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Saturday, April 14, 2007

Art Bead Scene

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I have recently discovered the wonderful blog called Art Bead Scene. This is put on by a number of talented art bead makers, including some ...
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Raku Beads

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I am very excited that I finally got a chance to Raku fire some beads that have been waiting since late fall for the weather to be warm enou...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Check out my Slide Show!

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Friday, March 16, 2007

Ceramic Shards

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I have been inspired by an opportunity to join the Beadmakers Blog Ring to expand the focus of my blog. So I changed my name from pitfired...
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Sunday, January 14, 2007

More Jewelry

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This necklace is composed of smoke and sawdust fired beads from a number of different firings. It is simple but the shades of gray and bla...
Wednesday, March 01, 2006

The Jewelry

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I don't think that I really fell in love with pit firing until I strung my first bracelet with pit fired beads from that original fi...
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Friday, February 24, 2006

How They Turned Out

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The picture on the right is how the beads that were wrapped with thin copper wire turned out. They have faint shadows of lines and some ni...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

The Ice

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Overnight the rain fell and turned to ice that glazed the trees, the roads, and our long driveway making it hard to walk up to the sawdus...
Sunday, January 29, 2006

The Fire

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Here is the can in which the saw dust firings have been done this month. The white ball on the top is a porcelain bead that will work its w...

Bead Preparation

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Today, at about 3:00 PM I began to light the fire for a new sawdust firing. It is a cold day, despite being warm for January. It is about 2...
Sunday, January 15, 2006

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Above is a picture of some beads that were fired either in the pit or in a can with sawdust. The range of grays, blacks and inbetween shad...
Sunday, January 08, 2006

Pit Firing

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Sally Hartman and I did our first pit firing last summer in a great spot by the river that runs through my farm. We used hay, straw. shre...
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