Mad for Monday....Soft Flex, Flex Your Creativity: Steampunk

Soft Flex, Flex Your Creativity Contest is seeking submissions in the Steampunk Style. This sounds like a great opportunity to submit a creation I've been working on for awhile and use my Bronze Gears and the Industrial Nuts.

If you've been thinking about getting out your spool of Soft Flex, now's the time to do it!

A Little Late but couldn't put it in gear!

Couldn't seem to get "into gear" fast enough to post this for Art Bead Scene's monthly challenge on Steampunk. But better late than never! I finally took apart some of the flea market watches I bought. They fit perfectly with my handmade glass bronze gear and my new favorite bowl bezel - hand forged by me in brass along with with copper ball headpins.

Please don't forget to get yourself into gear and stop by my website where I'm having a HUGE clearance sale!

New Beads Part 2: Gears

Tuesday, I promised I would show the other industrial type beads I made - I've named them gears. These are a bronze-y caramel and black and made on a 1/2 inch mandrel. I really like it and it goes well with the other "gears." The bronze color is cool!

Originally, I wanted glass that would turn a silvery color but I didn't have any. AND I didn't think I could get any. Well, the internet has yielded just the color - a black glass by Reichenbach available through Olympic Color Rods. I ordered it and can't wait to play with it. It should take about a week to get here from the Pacific Northwest US.

While you're web-surfing today, make sure you stop by Art Bead Scene's Studio Saturday - today is Tari Sasser.

New from the torch......Gears

I have glass that will become bronze-gold in the right flame and reminds me of metal. I thought I'd try to see if I could make industrial looking beads. This is a first go around but I like how they turned out - they look a bit like gears. They're made with a larger than normal hole (3.5mm) so the gear can face outward.

I made more that I'll show on Friday. Wednesday and Thursday is Ornament Thursday - I'll have a tutorial up here and on Art Bead Scene.