Tidepools and the New Murrini

I couldn't wait to try the new murrini.  Not to bad at all.  I will have to try a few more but this was fun.  

This is a smaller bead - there are a lot of great things going on but I made it before the turtle murrini was complete. 

See my little turtle back murrini?  This bead got all the bells and whistles....starfish, baby turtle, all the lichen, and goodies deep within the tide pool. 

 

These are great fun to do - they take a lot of time (some times two hours in the torch) but it's fun to design as you are working.  The bead at the top is already listed on Etsy.  The photos are bigger only because my turtle beads hasn't been photographed for Etsy yet.  It will probably get listed over the next couple of days.  I can't wait to make more.

 

 

New Tide Pool Beads

Five Starfish Beads and a cabashon

It’s a starfish attack in the tide pool.  A customer from last year’s Bead and Button had a request of me – and not exactly recently.  It came just before Thanksgiving but life around the holidays is hectic so I couldn’t get to it until just now.  Marcia had bought one of my tide pool beads and wanted another one.  They’re not easy to gear up for.  Since I don’t make them year round I don’t tend to have everything I need for them around.  You need murrini to make the tiny shells, and pulled dichroic glass that’s encased (for the glimmer), some silver laden glass for sheen, about six shades of blue and green in transparent and opaque, some silver foil, clear to encase for depth, and on and on.  If the bead doesn’t kill you the prep for it might….hahaha.  Anyhoo, these are the results of my recent reunion with the sea and tide pools.   Marcia can choose from the selection and the rest will go on Etsy in about a week and to Bead and Button.  I hope to make some time to create a few more for Bead and Button and lots of other types - - - what was that about not having that college energy anymore?  I guess I do work quite a bit - it's just in small bursts all day long and I always have quite a few UFO's (unfinished objects) around to work on.