I just took a 5-day workshop from Aja Vaz. It was excellently!!!
She taught both puffy mandrel and blowing at the end of a blowpipe. The techniques are very different.
Even with 3 days of practice and multiple excellent demos, it was still super difficult to do the blowpipe beads. There are just SO many techniques that are very different from regular bead making.
It's going to take lots of practice to get it right. But I'm gonna keep at it.
And I want some small Carlo Dona diamond shears! I didn't have any, so I borrowed a few different sizes and types of shears - the good ones really do make a huge difference!
Anyway, Aja is a great teacher and a gifted glass artist. Hollow beads on a blowpipe take a lot of skill!
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