A delightful visit to the studio of the multi-talented Cathyrn Rice yesterday found us making our own glass beads under Cathy's instructions. As she explains, facility with handwork transfers well from one medium to another, and although I felt very clumsy with the mandrel I did produce one respectable bead.
Glass beads are not likely to replace yarn as my medium of choice, at least not in this lifetime, but I always love to see how other artists approach design problems, and Cathy gives a darned good demo!