...elegance is a refined quality of good taste and gracefulness...
WELCOME TO 2010! I have made some changes to the website and after Tucson will make more changes including more stock and lowering the prices for the focal flowers as well as putting up new designs.
Who Exactly Am I...well, I am a glass sculpture artist captured by the beauty of color and the form of a blossom but my passion doesn’t start nor end with my flowers but with what others create with them. A flower growing along the hillside is beautiful and longs to be taken into the heart of the world.
When you order from the store make sure the hole size of the flower or leaf is the correct size since I make them with 1/16 or 3/32 holes which allows you more options in stringing your finished piece. I have begun to put the smaller flowers and leaves that are usually on Ebay in the store and to list them separately and not in sets. I am making these in groups of 4 - 10 so the color palette is identical in each group I list but the flowers and leaves are approximate in size and generally differ by 1-3 mm from the others since they are all created by hand without molds or presses.
I will also be putting up Doodle Drawing pendants which are glass pendants made from my pen and ink drawings. As well I will start carrying Cabs both with and without bails.
The store now has the Cherry Blossoms that are used in “Elegant Knotted Jewelry” by Becky Meverden and the Field Flowers used by Judy Saye-Willis in the Special October 2009 issue “Jewelry Designs with Art Glass Beads” by Bead and Button.
I am preparing for the Best Bead Show in Tucson on February 3rd - 7th 2010. It is probably the largest inventory of Hibiscus, large focal flowes and small flowers I have ever had at one time and if you attend copy this page and get 20% of off any retail purchase.
If you just want to look at eye candy then go to my website www.barbarasvetlick.com which is linked on the left under the ISGB logo.
Books, Magazines and Juried Work
“Elegant Knotted Jewelry” by Becky Meverden “Convergence: Contemporary Jewelry Design with Art Glass Beads” - Juried Show & Catalog “Jewelry Designs with Art Glass Beads” October 2009 Bead & Button “Beaded Jewelry- The Complete Guide” by Susan Ray “Glass Bead Workshop” by Jeri L. Warhaftig, Lark Books “Out of the Box” - Juried Show & Catalog 2008 October 2008 issue of Bead & Button Magazine “World Artisan Gems” - On Line Interview
I will be posting photographs of the Balloon Fiesta on Facebook later this week because it will take a few days to recover from such a great trip.
Always looking for the perfect artistically wild flower - Barb
River of Glass 2009-2010 City of Fort Lauderdale Business License #729903 Broward County Business License #275-227198 State of Florida DBA#G04303900149 Fl. Dept of Revenue #16-8015073612-2
