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Thanks guys Based this one on an optical illusion I saw painted on the side of building when traveling in Florida as a child. I'll never forget the creepy clown eyes following me down the street as I passed by.

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For your viewing pleasure.... http://www.barrettart.net/Images/EyesDetail.jpg "All Eyes are Upon You" Necklace Finally updated my website with the latest work. Feel free to browse at: http://www.barrettart.net/ .This piece creates the optical illusion that the eyes are following/watching t...

Thank you for your great input, Cynthia. I already have an Android, so I have no excuse NOT to give it a whirl. As my hubby already pointed out (numerous times), I can always try Square and still hang on to my regular provider until I'm certain it will work for me. Just one more question for you Squ...

Uugh, I feel your pain, Claudia. When I switched to 1st National, it was due to all the nickel and Dime crapola that two other companies had inflicted on their customers. Now they have an annual fee, a sizable yearly "security fee", an increased monthly fee, and an additional monthly proce...

Or, those already in the fused glass community who have no qualms about stealing designs. This happens WAY too much . . . Take out the words "fused glass" and insert any other profession (ceramic, painting, computer programing, political, jouralistic, music, poetic, etc.) and it still hol...

At least here the kilnforming seem sto follow the track of tiffany. First it is a hobby fad. Then some want to advance to professionals. For a professional to get butter on bread, (s)he starts teaching. That's the business. It also erodes them arkets for mediocre products. Some people however get o...

I had this problem with some of the new discs I purchased through Rio Grande. It was definitely water creeping under the disc. I solved it by; 1) Ever so slightly bending the disc in the middle so it sat absolutely flush (hold with fingertips around he outer edge and push very gently in the middle w...

Peter- No. It was a professional model. BTW: most models Don't look like that either, everything is highly photoshopped (look up "Dove evolution" on YouTube)

Woo-hoo! Jewel log has featured my work in their latest professional photo shoot. http://www.jewellog.com https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/252388_404689579568642_1694851683_n.jpg Nice hair, but I don't look anything like that working in the studio. Someone should start a thread o...

Hey Nancy, You always manage to get all the assistants! Everyone wants to be part of your idyllic lifestyle
meanwhile, I'm going to stuck in Pasadena next week looking for those #@$% ponies!

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Don't forget the benefits of a good photo program like PhotoShop. I've spent hours trying to get the perfect lighting, exposure, background, shadow, etc. only to find I could manipulate a lot of these in my photo program. PhotoShop Elements is reasonable too. As far a camera goes, I would get a unit...

You can also get a nice red by fusing clear candy apple red coating side down over black glass.

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For about the same price you can get an AIM kiln. I've been used mine as my primary jewelry kiln for years and it's a real work horse. http://aimkilns.com/html/small.html

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Hey, did anyone here get juried into the big GAS auction scheduled for the New Orleans conference in June? Just soooo curious to find out!

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Check out George Post. His telephone is: (510) 237-0197. He is located in Richmond CA and is fairly reseasonable compared to other big name photographers. His website is: http://www.gpostphoto.com.

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Now that IS truly amazing! Hmm...imagine some fused glass panels in those walls. Better get working you architectural glass folks...

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consider me weeded!

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Just a thought... is there anything preventing one from running their own card monthly for $20 in the off season just to prevent the fee? Nah, what a pain! Me thinks I'll look into the Global service mentioned in the other thread!

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smooth undersides can be achieved using a flat lapping machine. The piece is ground with finer and finer grits and then polished with cerium oxide. I got an 8" grinder from Hisglassworks.com as a Christmas gift and it raised the level of my workmanship considerably. With practice, it is possibl...

Judy, It's a Pro-slicer. Most lapidary suppliers carry this or something similiar (i.e. eloxite.net, Diamond Pacific, even Rio Grande). A lapidary blade is very thin steel with diamond particles encrusted on the rim. It's intended for your expensive stones that one cannot afford to lose to a chunky ...