Congratulations Paula!!!

Paula Schertz of Paula Dawn Creations is our featured Artisan of the Month!

Beads made with G-109 and Goldstone

Having only been lampworking for one year Paula has directed her talents in multiple directions, from making glass candy to small sculptural beads to organics and bright colors. She's been active with Beads of Courage, taking advantage of the frit offered for free play to experiment and see what she likes as she begins to to try everything out. "I am still new to lampworking and have a lot to learn.  I am still trying to come into my own. I hope to someday find what my style is. Most of all I want to continue to grow as an artist. Also, I have a frit addiction," Paula says when asked what she enjoys best.

Beads made with KS-CB-003 Frit

Paula is married and has 3 grown sons and 9 grandsons. She has always enjoyed creating: she knits, crochets, makes jewelry although she'll tell yo that she still has a lot to learn about jewelry making techniques. She  sews, gardens and loves to read.

Candy Beads

Paula has always loved glass, remembering being entranced with some colored glass window panes at her cousin’s house across the street from where she lived when she was little. She worked at the glass blowing and cutting shop at Cedar Point as a sales clerk during her first summer out of high school, and even worked stained glass for a short time. 

Etched beads made with KS-CB-001 frit

Like many lampworkers when she melted glass for the first time she was hooked. "There is something to melting the glass that just relaxes me." She has been mainly working 104 coe glass and just recently decided to expand the palette to 90 and 96 coe and is ready to give boro a try. "I love playing with glass."

Beads made with Ethereal Frit, IMJ-CB-141

You can visit Paula at her Website or Etsy Store. Be sure to stop by Facebook and say hello as well!!!

Turquoise, Ivory & Raku with raised bumps

For anyone who couldn't pick up those direct links:

Website:  http://pauladawnecreations.indiemade.com/

Etsy::  https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaulaDawneCreations

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulaDawneCreations

Beads made with IMJ-CB-039, My Sister's Socks

Beads made with G-185, Corn Yellow

Let's Have Fun!!!!

Most of you are familiar with my Beads of Courage Frit Program already, but for those of you who aren't yet I provide free "BOC" frit samples (up to ten per order) for you to try out, play with, experiment - as long as the beads made with that frit (however you chose to use it) are sent to Beads of Courage.

To incent more of you wonderful lampworkers to make more beads for those amazing kids I'm starting a "Featured Artisan" blog. How do you get chosen to be our featured artisan for the month? Great question!

1. Add a few BOC Frit Samples to your order,
2. Make beads for the kids,
3. Either send me a photo (.jpg, .bmp, .gif, etc) of your beads before you send them in, or just send the beads to me for photographing & mailing.
4. Once your photos have been received your name will be entered into a drawing once for every frit tested!

When your name is picked I'll send you an email with a little "about me" form - just return it and voila!

If you prefer to just make the beads and not be entered, just let me know :)