Maria Grimes is cleaning out her bead bowl.  Don't miss out.

Garden-Path ~CLEANING OUT THE BEAD BOWL~ Lampwork Beads

And Sisters Beads has a lovely peach set up.  Is peach back in?  If it's not this set might change that.  :)

Sisters Beads"Georgia Peach" Handmade Lampwork Beads

OMG! This is the cutest, funkiest, craziest little fish I have ever seen. Love the glasses. You have to go look at her. Algaelina Jolie... LOL!

by Cynthia Tilker.

GLASSACTCC~StarOfTheSea~Lampwork Bead FOCAL SRA

I love Taara Ryan's wildly colorful, wacky beads. So very fun. :)

TASTY Lampwork Beads Handmade - Colors !!!!!!+++++!!!++

And this is a cool goldfish from Anastasia

ANASTASIA--lampwork bead--1 focal--"GOLDFISH"--SRA

These are lovely earthy colored beads from Graciebeads. It can't be time for fall yet!

Gracie's Lampwork Beads ::: IN THE REDWOODS

And it looks like Casey Marie has been playing with some reduction glass and silvered ivory. Looks great.

Casey Marie OPAL KISSES Handmade Lampwork Beads

Hollows are hot right now. Just one of those things I guess. Here's a set of three by Pati Walton. Wow!

Pati Walton - Three Treasures Lampwork hollow beads

And check out Anastasia's daisy beads. Too cute.

ANASTASIA--lampwork beads--"DAISIES"--SRA

I love Deb's fish beads. This one is really great.

dcrowley lampwork StripedFlasher Wrasse fish bead w/std

And these owls are cute. I like what she did with the eyes.

jawjee * Owl lampwork bead set -THE WHO FAMILY- SRA LE

Wow. Sarah Hornik continues to rock and roll with her hollow beads. This set is great!

GbS ~Freshness~ Handmade Lampwork Beads (11 Hollows)

And these are just gorgeous, from Shari Slonski.

Slonski "Alligator skin" Lampwork set (15)SRA

I thought it would be fun to spotlight some of the members here. The first one I'm going to do is a lampworker I've admired for some time, Helen Simon. She does some lovely sculptural flower beads.

To visit her website, go here: Helen's Harvest

Thanks for being a member, Helen. :)

If you've been wondering how hollow beads are done, here's a video tutorial. Unfortunately it's not in English, but it doesn't seem to matter. On this one they simply adorned it with a twistie.

Hollow beads are fun, you just need to make sure you don't have any holes or it will collapse. And, yes, they are quite strong due to the spherical shape, with the added advantage of being light.

If you haven't done one before, practice with some inexpensive clear or something you don't care about because you will most likely end up with a few globs before you get the hang of it.

Oh, look, Anastasia did an octopus. He's so cute.

ANASTASIA--lampwork bead--1 focal--"OCTOPUS"--SRA

And Taara Ryan has a fun, bright set.

SPICY Lampwork Beads Handmade - Colors

Wow! Wow! Check out these fab hollow beads by Sarah Hornick. Can I say it again? Wow!

GbS ~Hellos~ Handmade Lampwork Beads (10 Hollows!)

This is really cool. Not sure how this was done, must have painted on the bead? Tres artsy.

XAOS Fine Lampwork Beads - Focal - RED UMBRELLA PARIS

And these are so simple, but I love this blue.

Dragonfly Glass 'Teal Silver ' Lampwork Beads SRA

Oh, her focals are just to die for.

Pati Walton - Lily and Butterfly Garden lampwork bead

And Anastasia is doing some spring cleaning.

ANASTASIA--lampwork beads--"SPRING CLEANING"--SRA