Monday, April 8, 2024

April 6-8, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada

 High of 64 and sunny.



Today I took a class from Susan McGarry called Amazing Glass Clay.  Excellent class. One of the tools we got was a set of tiny measuring spoons. 1/4 tsp a tad, 1/8 tsp a dash, 1/16 tsp a pinch, 1/32 a smidgen, 1/64 tsp a drop. To make the clay you have to measure small amounts exactly.



Examples of what we were making, wood grain pendants, geode pendants,  More examples, leaves and my pieces. The kiln in the class room was broken, so I will have to wait till I get home to fire them. Very cool technique. Great class.


Photos from the gallery of excellence. This is a real buffalo skull, it is huge. I sat next to the woman who made this last night at the meet and greet event. The photo she showed me did not do it justice. A cast cat, a glass projector, a snail with mushroom, the raven and skull was made by a high school student. There were about 20 pieces from the high school students.  A geode made by Susan, the instructor of the class I just took. Welcome to Spring, and a combed piece. Drawing for prizes at Tim Carey's booth at the end of the expo. 



It was lovely to get home. Looks like the ravens left their nest while we were gone. Flowers in the backyard.



A picture of me taken at the free photo booth at the glass expo. Prickly pear bloom.



We made an eclipse viewer. John with the viewer.  We saw this small eclipsed sun. I was taking photos of shadows to see if they were sun shaped. They were not, but I saw this bird. The flowers around Shoshone exploded while we were gone.



Desert gold.



Desert gold. 



Desert gold and a petite sunset. 














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