Comments on: Fine Lampwork Beads by Kim Neely

Fine Lampwork Beads by Kim Neely

netbros — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:32:46 -0800

Kim Neely has enjoyed a very rich professional life already. A writer for Rolling Stone for fifteen years, she also penned the Pearl Jam biography. These days find Kim involved in an entirely different pursuit. Lampworking is a type of glass work that uses a gas fueled torch to melt rods and tubes of clear and colored glass. At her mom's unused workshop Kim created Bluff Road Art Glass.

A few of my favorites include these glass bones, this necklace called fossil, and this fine silver link bracelet. Kim also blogs her work.

By: Tube

Tube — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:54 -0800

A photo of Eddie Vedder from back in the day.

By: dowcrag

dowcrag — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:11:37 -0800

A MeFi post my wife will want to look at! There are very good, technically.

By: dowcrag

dowcrag — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:12:04 -0800

These

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:05:32 -0800

I love art glass, but I never buy anything. I drool, in the shops.

By: saucysault

saucysault — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:45:24 -0800

My friend Lucie has been doing self-taught lampwork for years, she showed me how she created the pieces with an incredibly hot torch. Most of her stuff took hours to create, building the layers. Phenomenal art that photographs can't really capture the depth of.

By: jenfullmoon

jenfullmoon — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:54:39 -0800

Wow. I really wish I could buy some of her bead sets- they're AMAZING.

By: The Giant Squid

The Giant Squid — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:34:24 -0800

I wonder where in Louisiana she is. I'm guessing around St. Helena Parish.