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2013-06-30, 4:06pm
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wow I haven't been on the torch in soo long and.....
it's like riding a bike!!!!!I have to admit since I got a new torch and have the oxygen/propane I sort of been a little gun shy and scared to make beads..It happened sort of slowly and it's been monthes since I have made beads..I got motivated and turned it on today and wow I still got it!!!!!!!!!!Let's just hope I can stay motivated and not get scared again!!!Has anybody has this happen??
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2013-06-30, 4:43pm
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one day at a time
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Welcome back! The love of glass and the flame will be with you forever, so get used to it.  
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2013-06-30, 5:20pm
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thanks I am amazed how it all comes back to you
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2013-06-30, 5:45pm
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I think your avatar bead is really cute! Jeri
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2013-07-01, 9:30am
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thanks, that's one of my favorite beads to make
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2013-07-02, 9:30am
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It's cool that you are getting back into it. What happens to me is every time I am not melting glass for some time (a couple of months) I come back with a slightly different take on my style. Sometimes it seems like my techniques are more refined than before.
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2013-07-04, 11:33am
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I have a couple of gaps in glass working; the latest lasted about 7 years. At first is was like starting all over again, but I got back up to speed quickly, and seem to understand glass better now than I did back then.
Beads I did *before* now seem pretty crude and wodgy compared to my current bead skills.
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2013-07-04, 1:35pm
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yep, I hear your feelings, I just got back on the torch after having it only here or there for 7 years. I was glad I didn't have to retrain myself! I have missed a lot of new glasses like the silvers I have to catch up on though.
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2013-07-04, 1:42pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rverk47
thanks, that's one of my favorite beads to make
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love your bead. Did you use enamels?
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2013-07-08, 6:42am
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The longest gap for me in almost eleven years was three weeks! It was pretty recently, and because I got burned out. Finally, after ALL that time. But it was mostly because of the way I ran my shop. 100% made to order and I was making the same 120 different kinds of beads over and over again for four years straight.
Most people would have burned out long before I did. But I've got a pretty patient and persistent nature, and making beads was solely for a living. Never for fun. lol
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2013-08-02, 9:18am
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I'm right there with you! I haven't really torched in almost a year! What's wrong with me!!! Lol! It is just like ridding a bike. I find the hardest thing is finding the inspiration and stride to get a streamline thought process in the flame instead of a random pattern of thoughts.
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