Helloo

[marshmaiden]

Hello everyone,
I have been hanging around here for eons and have gained so much information from all your posts it seems rude to not say hello. The reason is i have no experience to share just a massive love of glass, beads,jewellery making. I have been a nurse since i was 16 over 30years ago. Have never had time for anything else with 3 young kids too.They now teenies and one has moved on and i have been fighting empty egg syndrome. Always loved glass though and collected Mdina,had a love of Josh Simpson. Started jewellery making with glass beads and went to a show with Tuffnell Glass there and bought the kit. Tried to set up in the kitchen having bought the books of Cindy Jenkins etc and followed Youtube videos. It is a torch with 2 gases and my oh has made sure there are the flashback arresters etc and it is properly done. But the first time we set it off it went with a hell of a pop and i nearly fell off my chair. I made about 6 beads that i 1) cant get off the mandrel and 2) have turned from the lovely opaque yellow to a marbled effect that i couldnt repeat if i tried. So I am going for a full day tuition with Tillerman Beads a week this weekend and i am waiting for that now its harder than it looks. I apologise if i am not supposed to make such a long post. Just sooooo excited,cant wait. Thanks,MM xxx

[Beadanna]

Hey MM - nice to meet you!

Oh it'll be great to do a class.

Try tapping the mandrels on concrete for a while - that sometimes gets them loose.

And enjoy it all!

(Oh and don't forget ventilation - that's my stumbling block at the moment)

[Beadanna]

Hello again, Marshmaiden
How did your day's tuition go?

I'd love to see what you did.

Oh, and feel free to make your posts as long as you like.

Ooh look - this post brings my total up to 2,222 - very auspicious I'm sure.