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« on: June 23, 2009, 03:30:36 PM » |
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I was looking through my book this afternoon and came upon some pics of some things I did awhile back when I was in my "Stringer Period"! I wanted to bend some stringer for a design but found after many, many, many attempts that I was candle challenged. I fumed about it for awhile then started taking a look at my molds and found tons (ok, maybe a handful!) of great shapes for bending stringer! I bent stringer over bowls, weave molds, wave molds...anything that would give me interesting shapes then I started playing! My very first piece just happened...I had some broken pieces of bent stringer on the table and a couple of pieces looked just like lips! Portrait of a Kiln God or "Crankyman", as I lovingly call him, was born! He stays in my work room to remind me to pay attention to what I'm doing!
I had lots of fun playing with bent stringer for awhile after that. Here are just a few of the little things I put together...not fine art but fun pieces and all but a couple are living in new homes!
So I guess my point to all this is when you think you can't do something because you don't have the right equipment or you're "challenged" take another look around the studio and see what else those tools and molds can be used for. You might surprise yourself!
Now where did I put that bin of bent stringers?
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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2009, 03:32:26 PM » |
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Oh I love the seaberries and sunberries....very pretty!
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2009, 03:36:15 PM » |
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Thanks, Mal! The Sunberries dish was a baby gift! The baby isn't a baby anymore and uses it to hold her hair clips!
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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2009, 03:38:43 PM » |
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These are lovely.
Becki, do you still use a candle to bend the stringers over the shapes?
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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2009, 03:39:11 PM » |
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Oh Becki, these are sooooo cool. I bought some stringers last month and was thinking about things like this. Of course haven't done anything with the stringers. Thanks so much for posting these, this is so inspirational..
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2009, 03:53:56 PM » |
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Cool Becki its nice to know that your gift is still being used. I love the berries as well.
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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2009, 04:11:58 PM » |
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Cool Becki. As per our conversation today about the woven lampshades..that fine stringer looks to be about the size of what was worked into those woven pieces.
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2009, 04:33:08 PM » |
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These are lovely.
Becki, do you still use a candle to bend the stringers over the shapes?
No, Linde, I use the kiln! I'm not as challenged with that as I am the candle! Wow, Kev...stringer is kind of fragile to be woven into a shade! I'll bet it was cool, though! I found another that I have to show cuz it was so fun! I call this guy a Wisp! Or is it a gal? Hmmm........ |
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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2009, 05:27:55 PM » |
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Very purdy, Becki!!! Hard to pick a favorite....I love them all! dancing
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2009, 05:38:21 PM » |
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I like them all but I think the last one is especially cool
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2009, 05:40:43 PM » |
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Thank you, LA and meaco! LA, I'm kind of partial to the wispy guy myself!
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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2009, 05:47:39 PM » |
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Great fun Becki! Do you use a torch to make the stringers themselves? When you said that you used a candle, I thought you were making the stringers that way?
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2009, 06:10:42 PM » |
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love the wispy one too he(or she) is too cute
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« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2009, 07:56:37 PM » |
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oh man, I like them all. Boy you sure found your niche!! Nice stuff Becki.
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« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2009, 08:27:47 PM » |
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very pretty Becki. Are the berries fired into the glass or are they demensional?
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« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2009, 08:54:13 PM » |
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Nancy, the stringer are store bought...I just bend them. Joe's the only one around here that plays with an open flame!
Di, I don't think the Wisp has a gender...it just is!
Joan, the berries are made from little scrap pieces fired in the kiln to make dots...they are dimensional.
You should try it, Anne! You can get wacky creative!
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« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2009, 09:20:12 PM » |
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You should try it, Anne! You can get wacky creative!
wacky creative, a Beckism.........but does sound like fun!! |
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« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2009, 05:17:44 AM » |
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I love these and it has given me the push to work out an idea that I have been playing with recently.
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« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2009, 06:34:45 AM » |
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Oh I love them all! From the Kiln God to the Wispy one. Just beautiful! Gotta get a kiln.....cause this looks like too much fun!
De
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« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2009, 06:55:00 AM » |
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You should try it, Anne! You can get wacky creative!
wacky creative, a Beckism.........but does sound like fun!! There are other Beckisms but some of them can't be repeated here!  Linde, you'll be surprised what you can come up with! Bending the stringer in the kiln is quick and easy and once you take a look at them and start breaking them up you see all kinds of things! Thanks, De! |
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