BEAD SHOW This Weekend in Pennsylvania

Well usually I blog once a month but it seems as though it has been two months since my last post - I have been busy!

I have been preparing for Berks Bead Bazaar in Pa this weekend as well as creating inventory for my very neglected Etsy shop. (Sorry and Thank You to the wonderful Beader's that have be so patient)  I was trying to figure out what my direction was going to be for 2012, especially for Bead and Button and earlier this month or was it late January (I do not remember) I think I figured it out.  I hope you like the new pieces

Below are a few images of porcelain and stoneware designs that will continue to evolve once I start preparing for B & B.  Raku comes later.  ** I know a few people have emailed me asking where my new Raku was so I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that I only fire a few weeks a year now since the surgery on my cervical spine in 2010.  Lifting the heavy kiln with both arms in between in each firing is no longer an option for me and I require assistance.   Hank has made himself very available to assist me but is not there all the time so until we create a lift of some sort this will be the routine.  We have been renovating here at home and I am sure if we were not doing that he would have created something already..Will keep you posted!

I also have some other news regarding the Bead and Button Show this year but will blog about that when I return from Berks.  

Hope to see you this weekend - Happy Creating, 

Lisa

Do you smell smoke?

Well, that would be me.

I have been raku firing for the last few days Sunrise - Sunset. If I had to sum up how its going I would say, AWESOME! I believe that the pieces I have fired have been my best in the few years I have been doing this. Everything seems to be working. My glazes, my reduction. The styles I created this last time around really stand apart from previous firings. I hope everyone is as excited about them as I am when I debut them this weekend at Berks Bed Bazzar in Pa, and next week online on flickr - I am trying to build my inventory for Bead and Button Show so most items will not find their way to etsy, but please do not hesitate to check out flickr and inquire about a piece, YES they will be for sale.

This morning, before my eyes were even open I checked my email and saw a wonderful note from Patrizia Tager, from Triz Design, a bead designer which lead me to a link on her Face Book Pages. I could not believe it when I saw this gorgeous piece that started from a Raku Cabochon Triz picked up from me last year on Etsy. The photo and description are all taken from Triz's Flickr Photostream and are c. Patrizia Tager.

A bead embroidered collar inspired and beaded around one of Lisa Peters’ Art’s ( www.flickr.com/photos/lisapetersart/ ) beautiful handmade raku fired ceramic cabochon and small olivine Swarovski flat back. Bead-embroidered using bronze and grey Czech seed beads, gold-lined and cream-lined grey Japanese seed beads. Embellished using sand opal Swarovski crystals, fresh-water pearls in various shades of grey and cream and Czech fire polished glass beads in different shades and finishes of grey.The back of this collar is lined with grey ultrasuede and the clasp is an antique gold pewter toggle and ring.The collar measures 17” (c. 43 cm). The centrepiece measures 3 ½” (c. 9 cm) at the widest part and 4 ½” (c. 11.5 cm) in length. The side panels measure 1 ½” (c. 3.5 cm) at the widest part and ¾” (c. 1.8 cm) at the narrowest closer to the clasp.This is a handmade original One-of-a-Kind piece of wearable art, never to be repeated again!
Is that not an amazing piece of artistry? Wow.. It certainly inspires me to get back to my studio and begin another day of smoke and fire - Raku'ing more creations for you to have fun with. I will be firing until Wednesday night and then I will begin to organize for: Berks Bead Bazzar. Please come see me if you are local!

For those of you who cannot see me this weekend, I will photograph my inventory on March 3rd and upload to my flickr.com photostream for you to review. If you see anything you like please post a note on the photo OR send me the link to the page (not the photo title) the actual link from your browser so I can easily locate what it is you are interested in.

Til' then - Happy Creating!

Lisa