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Take a moment to check out some of the beads that your fellow lampworkers have made for Beads of Courage! If you click on an image you can see more of the artist's work....

First up is Julie Schmidt Bowen of Autochthonous Evolved, who tested Gaffer Purpur frit:

Her stunning heart is made by winding a clear rod which has been dipped into Purpur frit around a clear base, encasing, then shaping the heart.

The next beads were made by rolling Gaffer Chalcedony and Reichenbach Multicolor Dark base glasses in the Purpur frit and encasing.... Beautiful!!!

The next test beads were done with Gaffer Chalcedony, G-109, by Terry Henry of Terry Henry Glassworks:

Here is an example of "Dave's One Time Mix" (R-Mix-2T) that's been encased in clear, done by Terry Henry of Terry Henry Glassworks:

Here are some examples of Gaffer Violet (G-115) madeby Pat France. She used

1. Lt T. Aqua w/ 2 rolls of frit

2. Lt Ivory w/ EDP

3. New Violet

4. Clear, then encased the frit

5. White w/ EDP

6. Opal Yellow & encased the frit

Pat France also tried out Purple Lily andreally enjoyed it! As bases she used

1. Lt & Med Trans Blue

2. New Violet

3. Clear

4. New Violet w/ Pink 256

Here's a batch of Halloween colored beads from Astrid Lisa Boyce. I love the pumpkin! Thanks Astrid - the kiddos will love these!

Catherine Baca experimented with encased foil and donated the result to the kiddos:

Here are some beads made with "Mystery & Magic" (IMJ-CB-105) and Zimmerman's "Blue Grass Green (Z-772). Thanks again to Cathie Bacca!

Here is a batch of frit test beads by Cathie Bacca:

Pat France tested Tea Rose (IMJ-CB-069):

Here is a batch of Swan Song (IMJ-CB-060) test beads by Pat France:

And Marcy's Playgroung (IMJ-CB-035) looks wonderful! Thanks again, Pat!

Pat France sent in some test beads made with Panddora, Fall Harvest, Aphrodesiac Anyone? and Screaming eagle. These sets turned out to be alot of fun to look at - beautiful beads from Pat and the blends turned out nicely. Thanks Pat, the kiddos will appreciate your hard work!

Pandora (IMJ-CB-029) (I love the look over the dark Opal Yellow!!!):

Fall Harvest (IMJ-CB-034):

Aphrodesiac, Anyone? (IMJ-CB-071) I love the lok of this blend on everything!:

Screaming Eagle (IMJ-CB-097) Just a fun blend!!!:

Jerry Spangler of JEB Glass Sent in some beads for the kiddos:

Tea in the Sahara:

My Sister's Socks:

Angelique's Elven Cloak:

These are some wonky beads sent in by Jerry, as well as some beads made by his 10 year old son Jonas Spangler!

Here are some beads made by Beata Gillis testing "How Do You Love" (IMJ-CB-017):

The bases from the silver bead are M204, M266, M219, CIM5, CIM5 w/black stringer, M266 w/ black stringer, M272, M224, M004, M221, M001 w/silver foil, & M422. We decided that all were lovely except maybe the M422:) Great job Beata! The kiddos will appreciate your hard work!

Chad Samson of Beach Beads & Glass Studio tested my new Boro Blends! The pictures represent, respectively, "Under the Shadow of the Blue Moon," "Mystery's Magesty," "Bleu Caramel," and "Amber's Garden."

Pat France tried "She Gathers Rain" (IMJ-CB-019) over Opal Yellow, Blue Pajama, Cream, Clear & Med. Trans. Purple.

"Fields of Mint & Magic" (IMJ-CB-065) was tested on Pearl Gray, White, Lt. Turquoise, Pea Green & Opal Yellow.

Pat tested "Acres of Green (IMJ-CB-067) on Med. Trans. Grass Green, Light Blue, Grass Green, Pea Green & Ivory.

Jenne (Melt With Me Creations) tested "Purple Lily" (IMJ-CB-037) over CIM Mojito, Eff. White, CIM Larkspur, CIM Sepia (barrel), Lauscha Orchid (encased), Eff. Pink Pastel & Aurae (tab heart), Eff. Super Clear - swirled x 2, Twilight Jungle, Cim Larkspur - swirled, CIM Hades, DH Aurae (encased heart), Cobalt (encased), Lauscha Faded Rose, Clear - Vine - Clear - frit - Sepia and CIM Evil Queen (lentil).

Deb Harlan tested Canary Yellow over Translucent Orange, Coral Red over Vet. Trans. Yellow (910), Reichenbach Mix 6 (Pink Multi) over Uroboros Fire Opal & Turquoise Blue, "Island Garden" (IMJ-CB-100) over Uroboros Turqoise Blue, U Easter Green, U. Turquoise Green & BE Marzipan, and "How do You Love?" (IMJ-CB-017) over U. Fire Opal, U. Urobium Pink & BE Marzipan.