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Blue Coiled Bangle - Eni Oken style wire wrapped bangle.540 viewsLapis Lazuli, my lampwork beads, Dumortierite, Bali beads, Sterling Silver beads, Green Aventurine. This one was constructed with craft wire as it was a learning experience, but the rest of them will be all Sterling Silver.8 comments
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Debbie Nishihara at her stand.458 viewsDebbie is one of the associate editors for Bead & Button magazine.

Debbie had an astounding collection of beads from big name artists in the US which she made up into gorgeous jewellery pieces.

If only I had taken more money...
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Bead by Bryan Kitson of KB Glassworks392 viewsAn amazing lampwork bead containing a piece of opal.

You can check out more of Bryans work at http://www.kbglassworks.com
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Some of Kathryn's gorgeous lampwork beads353 views
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Another Bead by Kerry Harper333 viewsThis one was bought for me for my birthday by Anita. Thank you Anita.

I was actually going to buy this one myself when I was having a look at Kerry's beads, but I decided to stick with purples and pinks...
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Anne and her daughter. Um, I mean sister...330 views
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Bead by Larry Brickman.329 viewswww.brickmanartglass.com

I went looking for Larry's site and found that he has suffered a recent health scare. So while his site isn't up and running at the moment, I'll leave the link here anyway for future reference.

The December issue of Bead & Button will feature this bead on its cover and contain an article on Larry.
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Floral Lampwork Bead with Dichroic Core by Kerry Harper329 viewsMy second bead purchased was also from Kerry Harper.

I have not had much success with Dichroic, so I was very impressed with this bead as well.
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A closeup of Bryans' bead.314 views
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A Unique Lampwork Bead by Carol Marando299 views1 comments
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Germaine from Beads etc...298 views
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Wendy & Barbara at Ozziebuddy stand during Thursdays setup.287 views
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Tracy chatting with Sherry & Ordette from Australian Beader Magazine.284 views
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Princess Serenity Dress - after277 viewsI finally find someone who agrees to do the alterations to the dress because she knows that we would not find anyone else who will do it. THANK YOU MEL. kiss kiss kiss

Victors Mum also made his vest and cape. ...with the same amount of notice and after they had already bought a suit for him to wear on the night... Teenagers!!! lol

Don't they look great... I was an extremely proud Mumma seeing my baby looking and feeling so wonderful.
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Wendy Hatton and Bev Butler.265 views
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A Leah Fairbanks bead.259 viewswww.leahfairbanks.com
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The first beads I ever Made - September/October 2003259 viewsI quit my job and spent my money on a 5 day Beginners Bead Making Class with Kathryn Wardill in Brisbane.

NOTE: I had other reasons for quitting my job - it wasn't so that I could earn an income from my beads... It doesn't work that way... lol
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Blue Beaded Butterfly259 viewsThe second butterfly I attempted for my daughter's 18th. More or less the same as the first red one but with couple of Faceted Opalite Briolettes on the lower wings. My own lampwork beads.
Pattern from Vintage Style Beaded Jewellery by Deborah Schneebeli Morrell - page 92.
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Southern Cross Glass stand258 views
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Bead by Kim Wertz.256 viewswww.heartbead.com

This is the one I wanted to buy...
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Red Beaded Butterfly250 viewsI made four beaded butterflies for my youngest daughters 18th birthday next month. This is the first one I attempted. Consisting of seed and bugle beads, czech AB beads, one opalite two holed bead, some of my lampwork beads (including the face bead), and a cathedral bead. All wired on 26 gauge artist wire. Pattern was found in Vintage Style Beaded Jewellery by Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell.
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Bev Butler.247 views
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Green and Yellow Beaded Butterfly242 viewsOk, I've decided to get a bit creative now. For my third butterfly, I found some pictures and decide to see how close I can get to the real thing. This one is mainly seed beads and a couple of czech beads and my own lampwork beads for bits of the body. This one is wired using florists wire.
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Beaders On The Loose stand237 viewsSpecial thanks to Kerry for the following information:
Beaders On The Loose was made up of Kerry Harper - Tassel Maker/Off Loom Bead Weaver/Lampworker; Alida de Carlo - Beaded & Jewelled Eggs/Stg Silver Link Chains; and 5 teachers: Jane Tyson - Beadwork; Sandy Balanecki - Spiral Rope Chain class; Valma Spencer-Sun - Beading/Stg Silver Link Chains, Yvonne (Von) Ireland - Beaded Wire Crochet Necklace class; & Wendy Hern (Guru Creations) - Lampwork Beads & Cabochons.

Absolutely fabulous work ladies...
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General milling pic. Looking towards workshop rooms from Southern Cross Glass.230 views
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Bev.230 views
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Gary & Kimmy G.226 views
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Anne & Bev224 viewsIt was hard to tear their eyes away from the 1000 Glass Beads book for this picture, but they managed. Thanks ladies.
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Australian Glass Beadmakers Guild Stands.224 views
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Anne's Stand222 views
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Jan. C's Batik Bead Tutorial - page 1215 views
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The fish and Turtle were made during a class I did with Jan. C in Melbourne in 2004209 views
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Floral Lampwork Bead by Natalie Song209 viewsBeing into florals as I am, this is another design I hope to master one day.

Love the stamens Natalie.
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Maggie, Helen & Natalie204 viewsAll we needed was a chinese takeaway box hey Natalie... ;-)2 comments
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The other side.204 views
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My current messy jewellery making area203 views
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A cute Ladybug Bead by Helen Zitkevicius201 views
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Beads to match Orange, Tan and Brown skirt.200 views
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Princess Serenity Dress - before198 viewsOne month before Victors' formal, he and Crisi decide that they want to go as Princess Serenity and Tuxedo Mask (from Sailor Moon). Crisi gets the dress made for her in the US but unfortunately not by her prefrerred dressmaker. It arrives two weeks before the formal, but it needs alterations...
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SOLD198 views
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Kathryn demoing a hollow bead198 viewsMy very first glass beadmaking class was with Kathryn Wardill in Brisbane in September/October 2003. I had seen some Lampwork Beads on eBay for the first time about a month or two prior, & although I had just quit my job, when I saw an advertisement for the class on the website of Albion Glass in Brisbane, I signed up. I was only going to do the 5 day beginners class, but ended up staying on & doing the three day advanced class afterwards. My entire final pay went into it, but it was money well spent.
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Purple Floral Lampwork Bead by Kerry Harper197 viewsThe first bead I bought at the show was this one from Kerry.

I had picked this bead and the following dichroic one before Kerry told me that she had only been making beads for 12 months - and she is using a hothead!!

It almost made me feel like giving up bead making altogether! But I sorted myself out and am now even more determined to be able to do this well myself... ;-)

Good work Kerry...
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Some of Anne's Furnace Beads197 views
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Sherry & Ordette from Australian Beader magazine.196 views
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One of Anne Cliftons' famous Inside Out Beads194 viewsNow, I'm not into yellow, but I just could not resist this bead. (And Anne didn't have any other colours left by the time I got around to buying anything off her...)

I am amazed at how Anne gets the glass to swirl inside the bead like she does. So impressed in fact, that I think a trip to Perth is on the cards... lol

I'm sure Deano would like to go visit his birthplace of Kalgoorlie... ;-)
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Broken Christmas Light beads193 viewsNot sure yet why these broke...
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Another view of Anne's Inside Out Bead192 views
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Deborah Lewis, PO box 309 Maryborough QLD. 4650, Australia
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