Flights of fancy; Nikii Blanchard mixes high-tech with high temperatures, creating beads with kilns, torches, and computer graphics
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Artist Nikki Blanchard creates a wide variety of vibrant beads that she fires in her kiln. Blanchard first began making beads while enrolled in a course on stained glassmaking.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 2000
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Engraved enamel beads
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Step-by-step instructions are presented for using glass, enamels and acid to create beads with antiqued effects. The project requires intermediate level skills.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 1999
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A beadmaker's workshop
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A complete guide to the equipment needed for lampworking glass beads is provided, including hothead torching and minor burner torching.
Publication Name: Lapidary Journal
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0023-8457
Year: 2000
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