Well....I haven’t posted in a while. I do hope you haven’t missed me ;-) Of course it’s a busy time now with Christmas right around the corner. I’ve had plenty to keep me occupied. Right….on to business!!
I’ve had the odd chance to wander around Etsy and some other websites and look at other people’s beads. Some of these people I know well thanks to the growing community of Lampwork artists here in the Benelux. Some people I don’t know at all….never even heard of them before I stumbled across them online. While intruding on these peoples private bit of cyber space I don’t just look at the beads but I notice the website and most important if there is a profile or bio page I always read it. The point I’m getting at here is that there is a personality that goes with the bead. How many bead-makers have you heard say that they put a part of themselves in their beads? Beads made by independent or self-representing artists have that extra edge….an extra facet to what they are. Every lampwork bead has a character of its own and the person who made it is reflected in the work.
Two recently viewed bios that stick in my mind are from two artists I don’t know personally…
Hagit Lahav from Israel http://www.etsy.com/shop/CelebrationOriginal
Ayako Hattori from Japan http://www13.ocn.ne.jp/~shiro-ya/indexenglish.html
I love their work and I like the short personal bios they share with their online visitors.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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