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home of the original CGBeadroller. Graphite cavity marvers
for the lampwork industry. Don't settle for cheap knockoffs. Made with superior optical grade graphite. Machine finished with diamonds. I am also a self representing artist. All beads are hand made by me from soft (soda lime) glass, kiln annealed for strength and durability. |
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4/23/2012 Our house is next to a strip shopping center, with the back lot next to our back yard. A couple of weeks ago there was a worker in the back lot, just standing around looking a bit suspicious. Then Steve noticed what he was watching - a rooster. Now mind you, we do live at the edge of a small town, and we are allowed to have a small amount of farm animals, but it's just a bit strange to have a rooster loose. Yep, he's still around, too. Guess with the feed store across the street, he's not going anywhere. We're on the main road going through town, so I'm surprised he hasn't been run over yet. I kind of like having a farrell rouster around, and doesn't look like any of the neighbors have plans to call animal controll. So, every morning I get to hear the rooster crow, then the owls take over in the afternoon. I miss living in the country.  4/18/2012 First rose of this season off of the big rose bush. This is not the biggest one we've had, but it's close. 5 inches across. We've not had a stem with more than 2 roses on it, so I'm looking forward that one in the background blooming. The small rose bush has a stem with 13 buds on it, that's a record for that bush, too. I'll post a picture when they bloom.  3/23/2012 It's square flower time again. We have this weed in our yard that has one of the prettiest flowers I've ever seen. From the right angle, they are square. They measure about 1-1/2" to 2" square. Last year there were two plants, this year I see eight already. One of these years I think I'll dig some up and transplant them to pots or something. The leaves are similar to a dandelion. Sadly, they are a weed so the flower will be gone in a couple of days.  3/21/2012 Is this what they mean when you get 'pinned' on Pinterest?  3/15/2012 Don't ya just hate getting out of practice? I love working with raku glass, I just have a knack for getting the color to pop when I frit on black. However... I'm not so good at getting color out of a strictly raku glass bead. So I lit the torch the other day and played. Not to bad, more poo color than I would have hoped for, but I did get a few intense color patches. Here are some of the tips: *heat super hot *let the bead cool between heatings *if you see a haze around the bead when it's in the flame, good job *if the bead has a 'metallic' spot, toast the bead as if it were a marshmallow to remove the spot cause there's popped color underneath it *don't put it into the kiln real hot, let the glow go out of the bead *garage below 940 degrees, 890 to 910 works well. And of course, use graphite to quickly cool the bead between heatings. I'm not just saying this because I sell a line of graphite cavity marvers, but one of the reason I'm selling a line of graphite marvers is because I found how my custom made cavity marvers helped me get color from raku. These are from one of my latest addidtions to the CGBeadroller line. BR-9401 Small Chubby Chichi Bicone  BR-9501 Tube Beads  3/11/2012 Yesterday, we had our second playday at my house. We played with dicro, implossions, buttons, doorknobs, glow in the dark glass, a cupcape sculpture, and misc stuff.     3/8/2012 I took a picture of the first flower of the season, in my back yard. I'm so lame, I don't even know what kind it is.  2/12/2012 A side note first, doesn't today's date look like a binary code on steroids? I went to the Tucson Gem and Mineral show last week. It was my first time going, and I met my daughter there. We found a new line of findings [called Glinter] for Kara to add to her 'tools & findings' category. I'm working on pictures for her, she's working on pricing, it will be up in a week or so. [fyi, if you would like to be on the NEWSLETTER to be notified about stuff, the link to sign up is on the contact page] We also found some Pandora style necklaces, some pewter [supplies are limited on those], other misc. stuff that you'll just have to look around for. We'll also be adding some big hole bead caps soon, we have a friend that has started making them, and we're excited to be able to get our hands on them. And the fun part of the Tucson trip? We took some time off to go to the Saguaro National Park, even have pictures an approx. 3000 year old cactus to prove we were there.   1/20/12 Had a wonderful surprise today, I'm shipping to my 30th country. Just added China to the list. Looking at her bio, she's quit an artist. Educated in EU and also lived in Canada, you can see the influence in her style. Have a look, she does pretty work. Yingni 1/13/12 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!! The CGBeadroller will be 3 years old on February 1st. Thanks to all my wonderful customers, I've come a long way. While the cost of materials has gone up this past year, the cost of production has gone down, and I want to pass that saving along. So, I'M REDUCING THE PRICE. This will be like getting free shipping every time. This is not a sale, this is my Anniversary present to everyone. Check the website, the new pricing is clearly stated on each item 1/11/12 I have no words for this video, I think she says it all..... YouTube video |
ETSY STORE eBay AUCTIONS MY CATS How To Arrange 5 Cats JOKES MISC BLOG ARCHIVES Bead Review 2005 The Wedding (Mr. & Mrs. Whitney) _____________________ Dancing at the Movies someone close my mouth for me, this pool trick shot left me speechless 360 degree panorama pix Paris by Night Evolution of Dance amazing, note the language fishy card trick Telemarketer Nightmare audio Chris Bliss the Beatles juggler The Godfather: scammer upsets the Mafia are you a Star Wars fan? Emperor Palpatine get a phone call from Vader This has been around a while, I just found it again How to Fold a T-Shirt David Hasselhoff's "Jump In My Car" German Coast Guard John Walshes Family Watchdog find registered sex offenders near you David Hasselhoff is hooked on a fealing this kid is too cute Fat Kid Gay Dance my husband found this (yes, it's clean) Men In Coats Vidio Tom Cruise Is Nuts John Titor time traveler click on 'John's story' left hand column Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii January 2006 short version - 32 pix long version - 337 pix my Seattle Sep/2005 trip my Seattle June/2008 trip _____________________  TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER My Aunt Ruth's poem If Tomorrow Starts Without Me |
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