Birds of a Different Color

The first reaction I get from my newest glass adventure is

...why are they fat...

...why are they funny looking...

 

 

As a sculpture glass artist

I have spent a lot of years perfecting my

flower beads

and sculptures incorporating my flowers

and birds

so what is a girl to do when boredom says "do something else"

 

I am learning how to take a hollow glass bead

and use the flame to shape a crazy bird design out of it

no I don't want to make birds you see

out in your tree

I want my birds to be colorful, crazy and a little odd

I personally don't think I am there yet

which is something artists understand as they cut

their way out of the artistic box

all of my birds start as a clear glass hollow bead

and I am using the worst clear glass I have

because it is merely the base

before I start applying the color.

 

The worst part of hollow beads is blowing the

bead release out of the bird

once it dries

but I won't try to explain that one.

 

So my adventure continues

and it is pushing my boundaries with the torch

and the movement of liquid glass.

 

barb