...elegance is a refined quality of good taste and gracefulness...
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.
WELCOME TO 2010………….
I am now in New Mexico where I will enjoy being a full time artist. I have taken the summer off from posting Auctions on Ebay but have a new Etsy store [Etsy: crystalmythriver] as well as this website. Hopefully I will be back on the torch soon to fill up the store.
I am also learning how to fuse and how to create with fine silver wire so it will be a learning summer for me until I can transfer my licenses from Florida to New Mexico.
So go through the site and enjoy the changes and variety of both finished jewelry and beads for your own creations.
THINGS TO NOTE BEFORE SHOPPING:
The flowers come in two hole sizes – 1/16th and 3/32nd
Everything is made by hand without presses Everything is properly kiln annealed and I use Bullseye Glass and mix my own powders for coloring the petals
The Doodle Art Pendants are made from my drawings and sealed to a glass pendant. They have a sterling silver bail and can be used in a design or just slid on a chain.
I will also start carrying Glass Cabs both with and without a bail
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.
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.
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
