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The Artists...Laura ~ I began creating jewelry back in 2001 as kind of a personal challenge. I've always enjoyed expressing myself creatively but never found the right 'niche'. A friend of mine began making beaded jewelry and opened up a whole new world to me. Once I began creating jewelry I was hooked. I loved it! As time passed though, I realized that for me there were only so many ways to express myself with jewelry. I loved it, but it wasn't entirely "Me". What I found, was that more and more I was drawn to the artisan lampwork beads I was using to create with. My passion lies with color - it always has - so creating lampwork beads seemed a natural progression for me. Doug was very supportive of me trying it out and with the help of a couple of amazing glass artists (Cassandra Barragan and Amber Ballard - I owe you so much Amber!) who actually flew out to give me lessons, a new glass junkie was born!
Doug ~ After setting up our lampwork studio for me, Doug became intrigued by the thought of playing with fire. He started looking through my bead stash and absolutely fell for boro beads. He'd had no idea you could make glass do those things. With as taken as he was with boro beads there was no keeping him off of the torch! While he hasn't attempted boro yet, he will be soon, so look out!
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