Lampwork is an old term that dates back to the use of oil lamps and foot-powered bellows to make objects out of glass. Today we use the term to describe handmade or handworked glass pieces created with a torch. Most lampworkers today use oxygen-propane or oxygen natural gas torches to create their works of art. Each of my beads is fire-born and kiln annealed for strenght.

June/July 2009 I am proud to announce that my work will be exhibited as part of the Lawrence Street Gallery Summer Invitational show.  And I am very excited to have my work covered in the Oakland Eccentric, a local newspaper.  Unfortunately, there's no picture of my work with the article but the writer gave a beautiful verbal description of the piece and my thanks go out to her... Oakland Eccentric - Home Town Life   Lawrence Street Gallery Lawrence Street Gallery - Summer Invitational - July 1-31 Reception for Artists - Friday, July 10. 6-9 PM 22620 Woodward Ave. Ferndale, MI 48220  248 544-0394    June 2009 -   I must apologize to anyone reading my site - I've had a technical glitch and none of my changes to the site "stuck".  So I wasn't able to say I would be at Bead & Button Show this year.  But I will take a moment to say "thank you" to everyone who came by the Glass Act Booth and made a purchase or just stopped to say "hi".  It was appreciated.      February 2009 -   It's about time I up-dated my site!  It has been a busy 6 months and I'm happy to say alot of it has been due to travel.  In November, my husband, several friends and I went to Peru.  We visited Lima, Cousco and of course Machuu Picchu.  From there we took a cruise that brought us up to Equador, Costa Rica, the Panama Canal, Columbia and back to Florida.  It was great and we were away for almost 3 weeks.   And we just returned from 2 weeks in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico which was spent with husband, family and friends.  And there is more travel ahead.    Because of these southern jaunts, I have been studying Spanish - I have a long way to go but I have really learned a lot, enough to make me aware of what I really don't know!   But enough about life - let's talk beads and jewelry! Up-coming  Shows Look for me with my "Foxie friends", Joy and Kathleen at these two shows Bead Bonanza March 22, 2009 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Admission - $4.00 Southfield Civic Center   26000 Evergreen Rd Southfield, MI     Beadfest Philadelphia Friday, August 21 - Sunday, August 23 Valley Forge Convention Center 1160 First Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406