I bought dragon tut from Mary Lockwood and she gave me orca whale tut for free :-)
Dragon head break right after I put it on the bead, but I love rest of the bead I already made, so I tryed to make new head right on the bead. It's not as beautiful, but I still like my first dragon.

After making orca wale with huge tail:-), I tried to make narwhal :-) love them bouth 

Here is one of the things I need to find out how to make it work. Made new etched cuff with enameled copper flowers. Like it a lot, but need to redo the flowers: enamel cracks when I was attaching flowers to cuff.

And I made two spinning rings today. It's love love love :-)

I was learning metal smith lately and have done some jewelry I really proud of. I must say huge thanks to my teacher Laura Bracken (http://www.BrackenDesigns.com).
I learned how to solder metals and how to apply enamels, and how to do metal sawing, and many other great things!

 

I want to save it for myself http://kimstjean.blogspot.com
Lots of useful info on metals

I bought a book with tutorials from Kate Fowle Meleney and was hooked by her prehistoric goddess :-) and after several tryout I got two beautiful ladies

need to save it http://makeartthatsells.com/2015/07/03/how-to-be-a-successful-online-creative-freelancer/
lots of useful information

I've been at Sedona AZ last week, taking Astrid Riedel classes. It was amazing! She is very good teacher and such a nice person. I hope to take more of her classes next year. Thank you Astrid!

 

I got some glass frit from thatfritgirl.com, she has a nice sale going right now :-)

and I got new press from lampworketc.com press game

Tried to make a "cold worked" bead :-) Now I have funny hollow bead with lots and lots holes :-)

In Michael Barley tut I find out how to make murrinis, and I wanted to have a murrini mold, but they are expensive especially for the beginner who needs everything :-) So, I decided to make it myself.
Now I am using it for about a year and it works perfectly   

Made two huge disks, and have no idea what to do with them :-)

I keep working on hollow beads. Love making them

Last week I was drawing with http://iris-art-school.com/, it was fun:-) Join me May 1 for more fun :-)

Тренируем нашу рисовательную мышцу!!! Флешмоб #веселыйскетчер_рисуетвмае

I was trying to get some colors, any colors ;-) out of this glass and finally .....

and I made new hollow beads with DH Pandora glass. Like them a lot, same glass but looks different  :-)

  

I got myself a beautiful ceramic mug :-) Dreamed about it for a long time

and more hollows :-)

My working space :-)

and a bead from yesterday

New friends :-)

I love hollows made from transparent and silver glass

it is spring here in California :-)

Keep trying to make a perfect hollow bead...

Last week I spend two days in Sedona AZ. I went to Melting Point to have a class with beautiful master Aja Vaz. I had a great time at the torch, and Aja is a great teacher and beautiful person. I am very thankful to her and Melting Point staff for great opportunity:-)

 cactus blooms  

not the best shoos for walking the trail :-)

view is beautiful!

keep working on my beads

I love this clip. http://vimeo.com/24715531 "for all newbies" :-)
keep working ...

Hello kitty :-)

I was playing with shards yesterday :-)

More beads from last week:

I've been making beads last week. Not all of them come out beautiful, I showed them on Instagram. Here I will show ones I love :-)