Yes, they're glass - lovely earthy colours, colours that change in the flame and combine with other colours to react and do something often unexpected. It's one of the many things I love about working with glass!
The Moeraki Stone beads are inspired by the giant round bead-like rocks at Moeraki Beach on the East Coast of the South Island - it's a gorgeous place of big country where the sea meets the land and the sky and you can stand out on a tiny sheltered penninsula or "kaik" and look all around for miles.
Moeraki is on my mind lately. I was given a book this week - Fleur Sullivan's autobiography. Fleur is a restauranteur in her '70's, still working hard and inspirationally at what she does best - cooking original food and presenting it in new but traditional ways. I know that sounds odd, but trust me, it's good! She collects old household wares and food from the land and combines them in an original, authentic ways.
Since the problems with the website I've been able to upload lots more works and have been busily preparing for the summer, squirreling away good stocks so we can relax a little too.
I've just finished a set that I'm particularly pleased with Black Raku Spice Cubes with transparent gray - the black raku beads are lovely, but the addition of the transparent gray really brings the pieces to life!
Oh, and just because I haven't blogged in ages, I'll show you something else I've been working on...
2 comments:
soooo gorgeous. love the hearts swirly colors and the Raku beads are super, yes, with the contrasting color. Too bad about the silver. but everything goes up eventually. or else like houses it goes down, LOL.
Thanks, Suki. Lovely to have you back - I'll pop over!
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