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Melted Moments Monday

Melted Moments Monday. I have been making beads from recycled glass for over 16 years and I feel like I have always embellished green bottles with green frit (smashed up glass). So when someone asked me to make a pair of earrings that had browns and greens, I thought I would try something different and add brown frit to the Moet Champagne bottle beads. When you hold these up to the light you see more of the green glowing through. It’s funny how one small change can lead to a whole bunch of new ideas!

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Melted Moments Monday

Melted Moments Monday. I am always intrigued by coloured glass and how it will react in the flame. This cup melted nicely and I like how the earrings honour the glass, with the bead being darker at the bottom and lighter on top!

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Melted Moments Monday

Melted Moments Monday. This cup intrigued me when I found it in an op shop. The purple stem was like a rod of glass and I was curious about what might happen to the gold in the flame. I loved melting this glass and transforming it into beads. I was thrilled to be able to make two very different pairs of earrings from all of the test beads. Love the new hooks on the bottom pair!

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Kandinsky-inspired beads

I’ve always loved making variations of these beads — sometimes square, sometimes round, and this time, flat oval shapes.
Originally inspired by Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles in Squares, this series keeps evolving with small tweaks and subtle shifts.
Same idea, fresh perspective. Now to turn them into jewellery!