As you can probably tell I get way too involved with some of my favorite sculptures! They each have a story to tell and each one is different.
Constance is about 2 and 1/4 inches tall. I tried to show her from all angles, but one thing I didn't show is the little pink pads on the soles of her feet...I mean paws.
She's available for immediate purchase...no numbers no auctions!




She's sold and will be leaving for the exciting trip to her wonderful new home.... to join one of her cousins who already lives there!

Bunny Bead Hugger #91 ................ Bear Bead Hugger #67
Bead Huggers... Each Bead is a separate Special !!!
A simply adorable lavender bunny hugging tightly to an Easter Egg that's almost bigger than he is! This is one of the smallest sculptures I've ever done, and I'm really pleased with the results. I found out that the smaller the sculpture the more difficult it is to keep the details from melting as you work.
The egg is just 10 mm tall and the bunny is about 14 mm tall

A tiny blue bear, doing his best to give a real "bear hug" to this little cased bead. The Bead is about 8 mm tall by 12 mm in diameter and the bear is about 11 mm tall

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Here's the newest "critter" in the bunny family. Her name is Alicia Suzette and she's wearing a little periwinkle sundress trimmed with roses and pink satin & tied with a little pink bow in the back,and ribbons and roses decorate her head band as well. She's dressed for an outing to pet the baby animals at the Children's Petting Zoo, one of her very favorite places. Little Alicia Suzette is having so much fun cuddling this little duckling that I'm sure she's going to try to convince her mother to let her take him home, but I'll bet that Mom will wisely substitute a fuzzy little stuffed duckie to bring home and promise to return often for visits with her new friend.
....sold

HANDS FOR HOPE GEODE

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Steven Tyler Amulet Bead
Sold! Sort of

Just a word of explanation. One of my customers, a very generous and kind hearted spirit,
offered to make the donation to Habitat for the bead but wanted me to keep it for myself
since it was a special bead with such an unsual and personal beginning. I am totally
overwhelmed! Nearly speechless! Good Karma vibes have been bouncing all around my shop
ever since I got the email. There are so many wonderful people in the beading world!
I still can't believe it! Thanks Vicki! You're the best!

This is a special bead with a lot of layers and depth, hidden pockets of swirls, colors and sparkle, and one that has a very strange beginning. Here's the story of how it came to be created.
While I'm not the biggest Aerosmith fan out there, I like their music and admire the contribution thay've made to their community. That said, a couple months ago I woke in the quite hours before dawn in the grips of an amazing dream.
I was at the torch creating a bead with Steven Tyler, the lead singer for Aerosmith, perched on a stool, peering over my shoulder (wearing a pair of those ugly black protective glasses of course) and totally excited about being involved with the creation of a bead that was quite unlike any others I've ever made. It was one of those amazingly clear dreams! Directions were being fired out as fast as I could melt the glass! "Add more red over there.... how about some of that silver leaf on that spot...now twist it in the middle.... shape it like a big diamond"! He was physced and wasn't timid about letting me know what he wanted to see!
As soon as I woke up I went straight to the torch to attempt to recreate the bead, and by the time the sun was rising this bead was ready to put into the kiln.
The style, color and shape is totally different from any I've ever been tempted to make on my own. The overall effect is very big, bold and masculine. it was quite an experience and I wonder every time I look at it if Steven ever has memories of a crazy dream where he was directing the creation of a custom bead.
The creative process is a strange, mysterious and wonderful thing!
Since I feel I owe the creation of this bead to the influences (somehow, on some subconscious level,) to someone else, I've planned to donate the proceeds that this bead brings to a charity that that I know the members of Arosmith have made major contributions to in the past, Habitat to Humanity.
The bead measures about 26 mm tall, 26 mm across the center and 12 mm thick, with a large hole so that it can be strung on a leather cord or used in a design with hemp or multiple cords. It would also be great threaded on a sturdy silver ball chain.

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Citrine Geode

Citron Geode Front View

Citron Geode Back View

SOLD!

My very first "special"!!! I've been working on this geode design,
fussing around with it since last spring about this time,
and I thought it was the perfect piece to offer as my first special!
I've loved stones ever since my first trip to the Mammoth Caves
when I was about 4 years old. I brought home a little jar of stones
and treasured them till they mysteriously disappeared one day.
Of course none of my pack of little brothers knew anything about
the disappearance of my precious collection of stones! LOL!
Probably they were just the right touch for a super highway
they were constructing

Nevertheless, I still love stones and geodes particularly fascinate me,
so I just had to try making one in glass.
This one has tiny chips of real Citron lining the cavity and though
it's difficult to see in the scan, you can see right through the glass
into the interior of the bead. I love the idea of mixing a little of the
natural stone with the glass. Their energy seems to compliment and even
intensify one another. If you're onto stones, you'll know what I mean.

There is a layer of gold leaf and real mica
incorporated into the glass and the surface is striated in natural stony
colors and layered with mica and reduction frit.
The outside has a very rough texture and the bead hole shows up in the scan
as a cloudy line, slightly visible when you see it in person,
but I think it shows more in the scan.


I've written a volume about this bead! I hadn't intended to but
it's one that's very special to me and I hope it gets a good response from
it's official "unveiling" here on the web site.

The geode beads are still in the process of development so I'd love to hear
any comments or thoughts about it even if it doesn't tempt you to purchase one.