http://www.metafilter.com/tags/lampwork Posts tagged with 'lampwork' at MetaFilter. Thu, 15 May 2008 21:32:46 -0800 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:32:46 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/71708/Fine%2DLampwork%2DBeads%2Dby%2DKim%2DNeely <a href="http://www.bluffroadglass.com/about.html">Kim Neely</a> has enjoyed a very rich professional life already. A writer for Rolling Stone for fifteen years, she also penned the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0140276424/o/104-5680176-9421561">Pearl Jam biography</a>. These days find Kim involved in an entirely different pursuit. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampworking">Lampworking</a> 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 <a href="http://www.bluffroadglass.com/Gallery/album/index.html">Bluff Road Art Glass</a>. A few of my favorites include <a href="http://www.bluffroadglass.com/Gallery/album/Focals/slides/deepestblue3layout.html">these</a> glass bones, this necklace called <a href="http://www.bluffroadglass.com/Gallery/album/Sets/slides/fossil.html">fossil</a>, and this fine silver <a href="http://www.bluffroadglass.com/Gallery/album/Silver/slides/4407bracelet2.html">link bracelet</a>. Kim also <a href="http://www.bluffroadglass.com/">blogs</a> her work. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71708 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:32:46 -0800 art beads glass kimneely lampwork pearljam rollingstone silver writer netbros