I spent two awesome days in Scarab Glass studio, Fresno CA. I was lucky to get into Lisa Fletcher workshop. It was amazing. Lisa is a great teacher and very nice person.

I bought myself a Foldable Shooting Tent Box (https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Foldable-Portable-Background-Adjustable/dp/B01JHR5I8A/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1516734475&sr=8-12&keywords=emart+photo+video+studio+10+ft). 
And today I tried to photograph beads in this box. 
I like it a lot. It's got a tiny footprint, it foldable and has a good bit of light, even with the black background.  I love that it came with a case to store everything in. The mini tripod is nice too. 
Here some pictures 

Hollow beads are fun to made and because of thin walls they can be big and still very light in weight.

could be a beautiful bead :-)

Growing flowers in the glass 

I love to make aquariums beads :-) they looks magical and glass conveys a feeling of water very well...

Where beads that I did not like going? :-)

I got Dolly Palmer (http://www.dollypalmerglass.com/) tut for Christmas. I must say it is a great tutorial. I really learned a lot from watching the video. It really helps to see her creating the bead.  

Wishing happy new year to all my friends! 

I tried to make dragons from Mary Lockwood tutorial. I did it before, maybe 2 years ago, and first dragon was so ugly :-) I still have him somewhere :-) this two turn out better

I must say huge thanks to Sara Sally LaGrand for sharing with us how she makes her beautiful marbles. Without her demo I would never be brave enough to try it :-)

:-)

I was trying to make bead like this for a long time, usually at the last shaping it was falling apart. This one first to survive :-)

In September I was flying to Sedona AZ, to beautiful The Melting Point glass studio. I was taking Astrid Riedel 5 days hollow beads workshop. It was amazing!