LilianaBead

Vessels Vials Containers That's all I've been making lately because they're challenging in technique and yet explosive as canvases as my desire to imagine and create carefully unravels... ...

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Joyce (J): How long did it take you to make this bead? Liliana (L): No matter how long I take to look at the to-be-appraised-in-terms-of-time piece handed to me, it's more often that I give an...

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Yes, these are my students (missing Becca who sneaked out before I could snap this photo). Some more advanced in the lampwork skill but mostly beginners, they took my Melting Through Glass week-...

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Shamanka, detail I'm thrilled that Shamanka has been accepted into the book titled, SHOWCASE 1000 BEADS , juried by Kristina Logan. I'm looking forward to seeing this publication which is du...

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Just back from 10 days at Snow Farm teaching lampwork glass to people with interesting stories and engaging ways of telling them. They come to learn new ways or perfect the ones they’ve alread...

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And - YES- it took a village! Sue Getchell and I have worked very closely and yet very independently on our distinct yet interrelated formulations leading to a series of three sculptures (so fa...

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 I bet you've had that experience when you're walking down the street and your eyes are suddenly summoned to an intriguing view of a person whose face, hair, other body parts and expressions ex...

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A few days ago, during a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston I saw the Female Effigy Jar  (Paracas, Early Horizon (late phase), 200-1 B.C.). I was inspired by her origins, history, cultu...

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I'm sitting in Sabine's kitchen... My ears are serenaded by Vincent Delerm and my eyes are following a naughty and free squirrel whose purpose, it seems, is to carefully jump from one branch to ...

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Dear all, I don't usually write to ask for political help, but I am now. I am really worried about the serious assault being made on a number of government programs that to me are at the cor...

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Join us PHILLIP GLENN & LILIANA for the event hosted by MIRIAM GALLERY and  organized by EXPERIMENTAL ART & BUSINESS CLUB on Sunday February 20, 2011 6:30 pm (click on th...

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Any time a new local gallery opens, the artists rush enthusiastically to support its founders and to showcase their work in a new venue when given the opportunity.  And that's exactly what happe...

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JARABAS Melrose, just North... NINAINRUFFLES Boston SEPIALEPUS Boston, Quincy Ma ROMANMCCALL Scituate, MA, BOSTON LILIANABEAD Boston, Wellesley,... FUZZANDFU Boston, MA...

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More of the Boston Etsy team. Enjoy :) LAILABELLE Brockton, MA BAREMETALDESIGNS North Shore, MA,... SCHUGIRL Fall River, Ma ANNEJOHNSTONE Boston FANCYMEETINGYOUHERE Boston...

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Meet The Boston Etsy Team. Three posts total listing the shops behind Beteam. Next time you're browsing and/or looking for a unique gift, check out the Boston Etsy shops. MLMXOXO (CAPTAIN) B...

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Happy 2011! For me this year will be more of the same because I love what I do - melt glass - and I am also planning on spending more time creating sculptural work.  I will keep you posted. I...

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This is what it looks like. This is what it sounds like. This is what it feels like... I love love melting glass :) In this video, I'm making a focal glass bead with layers and layers of petals;...

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Silence is golden.. I don't think this saying works in this paradigm and yet I have a lot of silence in my everyday life. I go to the studio in the morning -usually around 8am or so, turn NPR o...

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My show season begins this week-end: May 15 &16 - The opening weekend of the SoWa Open Market @ 460 Harrison Ave, Boston 10am to 5pm It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend! Hope to see you th...

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If you've never been on this street, you have to stroll there at least once and I guarantee you'll want to live there! http://dailyartmuse.com/ Susan Lomuto, the brain behind Daily Art Muse, h...

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This morning I was reading "A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian," a novel by Marina Lewycka, when Phil joined me. I giggled and read aloud to him: But this is all in the past, Nadia. Why you...

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14TH FOUNTAIN STREET OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND April 9 - 11, 2010 Friday 6:00 - 9:00 pm Saturday/Sunday 11am - 5 pm Do come by and say hello. The plethora of art and inspiration, the wonderful...

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It's been a couple of months since Phil and I returned from Costa Rica. What a trip it was! We met wonderful people and saw beautiful places. I feel that only now I suddenly have the urge to ...

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It's just a week before St. Valentine's and I finished my new tutorial. I'm thrilled to be able to share this technique with whoever's interested. Ever since I learned to make hearts I've bee...

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ON JANUARY 12, 2010, A 7.0-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK NEAR THE HAITIAN CAPITAL PORT-AU-PRINCE. The international Red Cross estimated 45,000 to 50,000 people were killed in Tuesday's cataclysmi...

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