Switzerland and Venice!

I am so thrilled that I had the opportunity to be in these special places!
We had quite a medley of nationalities in Venice, all around one table how fantastic was that!
We had ladies from, Norway, Russia, England, Ireland, USA and Canada!

I had the amazing opportunity to watch Corina Tettinger, Melanie Moertel and Christina Sfriso and with each of them one picks up interesting techniques. I think it is a rarity to be in one studio at the same time with 4 teachers, I think we had a great time together.
The workshops were held at Abatte Zanetti glass school and I was fortunate to get an opportunity to blow a bit of glass in the hot shop :)

Now back to reality, I am back in my studio today and had some fun at the torch, trying to find a way to incorporate the hollow bead techniques into a lentil shape bead... lets see what will come of it...

Dainty earrings

While I have nothing new to show to you, I thought I would entertain you with some jewellery that my daughter Inge makes. These are so cute, they are made with sterling silver, polymer clay and palladium leaf.
They are dome shaped and filled with polymer clay mokume gane designs, through the peep holes you see the Palladium leaf  shining through. the silver is highly polished.

Check them out on

Inge's Etsy shop

Canada ....You have captured my heart!

The famous lake Louise, so beautful and serene, and the Hotel on the Lake is a seting made in heaven!

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An unforgetable trip to the Glacier, at temperatures of -20 degrees C it was the coldest place I have ever been!



 

Yep, that's me...about to drink some elixir from the glacier water, to make me 10 years younger, well those were the promises made;)



The Glacier walk, the backdrop to the glacier is just so dramatic.a wonder to behold!



I small village outside Banff called Canmore, I love these holiday appartments, the view from our appartment was gorgeous, I could have spent a view more days here, but we did need to be back in Edmonton to start the workshops...





Thank you everyone for making my stay in Edmonton such a success, I enjoyed all of you.

A special thank you to Kathy for making this trip possible, and to Tara, Rita and Nancy for showing me around Edmonton and the visit to the exhibit of "Body Works", the drive to the park with the Bissons and the movie evenings:) 



Eight days of workshops at Berock with kathy Walters as hostess, we had a good time and hopefully a lot was learned ;)