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I finished my sea critter earrings today!  They turned out prety schwank, IMHO. I’m having a helluva time photographing the glass though… Guess I’d better see if I can sweet talk someone into borrowing their cloud dome.
 


Initially, the shark was my least favourite, but after many layers I feel the simple colors really pop and he’s just, well, neat!  The other two darkened quite a bit in the orangey tones due to the many more times they went into the kiln.  (I should have known better, as oranges and reds never hold up, but I thought this color was yellow enough to withstand the heat. d’oh!)The starfish got so dark that I had to add yellow and orange mica powder to brighten them up! oy!  I think it saved them though.  Here’s a few pics with less reflection.
The backs have small pierced out images of a shark fin in waves, starfish, and bubbles respectively. 
    

And just ’cause:

Oh no! Domo-kun eats shark!
~margarita

I’ve kinda always prided myself on soldering skills.  Though I have the occasional troublesome piece I can usually figure it out without excessive frustration, as long as it doesn’t involve nickle alloys.* Today, though, I found my giant soldering psyche quoting Fezzik, “I don’t see why you give me so much trouble,” and truly feeling my man in black may win. 
Indeed, he did. Though his brothers happily soldered to jump rings for future earring he would have none of it. Jerk.
It seems to be due to the porosity of the particular casting.
I know lessons in humility are good, but I do wish he’d stop smirking at me.
 
 <—The man in black

~m

*shakes fist in air grumbling “Nickle alloys!”