Featured Artisan!!!: July's Artisan of the Month! Come meet Anne Dodd!

July's Artisan of the Month! Come meet Anne Dodd!

Anne lives in Northern California with her husband and 3 cats. Since she was young she has always loved beads and beading. She started off by making polymer clay beads several years ago but always wanted to work with glass. She would purchase glass beads to make jewelry with and would think "why can't I make these myself?" Finally in 2005 she decided to take a 2-day beginning lampwork glass class at Arrow Springs (which is just down the road from where she lives!) She was hooked! She purchased everything that she needed to get started and hasn't looked back since. She feels that she has come a long way since then but there is always so much more to explore. She's always stumbling on new ideas, color combos, etc just about every time she lights up the torch.

She recently returned back to her old part-time office job, so putting out the quantity of beads that she did before isn't possible, but she still finds time every weekend to fire up the kiln. Most of her work nowadays is from client orders, which she truly enjoys and appreciates, but she still manages to list a set or two off and on on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/SpareTimeDesigns and eBay (you can find her under the seller name "mrsmopar2u". She plans on updating her website this Fall with more designs available and a "checkout" option as well! She takes orders on just about everything available on her website.

"I think my favorite beads to make are the pillow shaped ones. They have a nice sleek rectangular shape that just about everyone likes. They lay flat and are great for earrings, bracelets...just about anything! They are always my best sellers." She also makes lentil shapes, round spacers as well as larger free-form and focal/pendant styles. She also loves working with frits, foils and all of the beautiful metallic glass that is available today.

After 9 years Anne still loves her quiet days behind the torch. It gives her time to relax, shut off the rest of the world and just create and explore with her glass. :)

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