Long time, new beads! (festival-beads!!!)

Yes, I know. Long time, no beads. Or so it seems, but I have been making beads, lately, its all festival beads.. We have a huge music festival in Oslo called the Øya festival. Featuring all the latest bands and gathering nearly 15 000 people in Oslo. The sorrounding of the festival is the medieval city of oslo, with remaining ruins of the kings palace, church of st. maria, the medieval city and harbour area.

I was so inspired that I made some beads: the y are not that advanced, but I like them. They are called "all night long"...

Focal bead and spacers: turqoise, dark green, yellow and silvered stringer..

Etched focal bead, spacers beads

Different spacer beads; green, torqoise, silvered, ivory stringer.

Perlefryd is on the move..

Well, we finished the kitchen, celebrated christmas, new year, started working again, got the flu, and keep sneezing and coughing..

I haven't had too much torch-time so far this year, mainly because we are looking for a house - a bit bigger, a garden and a garage.. We really need a garage! And I really, really want my torch installed in a permanent studio :-)

But, no more sulking and whining! I spent some evenings making jewelry. Mostly with "spare-beads" and bits and pieces i didn't quite know what to do with.. So i present some pictures of the first "spare-bead"-project... Amethyst, sterling, silver, glass beads and handmade lampwork-beads. Not entirely first class ;-) But I like it!

Perlefryd