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Rafael and Joanne were in
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Kerry has put last month's demo by Susan Hood
to good use, and has been blowing seashells for the last month.
We convinced her to show us, as many of us present had missed
last month's demo.
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She is using an 1/8" hollow mandrel with
a hole near the end. She builds a hollow over the hole. To keep
the air from collapsing the hollow, she has a twig in the end
of the pipe. Then she blows the hollow out. By heating one spot,
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Now she adds stringer to give the shell
some very realistic colour. Top right you can see the blown out
opening in the shell. She pinches around the opening to give
the shell more realism.
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Kerry had something new to show us. She
made these stamps from clay, fired them and coated them with
graphite spray.
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Now she shows us how to use them. She makes a tab bead.
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She heats one side and imprints her "fossil"
in the bead. Sort of missed capturing the pressing part, but
here it is all done.
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Kerry's studio
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These are her enamel dishes. She is currently
doing a lot of work with enamels
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After sifting on the enamels, different colours
on each end and a third colour here and there, she returns the
bead to the flame to "boil" the enamels.
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A poke and twist to swirl the enamels, and
then shaped into a tab bead.
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Voila, the finished bead. Kerry wears
a mask when working with enamels to protect herself from inhaling
any heavy metals that may be contained in them.
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