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I
am a self representing artist. All beads are hand made by me, Donna
Felkner,
from soft glass, kiln annealed for strength and durability.
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Please visit my website for the complete line of cg-beadrollers.
www.cgbeads.com
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My name is
Donna
Felkner and I have been
doing
arts & crafts since high school so my knowledge comes from a
lifetime of experience and experiments. In 1984, I took a stained
glass
class and was soon making windows, doors and sidelights. Next came
lampshades, 3D and then kaleidoscopes. Talk about lessons in
color, form, symmetry, order and chaos. I learned how to balance
them
all and how these elements interact with each other. It
was when I decided to make my 'scopes' completely from scratch, instead
of using broken glass and hobby store beads in my chambers,
that I was launched into lampwork. I took a lampwork class at
Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass in Dallas and learn to make my
bobbles. That was when I realized how much fun it was to just
make the beads and my
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Here is a peak at my new studio
just before I officially moved into it in June 2006.
Boy, do I wish it was that neat
now. After some refinning touches,
safety redo's
and work clutter it looks a bit more 'lived in' now.
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My
beads were featured in
two jewelry creations by Red Ocean for
the Beadwork Magazine issue Stringing, Spring 2005. |
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I
am also proud to
be one of
the artist featured in Corina’s Spotlight on Magic Color Reactions.
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Bead
Review 2005 is a collection of "The year's exceptional art glass beads"
and I am proud to be included in it's pages.
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