wallpaper post that I will be covering my bathroom in vintage botanical prints. Well, if you don't want to hassle with all of the individual pages you can just buy the wall paper that has that look. I stumbled across Eijffinger, a wall covering company somewhere and freaked out when I saw what they created. CUTE!!! On the last image I couldn't help myself but to add it to this post. It is pages of some old book with some music thrown in there, glued onto some great old wall paper with paintings of horses and frames. LOVE IT!!!! Enjoy, Heidi
Image via Eijffinger.
Image via Eijffinger.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Come on baby, light my fire.
Last week I did water this week fire. Also since the other day was Earth Day I thought that this artist would be appropriate. His name is John T.Unger and he creates these fabulous fire pits from old propane gas tanks. Don't we all have a little pyromaniac in us? Re purpose, reuse, recycle. Have a great weekend. Heidi
Image via John T. Unger.
Image via John T. Unger.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Fairytale Cottage.
If I were a fairytale princess I would prefer to stay in my royal country cottage rather my dark, cold castle. Enjoy, Heidi
Image via Thomas Callaway.
Image via Thomas Callaway.
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Image via Thursday, April 16, 2009
Success!
Well, we finally did it! We were shooting for a "Raffinato" style piece of 30" in the "perfect world", 27" up to 30" in the "normal world". We were about 29 1/4" before cold working. We ended up with 28" exactly. Not the 30" but close. Actually we were over 31" before we transfered. Our glory hole is only 24-26" deep. We had to keep 3 torches on it to keep it from cracking. (You can see the picture) This was our third attempt. We (Micah, Krista, and I) had glass on the pipe about 3 1/2 hours with about 1 hour prep time before that. I would say for where we are now, a 28" finished piece is about 10 times harder than a 15"-16" piece. As we progress, I know that will change. After that we blew a 16" piece and that used to be stressful. No stress. It felt like nothing on the end of the pipe. we guess the finished piece weighs between 12 and 13 pounds. Doesn't sound like much weight, but wait until you get that stretched out 30' on the end of the blow pipe with a thick moile, and the glass moving. Anyway, we want to thank Roy for helping (actually he did it and we barely helped him) cold work the piece! Roy did a great job! Roy, you the MAN! Here are a few pictures.
Aquasphere foutain.
The moment I laid eyes on this fountain I was intrigued. I finally found the source and Allison Armour is the artist behind it. Check out her site she also has some amazing sculptures that have become objects of my desire as well. Enjoy, Heidi
Images via Monday, April 13, 2009
Is that a Turquoise accent I hear in your voice?
If there were a land of Turquoise, this is what the inside of the houses would look like. Hope you all had a great Easter. Enjoy, Heidi
Image via Country Living.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Passion Flower
Do you know why this is called the passion flower?
It represents the Passion of Christ.
The 10 Petals of the flower represent the 10 apostles who were present at the crucifixion. The Holy Trinity is portrayed by the 3 secondary calyx leaf bracts. The 72 filaments symbolize the crown of thorns worn by Jesus. The 3 stigmas represent Christ and the 2 thieves on the the crosses. Have a wonderful Easter. Heidi
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Willow Nest
My new neighbors, Linda and Ludmil of Willow Nest are inspirational. Everything they seem to touch becomes magical. Since I was able to take a sneak peek before the show started at Marburger Farms, I couldn't help myself but to take a few pics of their booth. If you ever come to Burton, it is a must that you visit them, oh yeah and me too. Enjoy, Heidi
Monday, April 6, 2009
Antique Show Encore.
Just in case you are like me and can't seem to get enough of the antique show, I took pics while exploring the Marburger Farms Antique Show in Round Top. Enjoy, Heidi
This is a fun booth, Rubbish is it's name and Mo, one of the owners is an absolute delight. She is a confessed hoarder and Barbie Doll collector. I bought the most fabulous hand painted vintage butterflies made from feathers from her. See ya in the fall, Mo.
Rubbish
Fluff
This booth has got to be my Number 1 pick for the spring show. The name of the company is Fluff and the owner, Stephanie Talley dresses just as cute as she decorates. She is out of Tyler, Texas and sets up for the Marburger Show twice a year.
Fluff
Fluff
Fluff
Fluff
These are just random pics I took at the Marburger Farms Antique Show.
Marburger 
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