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Murrini Cane Makes a Beautiful Addition

Murrini cane, what is it?   I had the opportunity to take a class in which we made our own cane.  They were faces and each component of the face, the eye, nose, lips had to be made first, then combined to complete the face and pulled to make cane. It is very labor intensive to make just one small piece of cane.

I want to share a video with you that I saw in which Murrini cane is incorporated into a beautiful blown glass piece. As you watch the video, watch the guy’s face and the intensity and sweat involved in creating just one piece.  Enjoy!

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Glass Trends, Ignite Creativity

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The “Art” of Business

graduationTonight I participated in a vendor opportunity for the Alliance of Business Owners “ABO”, in coordination with the graduation of  ISED’s most recent business class. It reminded me of when I took the same business class and the excitement I felt upon completing it.

I thought then, and still think now that everyone in business should be required to take this class.  As an artist, I don’t have the best business brain, but with the help of this business class, I am on the right track.

I had some good sales, great networking opportunities, and most of all the reminder that there is a lot of help out there for small and micro businesses.

What resources do you utilize as a small business?

Photo by Moyer photos on Flickr

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Organize, Personal Experience

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Arizona Getaway

You’ll notice that I wasn’t blogging last week.  I was celebrating my 25th anniversary with my husband in the beautiful state of Arizona.  Here are some pictures of our wonderful memories:

flowers from the dessert

flowers in the dessert

flowers in the dessert

Beautiful flowers blooming

agave cactus

Agave Cactus

We drove to Sedona:

bell rock

this was our view driving into Sedona

red rocks

Red Rocks of Sedona

view of Sedona

View of Sedona from Chapel on the Hill

sedona sunset

sunset in Sedona

We trekked to the Grand Canyon:

the grand canyon

View of the Grand Canyon

here we are! The Gand Canyon is breathtaking!

Grand Canyon

another view from The Grand Canyon

I don’t know if you can take enough pictures of these beautiful places when you visit.  I took hundreds of wonderful pictures to not only remember the places we went, but also to use as inspiration when creating and designing glass and jewelry.

Arizona is a must see state, put it on your bucket list!

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Ignite Creativity, Personal Experience

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Display – Simple and Effective

display in rice

be creative with your displays

When selling at an art show or vending event, there are many cool and unique ways to display lampwork beads and glass art. I’ve tried several different ways of displaying my beads in the past, but the beads would always do their own thing and roll off the display tray.

Out of necessity to stabilize my wandering beads, I purchased long grain, white rice.  I spread a thin layer of rice on my display tray, then lay out the beads where I want them.  They stay there perfectly still, no rolling around.  White rice works rather well to allow the true colors of the beads to show nicely on the display tray.

Another display choice can be lentils.  Lentils come in a variety of colors and are fun to add color to your vending display.  One thing I’ve learned from using lentils though is that the colored ones can distract from your bead work.  So, choose your colored lentils wisely or your jewelry won’t pop on display.

What cool display props do you use?  Do tell.

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Lori Murga
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