Another Package!
January 26, 2010Actually three packages – and it’s not even my birthday. And it’s not from the Bead Soup Party. Look at all this stuff:
Here’s the story: One of the blogs I follow is Studio Marcy. I really like her short posts that appear without fail six days a week, always with some interesting angle on an artist’s life. Sometime in December, she advertised that a lampworker she knows was closing up shop and wanting to sell her entire setup: torch, kiln, ventilation system, and all the tools. It’s my fantasy of how to set up a real lampworking studio – have someone hand it to me, all put together. 
Unfortunately, I live nowhere near this woman. I sent a note, saying that I was not local but if she wanted to split things up, I would be interested in buying the tools. So we made a deal and I got three boxes of stuff, half of which I don’t even know how to use.
But I do know that I really needed glass nippers and more mandrels. Now I have buttonhole mandrels and handmade holders, too. I never bought myself rod rests and they really are a good idea. I already have a 6×6 graphite pad, but now I have two! I have one Zoozi’s press, which I’m not sure I really like, but now I have three! I got picks and pokes and tweezers of every size and shape. I got glass etch which I would love to play around! with. And that’s only two of the boxes. The third box held this:
Pixie dust and frit samples that will keep me busy playing with a long time.
There’s one more package coming – any guesses what’s in it?
