Inside my mind... How I work... SCARY STUFF! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! [Archive]

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-26, 3:56am

Ok, so I've been wanting to do something like this for a while now. I get asked all the time how I come up with stuff. Is this a tutorial? NOPE! It's going to be an ongoing thread about how my mind works... where my inspiration comes from and how one piece/idea leads to another. If you expect me to finish all of these ideas or finish them all the way to completion, you obviously don't know me very well. It may get crazy... I may leave you hanging out there in limbo wanting me to actually go in one direction... and I won't. My mind goes in 37 different directions at once. It's all part of living with ADD and being a creative soul.

OK, so here's what's on my mind this morning... I need to get 10 beads done for an exchange... they can't be pendants, but I want them to be hearts. I decided to pierce the body with hot tungsten to make the holes. I also don't want it to look unfinished. I have an idea for that and I'll share pics with you later...

Then I started thinking about my off mandrel donut beads...

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and I added my idea for making the hearts look more finished to that... and then... I added a drip from my latest work to the mix.

The drip looks like this...

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More pics and ideas to come later. Hold on folks, this is going to be fun! :D

suzanne

2007-09-26, 4:53am

roflol you are such a tease!!! Can't wait to see how you are going to solve this one:)

silkys

2007-09-26, 5:04am

off mandrel donut ??... whoda thunk it . wow

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-26, 9:55am

:lol: Wait until I get pics of the beads in the kiln... way cool! :D I love working glass and I am gonna enjoy sharing how I work with all of you. I figure we can go further together than we can on our own. Thinking outside of our box is a very good thing! :D

Laurie L

2007-09-26, 10:11am

Way cool Smiley !! Looking forward to this thread.

Cosmo

2007-09-26, 10:55am

Then I started thinking about my off mandrel donut beads...

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Those are off mandrel? I want to know how you do those. Not the design itself, but how you make them that size and shape without a mandrel...

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-26, 11:36am

Ancient Chinese secret! :lol: JK... but I am going to wait until the book or video, to release the tech.

Wait until you see the ones cookin right now! :D Super cool stuff! :love:

Cosmo

2007-09-26, 11:44am

Ancient Chinese secret! :lol: JK... but I am going to wait until the book or video, to release the tech.

Wait until you see the ones cookin right now! :D Super cool stuff! :love:

Looking at them a little more, I have an idea. Well, not sure if it's the same thing you do or not, but an idea that will work. Hmm. Now I'm not going to be able to concentrate on anything at work the rest of the day...

sugarenie

2007-09-26, 11:51am

I can't do anything off mandrel...Well, I shouldn't say I "can't"...I've just never been shown or taught...Hopefully I can learn something from you all...I'd love to learn...

Can't wait to see your pics, Mr. Smiley...

dla

2007-09-26, 12:31pm

Looking at them a little more, I have an idea. Well, not sure if it's the same thing you do or not, but an idea that will work. Hmm.

Same here. Actually, two different ways to try. If we guess right, what do we win ??? :-k Just kidding now ! :biggrin:
Deb

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-26, 12:37pm

You win more knowledge and different ways to approach making beads... and that's a really great prize! :D

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-26, 12:38pm

Looking at them a little more, I have an idea. Well, not sure if it's the same thing you do or not, but an idea that will work. Hmm. Now I'm not going to be able to concentrate on anything at work the rest of the day...

Why do you think I couldn't possibly do anything else for a living?!? I'd just sit there and day dream about torching all day. :lol:

Rhapsody Fire Beads

2007-09-26, 1:10pm

Brent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-26, 1:15pm

Brent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cosmo

2007-09-26, 1:33pm

Why do you think I couldn't possibly do anything else for a living?!? I'd just sit there and day dream about torching all day. :lol:

Yeah, but unfortunately I need a more consistent paycheck...

Well, not me, really, but the bank wouldn't like it if I didn't have a paycheck.

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-26, 1:41pm

Ok, here's a few things I worked on today...

These are what I had in mind when I put the drips on the off mandrel donuts...

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and these are a new idea I had to use some cane I made...

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I can't show the mini hearts I did, because it's for an exchange... but they are cool! :D

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-26, 2:44pm

OH

MY

GOSH

I want a whole neck full of those droplets.

Which reminds me that the other night my 7 year old used the word "driplets".

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-26, 2:45pm

Ummm, how about a little drop of something inside the bulbous part of the droplet?

Mmmmm, that would be YUMMY.

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-26, 2:49pm

I checked your site...and the droplet are NOT LISTED!!!!! :mad:

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-26, 3:01pm

Not listed yet... they were still warm when I photographed them... I may have to make a whole set and Ebay 'em. I was thinking a shorter almost chocker type necklace done with them would be so sweet! I'll list some on my site as well... just gotta get in the groove and tweak a few things. These took for flippin ever! :lol: The first ones always do... ;)

dla

2007-09-26, 4:24pm

You win more knowledge and different ways to approach making beads... and that's a really great prize! :D

Indeed it is ! :-D The drippy driplet donuts are cool ! (Try to say THAT 5 times really fast !) lol !
Debbie

gubnavnania

2007-09-26, 4:45pm

There are something wrong with them. Send them over here, let me inspect them :P

Ummm, how about a little drop of something inside the bulbous part of the droplet?

Mmmmm, that would be YUMMY.

I agree with Kendra there :D

Laurie L

2007-09-26, 5:06pm

I have yet to see something from Brent that I didnt like. Those are wicked.

Corey

2007-09-27, 7:30am

OMG, I love those!!!

Rhapsody Fire Beads

2007-09-27, 8:09am

what is that dripping noise in here? Did someone leave on the faucet again?

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-27, 9:44am

Drip drip drip! More drips in the kiln! :D

Roseanne

2007-09-27, 10:15am

The droplets are so fun!! I agree! They would look GREAT on a necklace:D

Rhapsody Fire Beads

2007-09-27, 11:51am

I love them Brent!!

sugarenie

2007-09-27, 2:59pm

Way cool Brent...They are awesome...How, how, how'd you do that?...

Roseanne

2007-09-27, 7:28pm

Where are the ones from the kiln???? Your KILLIN me:)

Otter's Flame

2007-09-28, 3:29am

Brent,
Just getting around to reading this thread. I love it, I love this idea. I have enjoyed talking glass with you and I absolutely love your crazy creative process. Thanks for passing it on......oh wait...that kind of sounds like a disease. Well...you know what I mean...thanks anyway!

Otter

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-28, 3:36am

I'd gladly give you any disease I've got... :lol:

Just returning the favor. ;)

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-28, 3:38am

Ok, so I'll get the drips from yesterday strung up and snap a pic... sheesh, you ladies are slave drivers. If'n yer gonna boss me around, at least have the courtesy to whip me too... *assumes the position*

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-28, 3:53am

These are a simplified version... so there can be bunches of drips on an affordable necklace. :D

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Jane B

2007-09-28, 4:06am

Brent these are all sooo cool, i so want you to come to Australia and give us some lessons downunder[-o<[-o<[-o<, ever thought of doing that?????

Cheers jane

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-28, 4:17am

Brent these are all sooo cool, i so want you to come to Australia and give us some lessons downunder[-o<[-o<[-o<, ever thought of doing that?????

Cheers jane

I have thought about it and would absolutely LOVE to come to Australia. It's a place I will visit before I die! I almost had a trip worker out and it just kind of fizzled. If there's a teaching studio or a few that want to bring me over for a tour, I'd be more than happy to come. There was a problem with studios having the right equipment to work boro a few years ago, but I suspect that's changing. Any smaller torch on tanked oxy would work fine... PM me if you can help set something up. :love:

Jane B

2007-09-28, 4:26am

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jane B
Brent these are all sooo cool, i so want you to come to Australia and give us some lessons downunder, ever thought of doing that?????

Cheers jane

I have thought about it and would absolutely LOVE to come to Australia. It's a place I will visit before I die! I almost had a trip worker out and it just kind of fizzled. If there's a teaching studio or a few that want to bring me over for a tour, I'd be more than happy to come. There was a problem with studios having the right equipment to work boro a few years ago, but I suspect that's changing. Any smaller torch on tanked oxy would work fine... PM me if you can help set something up.

I am really excited now\\:D/ i will put the feelers out, there are a few teaching studios around Australia now, can you teach on a minor or do you need it to be a bigger torch??

Cheers Jane

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-28, 4:51am

Minors on tanked oxy are fine. ;)

angelique_redhead

2007-09-28, 5:16am

They have a huge torching set up in Canberra now, Brent. You'd love it there. :love: Angelique

I have thought about it and would absolutely LOVE to come to Australia. It's a place I will visit before I die! I almost had a trip worker out and it just kind of fizzled. If there's a teaching studio or a few that want to bring me over for a tour, I'd be more than happy to come. There was a problem with studios having the right equipment to work boro a few years ago, but I suspect that's changing. Any smaller torch on tanked oxy would work fine... PM me if you can help set something up. :love:

Paul Ewing

2007-09-28, 6:12am

This looks like a great place to work. http://www.canberraglassworks.com It is about four blocks from where my appartment was last time I was there. They have 4 CC's and 4 Major/Minors for flameworking it looks like.

Cheers,

BiaggiaBeads

2007-09-28, 9:15am

Cool beads Smiley Dude!
Love the droopies!!

boheme'

2007-09-28, 10:55am

Dang - those are so cool!
Ok -spill it when is the book and video coming out - gotta have them!
Of course I want it now but I know that's just not gonna happen. LOL
Love the cane too.

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-28, 12:43pm

Deb, I am slowly working on getting them together. It may be a while. My life is sooo crazy. I kinda took today off and went back to bed from 8:30-11:30. I was up working from 4:30-8:30. Only worked about 6 hours so far. I'll probably only put in a few more. That actually feels like a day off these days. :lol:

and they say self employed people have it easy! :P

kimberly

2007-09-28, 12:46pm

Gosh! That does look like a wonderful place!!

Brent - I like what you are doing lately - really nice!

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-28, 1:42pm

Thanks Miss Kimberly... it was so good hanging with you at GS! You were one of my star students! :D Have you done anything with boro lately?

kimberly

2007-09-28, 3:19pm

Not too much. I had a boro exchange that I made two hearts for, but I have been trying to ready for Kobe lately. I really enjoyed your class and I hope to be able to play with boro a little more when I get back from Japan.
Have a good weekend!
Kimberly

Rose Leslie

2007-09-28, 7:15pm

Awe Brent. Those are something else. I have been playing a little with boro the past couple of days. Have to do some implosions for a person that wants them. So have to get busy. Love your larger drops. Cool. Love how your mind works at times also. Just leave us hanging and then we have to think. Yup. That is the way to go.

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-29, 4:52am

Ok, so I didn't have much torch time yesterday. I did melt the end of a mystery rod... and wondered what color it actually was. So, I made a twisty with it. Here are the two pendants I made with that twisty.

Here's my typical vortex-ish pendant...
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Here is the other one I made... the optics are really cool! :D

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Mr. Smiley

2007-09-29, 5:02am

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-29, 5:03am

The donut may go back into the kiln to darken up a bit too... we'll see. :D

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-29, 5:04am

Ooooh, the coffee is done. I love that last gurgle! :D :D :D

Otter's Flame

2007-09-29, 5:21am

Is that last gurgle part of your creative process?

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-29, 5:27am

Hot sweet creamy coffee in hand... life is good! ;)

Ok, so what's the point of this thread. Some of you are asking that I'm sure... I'm hoping it inspires people to look at their own work and build on what they are doing. Some folks are going to be inspired by the drips or what ever it is I'm doing... and they'll add that to their own work... and in doing so, they are going to miss the point. That's OK too. Whatever inspires people to move in a different direction is fine, but the purpose of this thread is to hopefully get people to examine their world and explore their own work in depth, without letting other artists distract them from the internal vision we all have.

I know when I look at other peoples work, it affects me. I try to skim through the show and tell here... I glance more often than not. I try to keep my focus on what I'm doing... what I want to be able to do... and let my inner vision come through. Not always an easy task. Keeping focused for me is really hard... ADD kicks in and I jump around a lot. I've just learned to allow myself the freedom to do that. Self realization is a huge part of growing as an artist. Exploring my work and myself goes hand in hand. I am making mistakes in my work and my life... I try things that work out and things that don't in both areas... but I don't let the failures define me... I keep trying... I keep learning. With every failure, there's a lesson... and with every success, there's joy.

Milon Townsend brought up a point at a GAS fund raiser a while back that really stuck in my head... it's a good way to look at glass and life...

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-29, 5:29am

Is that last gurgle part of your creative process?

Oh, you have no idea! :lol: That last gurgle humbles me. I am no different than Pavlov's dog... I salivate on cue. :lol:

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-29, 5:36am

OK, so I have a question about the bic lighter..........

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-29, 5:38am

THERE

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-29, 5:38am

ARE STILL

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-29, 5:38am

No Droplets

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-29, 5:38am

ON.

beadstillmyheart

2007-09-29, 5:39am

Your Website!!!!!!!

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-29, 5:54am

The bic lighter is just me being a smart ass... I noticed what set-up folks are working on listed in their signature line and couldn't resist! :D

I haven't listed any droplets yet, but if'n you tell me what one you are interested in, I can give you a price. ;) Save me the trouble of listing them... please. :lol:

Rose Leslie

2007-09-29, 6:41am

Argh! The reject is beautiful. I see the bubble you mentioned. Only I didn't when you kept quiet. I love your color. Keep it up. I would love one of the droplets. Only will oggle them from afar though.

Otter's Flame

2007-09-29, 11:36am

Brent, I was waiting for all the step by step tutorials with list of materials so I can re-produce what you do. I want to be a Mini Me version of you.

O.K. I guess I should quit being such a smart a.. well I should quit being so sarcastic is what I mean. Brent, thank you for sharing your creative process, your random thoughts and some of the random and intermediate steps of where you may go in glass.

I try very hard to stay out of the gallery because I want to keep some semblance of "me" in my beads. I know how easily affected I can be when I look at other's beads. This is a great thread to help inspire people to their own creativity and to possibly validate the creative process some people go through but are not confidant with.

I know when I returned from Glass Stock I returned with that inspiration and confidence. Not because of any one class or any one conversation....but because I was inspired and supported to follow my own passion in glass and not the market's idea of a glass bead and not anyone else's vision of right or wrong in glass. So I thank you Brent.

Otter

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-30, 2:12pm

I wasn't going to torch today, but I did anyway. Made a few beads that were totally just experimental. Used some Exotic powder and hopefully the metalic rainbow sheen stays... I added a few charcoal bricks to the kiln, to keep a reductive atmosphere. I just put them in a stainless tin, to keep the ash contained. We'll see in a few hours. They are almost ramped down. I'm hopeful! :D

Wendyki

2007-09-30, 2:43pm

ooohh a few piecesof charcol I never thought of that Iwill have totry it nexttime I do reduction stuff

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-30, 2:58pm

ooohh a few piecesof charcol I never thought of that Iwill have totry it nexttime I do reduction stuff

It burns up the oxy in the kiln and should help... we'll see. :D

NLC Beads

2007-09-30, 3:16pm

I'm going to electroform the donut... and the other pendant goes into the reject bowl... see that little bubble? Yeah, it's going into the bowl for that little bubble. I try really hard not to be like Monk, but I'm not always successful. :lol:

So where do we go to sign up to play in your reject bowl? ;)

Fascinating thread, I'm not a boro-girl, despite my efforts, but this is fun to read, thanks for sharing!
Nikki

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-30, 3:45pm

Nikki, I will probably do a seconds category on my website and list 'em cheap. I just haven't decided if that's what i want to do with them. I have taken some to shows and done a misfit bowl... they sell really well. I think people enjoy digging. :D

Rhapsody Fire Beads

2007-09-30, 5:23pm

Brent I could just sit and look at your art all day long.................

Mr. Smiley

2007-09-30, 5:31pm

Brent I could just sit and look at your art all day long.................

Thanks Miss Suzy! :D

Otter's Flame

2007-10-01, 4:19am

Hi Suzy,
Just so you know, I could sit and stare at your glass art all day as well. I love your work.

O.K. enough hijacking the thread......sorry Brent.

Otter

Robinj

2007-10-01, 5:30am

I realize that from a technical perspective that unintentional bubbles in the encasing are "bad", but personally, I like them when they do show up -- they give a watery ethereal feeling of depth. I think they somehow add to the piece, rather than detract.

And I don't think I'm alone in this opinion.

G.L.McBead

2007-10-01, 8:19am

I too think a bubble now and then is cool and show the work to be made by a human,although no machine could ever make anything that Brent makes.
G.

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-01, 8:46am

Ok, so the charcoal didn't hold all of the sheen, so they are getting electroformed... More pics of that later.

This morning I played with Psyche and made two goddess beads and a bicone. They are ramping down. The rest of the day will be spent doing chores... bleh! :lol:

Rhapsody Fire Beads

2007-10-01, 8:49am

Why thank you Otter Dear!!!

Kym

2007-10-01, 12:48pm

Bubbyanne

2007-10-01, 8:55pm

Going into the reject bowl? Who's reject bowl?
My reject bowl is warm, welcoming, and full of real ugly beads so your's would just shine and feel nothing but special. :wink:

I so totally understand the Monk referrence. He lives in me too. :lol:
I just don't have the technical glass skills yet to let him fully develop and call certain beads "rejects" like some artists can. :p

BTW cool stuff you're makin' there Brent.

So the coffee's good eh? :poke: :grin:

I'm going to electroform the donut... and the other pendant goes into the reject bowl... see that little bubble? Yeah, it's going into the bowl for that little bubble. I try really hard not to be like Monk, but I'm not always successful. :lol:

alb6094

2007-10-03, 9:39pm

Hot sweet creamy coffee in hand... life is good! ;)

Ok, so what's the point of this thread. Some of you are asking that I'm sure... I'm hoping it inspires people to look at their own work and build on what they are doing. Some folks are going to be inspired by the drips or what ever it is I'm doing... and they'll add that to their own work... and in doing so, they are going to miss the point. That's OK too. Whatever inspires people to move in a different direction is fine, but the purpose of this thread is to hopefully get people to examine their world and explore their own work in depth, without letting other artists distract them from the internal vision we all have.

I know when I look at other peoples work, it affects me. I try to skim through the show and tell here... I glance more often than not. I try to keep my focus on what I'm doing... what I want to be able to do... and let my inner vision come through.

I am enjoying this thread so much! It took me a long while to allow myself to really begin to look at artist's beads and absorb what I was seeing because I was so afraid of absorbing too much, that when I finally began to reach a decent technical level that all I would have would be a headful of art that wasn't mine.
Then today I was driving and was on the road for a little over 6 hours. I listen to books on tape when the radio gets too repetitive and the current book happens to be 'I Claudius'. Among discussion of depraved Romans and Greeks (lol) there was a bit about Cerberus, the hound of hell. Just then, for Freudian reasons I don't quite understand, your drips popped into my mind. Then I began to think "How would I go about making a bead of Cerberus? How would you make the mouth foam?(I'm pretty sure that's where the drips linked into it...I always see Cerberus as foaming at the mouth) How big could I go? Do all the heads or just one? What kind of glass? Psyche. That would be cool! How would I do the eyes? Do dogs have eyelids?" I became so involved in my thoughts I had to shut off the book because I wasn't paying attention to it anymore.
So thank you, Mr. Smiley, for helping me to burn up the miles when I couldn't burn glass (aar, aar...OK, I know it was bad, I couldn't resist). But seriously, this chain of thought has me wanting to try about eleventy different things when I fire up the torch this weekend. Now I have to go see if my dachshund has eyelids.;)

Astrid

suzanne

2007-10-04, 1:08am

while you all are staring at eachothers art... let me steal them drops and run off..

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-04, 4:15am

Not so much going on with me and the torch the last day or so... I'll catch up on pics here soon. Sorry guys, I've been busy doing other things. I did get to go to my supplier yesterday and fondle tons of glass. :D

Rose Leslie

2007-10-04, 6:35pm

I would love to look at the glass. I know what you mean about going to a supplier and fondling glass. It is the most fun thing to do. Especially when you see a new color you want to possess.
Way to go and have more fun.

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-07, 12:19am

Not a lot going on the last few days. I'm getting my electroforming rig set back up and I'll snap some pics of the pieces I'm going to ad copper to. They just need more cowbell! ;)

Otter's Flame

2007-10-07, 1:13am

Brent,
When you do get your electro forming unit operational I can't wait to see some pics. I like copper and the patina look is wonderful. I may someday do some electro forming, maybe you could help me with the patina process.

Otter

seafire

2007-10-07, 8:42pm

Brent love your drip droped beads.....are you sure you never dozed off in the middle of a bead...they are a neat approach thanks for the sharing of ideas....cheers seafire....

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-08, 6:06pm

Ok, so I told you all I was playing with Exotic Blue powder the other day... I made a really neat bead... here's the pics. I like it a lot, but I'm going to electroform it as well. :D

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I was done with boro for a day or two, so I turned back the oxycons and set the kiln at 950...

Here's an organic bead I made with some of the silver glasses over opal yellow with a tracer of intense black for the web effect! :D

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I'll catch you up more on the progress of my ADD... I've made a lot of different stuff in the last week or so. :D

Reenie

2007-10-09, 12:09am

NEED MORE DRIPPYS ON YOUR SITE!!!! MUST BUY!
Irene

hotblubonnet

2007-10-09, 8:01am

you are such a tease Brent!!

(posted when i was still on page 1)

alb6094

2007-10-10, 6:18am

Here's an organic bead I made with some of the silver glasses over opal yellow with a tracer of intense black for the web effect! :D

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I'll catch you up more on the progress of my ADD... I've made a lot of different stuff in the last week or so. :D

Those are so incredible! Reminds me of the strata(? layers of earth) that you see when a mountain or hill is cut open. I drive through some areas in Texas with cutaways like that and I love to see the layers.

More More!:biggrin:

rguttierrez

2007-10-12, 7:35pm

Brent,

That doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell. :) More pics would be great as well. :)

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-13, 4:08am

More pics you say? OK!

Here's another neato pendant made from the mystery twistie. :D

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Here's a floral implosion... petals are from the same twistie...

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Then I was not in the best of moods the other day and decided to do some tube implosions... nothing like working tubing to get my mind off of a particular subject. I like to work things that require focus if I need to go all ZEN. ;)

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This was a morning where I wasn't quite awake, so I decided to do some frit vortexes... just to wake up. :D

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Gotta use up the ends of the complex cane some how... might as well turn it into a drip pendant... it's way cooler in person!

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I suppose I got in the mood to ad some 3-D flowers to pendants, because this is what came out of the kiln mixed in with some other stuff... variety is the spice of life for us ADD torchers! :lol:

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Something darker... more mysterious...

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Don't like how an implosion turned out? Not enough cowbell? Add some clear dots for interest... it'll make it more better! :love:

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Finally just play with a new technique... the smiley face was unplanned, but welcome. I'm going to turn these into a fireworks series... just playing on white first.

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rguttierrez

2007-10-13, 6:08am

8) Holy cowbell! Just amazing. I love your work. I am going to have to come back several times today to ohh and ahh everything. Thanks for starting this thread. I really enjoy it.

G.L.McBead

2007-10-14, 12:39pm

On the second pendent what color is the center?
Great stuff as always.
G.

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-14, 2:00pm

On the second pendent what color is the center?
Great stuff as always.
G.

Good question... dunno? :lol:

kimberly

2007-10-14, 2:04pm

Brent,
I say this with the utmost respect and love:

You suck.

I am jealous!!!

Dang! Those are really cool!!!

Otter's Flame

2007-10-14, 8:17pm

Kimberly,
I just told Brent the same thing......and I did it with the utmost respect as well. I respectfully can't stand him!!!!!

Otter

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-15, 2:49am

Shucks... you two sure know how to melt a guys heart with all those kind words. :lol:

I love you too! :love:

Otter's Flame

2007-10-20, 12:05am

O.K. it has officially been five days since your last post. I wanna see some creativity mister. It doesn't have to be pictures, just a few words of inspiration will do fine. In other words...dance for us monkey!
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Your friend,
Otter

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-20, 5:43am

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ingrideh

2007-10-20, 6:02am

Otter's Flame

2007-10-21, 3:03am

Not quite what I had in mind Brent, but it was amusing...... and what an uncanny resemblance, I thought it was you for a minute.

Otter

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-21, 3:12am

I couldn't pick my parents man... :lol:

anniepants

2007-10-22, 4:27pm

I am so intrigued by your work. You have such a wide and varied style, I have always admired your hearts, but when I checked out your website and saw all the delicious soft glass organics...I couldn't help myself, I had to buy one!!! Keep up the amazing work, and I love the inner dialog you have shared with us. Makes me feel like I am not so crazy and scattered after all...maybe it is just an artist thing.
Anne

Mr. Smiley

2007-10-22, 4:32pm

My mind doesn't follow any set guide lines when I sit down to work. I am horrible at doing production stuff. I have to sit down with a book on CD and really try to focus on that, so my mind is occupied and doesn't wander. The last few days have been weird. I started to torch again after a weekend off. I had the kids and I wasn't feeling well a few days last week. I'm just making a little of this and that right now. I actually did some boro beads on sticks. :lol: