Glass Craft Expo Las Vegas

Me and some fellow beadmakers went to Las Vegas to partake in a very beady event at the Glass Craft Expo at the Southpoint Hotel. (miles from everywhere exciting... oh well) The events and the classes and the trade show were terrific. I took a class with Leah Fairbanks http://www.leahfairbanks.com/ and loved it! She is well known for her beautiful floral beads but the class I took was sea and shore beads.

Here are some images of Vegas, the International Hotglass Invitational, and some beads of course. The Hotglass event was for teams of flame workers. This is different from lampwork which uses a much smaller torch and soft glass. The flame workers use really really big torches and work with borosilicate glass. They made some very interesting and some very awesome creations over the 2 nights the event took place. The results were revealved the next morning at the Exhibit hall.

Creation by Studio Anonymous (above) http://www.studioanonymous.com/

Creation by Onion Mountain (above)

A beautiful mermaid diving through the surf....

Hotglass team preparing gather for longest pull - they were hoping for a world record with a pull the length of a football field. Sadly, it did not happen.

Some very decadent things!

Dale Chilhuly's ceiling at the Bellagio

Below are beads made by me in class. The first is an aquarium bead with sea urchins, angel fish, jellyfish, seaweed and coral. I smudged the angel fish when I covered him with hot glass. Oops! Next time I'll try to avoid doing that. The 2nd picture is a little star shaped bead, then my fish and a pair of mermaids

Lovely Mermaid by Leah on the left, WWF Mermaid on the right by me!

GCWCC CRAFT SALE

Featuring artists, designers etc. from shows like the Edmonton Stop Shop ‘n Show and the Edmonton Fringe.

ONE DAY ONLY!

Thursday, February 26, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Canada Place Atrium & Food Court Levels


Come support the GCWCCand your local craft artists!

Bellagio Fountain - view from Eiffel Tower

On this trip to Vegas we tried to do some new things. However, I can't exclude the Fountains at the Bellagio. EVER! We went up the Eiffel Tower one afternoon to see the view and were lucky enough to catch the fountains. They usually don't start until 3:00 p.m. and we were in the tower are around 2:00 - 2:30. I got some video after the music and water had already started. Argh! The sound quality is rather poor but if you turn up the speakers you can hear the music despite the chatter from the lady standing next to me that the microphone picked up. Enjoy!

Took Mom to the Liberace Museum this time and snuck some quick pics before the guide peeked around the corner.

Sale Event

February 26 at Canada Place I will be in the GCWCC Craft Fair. It is 9:00 to 3:30 at 9700 Jasper Avenue. I will add more details if possible. For instance; what does GCWCC stand for? I'm not sure but this is somehow involved with United Way... I think our table fees go to United Way.

Bookmarks etc.

A few other things I have not featured before.... Bookmarks and cell phone charms and a bracelet or two.

Update

For those who have been looking in the photo albums at the jewelry, I have now added prices and descriptions to the pieces and also marked any that are sold.
Please contact me by email if you are wanting a piece. I also have silver chains and chokers available for the pendants. Some do have matching earrings which I have not taken any photos of yet.

More bracelets...

These bracelets are each made with 2 large tubular Thai silver beads and embellished with Bali silver beads, Swarovski crystals and one handmade lampwork bead by me. $85.oo. Click for a closer look and then use the back arrow to return to the page.