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You have to put in your 10,000 hours of work to know your craft. As Gladwell said in his book, ("Insiders" by Malcolm Gladwell) it's not enough just to be talented. One must work at becoming a master. I think I'm on Toggle bracelet way because I can feel what a bead wants to be -- simple or stunning. It takes a lot of training to be able to do a 'switched axis bead' or a combination of blown and lampwork beads."Visitors to Blue Sky Beads will see demonstrations of lampworking, an art form which dates back to ancient Syria in the first century, B.C. and was practiced in the 14th century and continues today by the Murano family in Italy. The French glass masters started making paperweights in the mid-19th century. They are highly prized collectors' items.

Lampworking uses a gas-fueled torch to melt rods and tubes of different weights and colors. Once melted, the glass blob is then manipulated with tools, heat and hand movements to become a hollow bead. There will also be Elsa Peretti Sevillana bracelet of glass blowing which uses a blow hose or tube to inflate the glass blob or gather by blowing directly into it. These ancient skills are still used today in manufacturing scientific equipment, botanical models and glass models of tiny animals and scenes.Fynboh said once a bead is created, the hard Elsa Peretti Sevillana Mesh bracelet or the fun part begins. Each bead is perfect for a particular jewelry design, and sometimes that design for that bead doesn't occur to her for some time. Each year brings a new skill with new ideas for Blue Sky Beads.

Not only art work with handmade beads, but also with beads that are vintage or antique, beads from another crafts person whose work she likes, copper, stones like lapis, apatite to Herkimer diamonds, semi-precious stones like garnet and peridot and finally precious stones likes rubies, sapphires and emeralds."My friend Cindie is convinced that I make each piece (of jewelry) for Frank Gehry Fish toggle bracelet particular person, and when that person finds the piece there is no questioning it," said Fynboh. "I can see it immediately. I want to be taken as a serious artist and also want people to know that I strive to provide the best quality of work that is out there."Although this studio is located in Akeley and about an hour's drive, do not pass up this opportunity to enter a modern treasure trove, an Ali Baba's Cave without fear of the thieves. Directions are U.S.