Its nice to put up photos of beads again. Its been too long. A package arrived today from Olympus, I placed the order yesterday (fast shipping) and in it were 2 smart media cards, both instantly fired right up in the camera and work like a charm. Thanks Olympus.

First bead is a tab shape. Its about 10x25x35mm in size, made on a larger mandrel. Base color is black with lots of red and amber yellow. The red and yellow are flowed together like lava and the whole deal covered in a thin layer of clear. It more of an abstract interpretation of lava than anything, but its for sure lava inspired.


Second bead is a nugget shape. Flat on two sides from lapidary. Core or base color is magma yellow, covered in lava red, then a layer of ash grey, rolled in black crumbly nubs for a rough lava like outer shell, the outer crumbles are slightly reduced for a raku like ash tinge. The bead was then ground down on two sides to cut through to the layers and make two flat sides to the bead. Then polished up to a glassy finish. Size is about 20x20x30mm and made on a larger mandrel.

Part two of the contest-lets hear some comments on this bead concept......