Sweetpeas Glass Designs
I've always loved colour. Getting that huge box of crayons at Christmas, was absolutely the best gift ever. The way I fell in love with Glass, was when I started to collect the Vintage multi strand necklaces from Flea Markets and Auctions. The colour combinations in those beauties were gorgeous, and I had fun trying find different ones that I didn't have. I would take them apart to create my own jewelry.
In 2005, I became a "Lampwork Artist", and I started to make glass beads. By using the Ancient Technique known as "Lampworking", I use a torch to melt rods of glass and wind them around a thin steel rod. I build up multiple layers of glass, sometimes adding pure silver leaf, and decorate and shape each bead, one at a time, by hand. Once formed, all my beads are annealed in a kiln to ensure a lifetime of durability.
-Judy Daly-Reganti
