Kanna Glass Studios

 My current blog is over at my Shopify store blog on Kanna Glass Studios .

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I started out testing CiM new colors for testing feedback but fell in love with most of the colors and ended up using a number of the colors in my new Citrus Collection being developed for the B...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2019/05/cim-testing-budgerigar.html

This is my first attempt at trying styling ideas with my beads. These are bead strands and just waiting for ideas to be made into jewelry. I kept it simple on my first try at styling. ...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2018/06/styling-ideas-for-twilight-bead.html

I have a couple of favorite designers where I've learned some major knitting skills through knitting their designs. Their designs are challenging and interesting and the results are beautiful an...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2017/11/studio-time-knitting-with-multiple.html

I blame Irma. Well, I started falling down the knitting rabbit hole before Irma, but Irma clinched it. Nothing like evacuating to Alabama and having four days to focus on knitting. I finished...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2017/11/down-knitting-rabbit-hole-my-first.html

Current earring designs I can re-create in either glass or polymer clay. If you need light earrings, I recommend polymer. If you like the beauty of glass and can handle a little bit of weight, th...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2017/08/kanna-earring-designs.html

I was talking about my 10,000 Bead project with a fellow artist (Brenda ) and what I was learning as I went along. By making the same beads over and over again and not doing any complex designs ...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2017/05/studio-time-going-to-bead-college-aka.html

I've started a project I'm calling the "10,000 Bead Project." Right after I committed to that in my mind and to my coach , I got accepted into the Milwaukee Bead & Button Show ! This is huge for...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2017/04/studio-time-starting-big-project.html

Attached is a body of work in lamp work glass beads and polymer clay beads from 2009 - 2017.  My beads are simple and basic and I make a lot of my own beads into jewelry. I describe my style...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2017/02/studio-time-collection-of-my-best-work.html

I had so much fun with the polymer retrospective,  I decided to do the same with my lamp work glass. Kind of fun to look through my art history. It took me a good six months in glass before I w...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/06/studio-time-art-retrospective.html

I thought it would be kind of fun to wander back through my blog archives and review my progression in polymer clay. Right now, I'm starting to make leaps and bounds. It took several years to ge...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/06/studio-art-retrospective-polymer-clay.html

I've had limited access to making lamp work beads since 2009. For a brief period, I had home studio in a home I owned in 2011, but then I had to move for work and I've been renting since then. I...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/06/studio-time-personal-breakthrough-in.html

I've have trays of beads and components laid out to make jewelry! So fun... The grays... leftover from a custom order, plus some jewelry to clean up for my mom. The yellows... can't wa...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/06/studio-time-beads-made-now-to-make.html

When it comes to creating, it's to fun wildly explore and experiment. Often ugly beginnings  (link to my beginnings in glass beads) create really interesting results. At the recommendation of ...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/06/studio-time-make-ugly-beads.html

Another local gem, Washington Oaks State Park , sends you back into a a slice of natural Florida. This beautiful land is located on a relatively unspoiled hammock , and site of the original orang...

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Recently I toured one of the local attractions, Fountain of Youth , here in St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine is the oldest colonial city in the US that has been continuously occupied since ...

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The colors in this color palette give me a tingle every time I see them. Mainly because they remind me of the southwest color palette I really love and miss. I've been attempting to replicat...

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Riffing off the other stackable necklace in jewel tones, I thought of an earring design I had done in the past in glass and wanted to create in polymer. I created itty bitty polymer beads, large...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/05/studio-time-bonbon-necklace-and.html

One of my current favorite things is the magazine Uppercase. It's a visual feast for the "creative and curious." Janine Vanpool explores everything creative. She creates themes and creative peop...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/05/creative-finds-uppercase-magazine.html

So, I've been buckling back down to studio time.  While I would make art and dabble in bits and pieces over the last several years, it really had been 6-7 years since I was in the "I-ca...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/05/studio-time-developing-cohesive-body-of.html

Have you ever been doing studio time and you start getting giddy about the work you're creating? Yeah. I'm there today. Even when it's simple, I'm learning ways to improve the quality, be consist...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/05/studio-time-getting-that-giddy-feeling.html

Just finished and delivered this custom order of a color crazy necklace in navy, coral, turquoise and green. The colors were elegant so I used copper as the wire to complement this set. The ...

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When I started playing with creating the Texture & Patina collection I admit I struggled. I stared at the photos, color palettes, and ideas for about 3 days with...nothing. Bupkus. Nada. I knew...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/04/design-exploration-starting-patina.html

So I have a delightfully messy workspace at the moment. working on custom orders and works in progress.  Short and sweet. :-)

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My mom hosted a small mixed media show for our friends in mid-March featuring six artists who sell their work. I asked permission to share their work. It's so much fun having friends who are all...

http://kannaglassstudios.blogspot.com/2016/04/creative-finds-alyssa-hall-mincy-branch.html