It's still snowing here! We've got about a foot total right now and some bigger drifts. The horses love it, and the cat well ............ he'll go outside if forced!
Anyone who knows me at all knows I LOVE the snow. Well we finally got some! Yesterday we went and got our Christmas tree in the snow, went to Taylor beach for a walk in the snow and then took our quad out the trails to Sooke to a restaurant for dinner .............. in the snow! It's doesn't get much better than this!
Galya a new goddess on my Artfire shop. Artfire is a new site similar to etsy I am trying for a few months. I am curious to see how it gets off the ground and going.
I have been playing with byzantine and viking knit. I made the byzantine chain on this piece myself and of course the lampwork is mine! It's in my etsy shop!!
I have been creating tiny works of art in glass since 2003, in my home studio in Victoria BC Canada. Working mainly in soft glass I love the colors and reactions they provide. I draw a lot of my inspiration from the Canadian wilderness and the lovely gardens in my area. Victoria is known as the “Garden City”. My personal love for animals and wildlife provide me with a constant source for artistic vision. My other passion is horses we own, breed and train! Between the two passions I am always busy! I am happy to do color requests if you have an idea you are dying to see transfer into glass, but can’t promise it’ll be exactly as your mind had it envisioned! Glass sometimes has a mind of it’s own.
I am a member of the ISGB and Pacific Pyros. I am a self representing artist which means all the beads you see are handmade, one by one, by me! They all go directly from the torch to the kiln, making for consistent crack free beads.
My ebay auctions are here
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnicval
Here is a link to my bead artist page!
http://www.beadartists.org/Gal718_NValentine_Studios_Gallery.asp