August 2024 Creativity Challenge
Everything Murrini!
Congratulations to Erin Morris!
Have you made or used Murrini in your work? We look forward to seeing what you have been creating with murrini. These can be your own or purchased murrini slices in your work (be sure to credit the artist). We hope that this challenge inspires everyone to learn more about this ancient technique.
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I often use murrini. For these beads I used Bullseye glass and murrini from Kristi Thorndike-Kent of GlassworksNorthwest.
I made a round bead in Vanilla and then added lines in different shades of pink before adding the murrini.
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I find the journey into making murrini a fun challenge. Here are some of the different ways I create and use my murrini. The face murrini are a work in progress and a great challenge for me.
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This is my bracelet made with mainly cobalt glass and Double Helix murrini. I wanted the beads to resemble outer space or deep ocean with unusual organisms. I improved at laying down murrini cleanly, but need more time to bring out the best colors in flame chemistry.
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Hi there! This challenge seems made for me! I absolutely love making murrini and beads!
I've taken a few classes from some very talented ladies, Elena Hernberg, Corina Tettinger and Ikuyo Yamanaka, and I'm very grateful they are willing to teach!
Mostly, I love working on my torch, making complex murrini to use is my favorite.
I recently discovered that I had so many storage jars of murrini that I had forgotten a lot of what I had! So I sorted them all, labeled them, made reference beads and made a catalog!
Thanks for the fun challenge!
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I created some creature eye murrini using Boro glass and made some eye cabochons.
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My name is Susan and I am a murrini addict. I have more murrini that I can use in a lifetime but I’m trying. Attached is a photo of some beads I made with part of my collection. In there somewhere are my attempts at murrini but most are from Murano or other artists. I made these as part of my Corina Tettinger ‘Quarks’ class.
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I made the murrini. The bead was made as a fairly large encased ball. I ground out the two windows.
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I love using murrini in my designs as they're so colourful and versatile. I made these pink flower murrini and added them over a pastel stripy base to form a large focal bead.
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Hi! The necklace was made with ivory and Double Helix murrini. My name is Susan Knopp. I am 69 years old and have worked in many media, including weaving spinning, cloisonne enamel, silversmithing, etc. I love glass and all the possibilities of color, light, and gravity.
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These beads are made using 1940 ca.
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As a glass artist, I create glass forms which I use to design jewelry. Glass as a jewelry medium allows me to introduce translucency, color and pattern in a variety of shapes. I love experimenting with patterns, lines, shapes and colors. I use both mandrel and blown methods. I also incorporate cold work and acid etching.
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My name is Linda Leathers and I have been doing Lampwork beads whenever I can (weather permitting since my studio is in my garage) for the last almost 10 years.
The murrini in these beads were made by Elena Herberg. My goal is to make murrini this beautiful. I have taken a class from Elena and also from Carol Ann Savage and practice whenever I can.
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My name is Olga Zakirova (OZ-beads). I live in Russia and love flowers and glass. In my works, they merge into floral murrini, which get used in my beads. I want each of my customers to always have a flower bouquet, when they are wearing my beads.
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Lampworking has been one of my passions since around 2000. I attended my first ISGB Gathering in Minnesota and loved the interaction I had with the bead artists I met there. I was inspired by everyone I met there and loved that so many in the glass community were willing to share their knowledge. I have taken classes from several wonderful teachers and am forever grateful for the things I learned from each of them.
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Took a class with Carol Ann Savage at Red Deer Polytechnic.
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My name is Yi Zhang, I am a Chinese lampwork artist.
I started my lampwork journey from 2018. I mainly work with soft glass. I became interested in making murrinis not long after I past my beginner's phase.
I made lots of flowers and some cute animals. Making murrini helped me progress in heat control and understanding the mechanism of working with glass.
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This bird Murrini from Jodie McDougall is set at the bottom of a big clear drop and decorated with a dot pattern. After annealing, I ground and polished two windows at front and back, which causes a holographic effect, making the bird appear and disappear in the window, depending on the angle of your view. All soft glass.
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Bone Voyage, a micromosaic with hand-made murrine components set in a custom designed laser-cut wooden bezel. Each part of the skeleton was made at the torch in 104 effetre glass and stretched down to miniature proportions. The sky blue glass background glass was also hand pulled. The rest came from di Mosaico in Italy. I love using murrine in micromosaics because pulling it down tiny hides so many issues!
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I am addicted to making floral murrini and creating floral beads of all types. Although complex flower murrini is my passion, I love to make "Firework beads". It was created using multi-colored murrini on a dark blue lentil base to simulate fireworks in a star-studded night sky. In fact, the first one was made on New Year Eve 2019. I appreciate the opportunity of this ISGB challenge to show my work.
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My creativity is guided by elements the chemical, physical and natural world I have explored as an artist and scientist. Elements of my work represent science while my palette of color, form, and design embrace the natural world with fantasy that challenges the boundaries of reality. This piece features murrini eye cane by Mathieu Grodet, enhanced with a glass lens and electroformed into a bird skull with butterfly wings. Embellishments include dichroic glass gems.
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Mosaic and opal murrine ring. My latest fun has been working on creating mosaic rings with my murrine. I first started lampworking in 2001 and was hooked with the cane process almost immediately. Closed my massage practice in 2011 to dedicate my life to the process.
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The bead is composed of yellow and green-toned murrini, creating the image of Cassia Fistula branches. Cassia Fistula, also known as golden shower tree, blooms at the transition between spring and summer. They are filled with bright yellow flowers with warm vibrant hues signaling the arrival of summer - a season of luxurious growth. That also kind of reminds us to work diligently, play freely, travel more, and keep our spirits joyful!
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This is a tiny swarm of sun bees, including sunflower murrini I made using Ikuyo's tutorial.
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For this month’s challenge I chose a murrine I made of a hand giving a peace sign ✌️. When I first started to make this I thought it would be simple, but it was a surprisingly hard image to make. It took several attempts but I am very happy with how it turned out.
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This focal is my favorite shape…I’ve been making it since 2006 and currently most of them are decorated with murrini on dichroic bases. I do make murrini on occasion, though because I can only make small ones and others make more complex designs, I often use theirs. These are Elena Hernburg murrini on a violet dichroic background with 23kt gold leaf accents.
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This necklace was created for a client who swam in the Coral Reefs in the Pacific. I created murrini that reflected the beautiful images from her photographs. These were placed on Copper green glass and covered with a thick layer of super clear.
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Murrini from a different angle.
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Using my hands creatively brings my ideas to life, which I find exciting. Learning and exploring new processes to layer on existing skills gives me an opportunity to realize new depth in my work.
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Here is my entry for the murrini challenge. I have just finished the week with Mathieu Grodet at Corning, learning to make murrini.
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I am a glass artist from Istanbul. I learnt lampworking in 2008 in Glass Furnace, Istanbul. I attended different courses there to learn different techniques. I love glass art, shaping glass by torch makes me feel good.
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Here is a pendant of sunflowers made using small murrine that I pulled for a micromosaic technique.
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My work is an exploration of natural forms, light and ideas about lightness, fragility and impermanence. I approach each bead like it’s a watercolour painting, layering washes of colour, fragments of 24K gold leaf, tiny dots, fine lines, and delicate floral murrine to create detailed and colourful compositions. I make the floral murrine in my studio using traditional flameworking techniques and glass from Italy (Effetre), Germany (Reichenbach) and the USA (Double Helix).
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I'm Jeanie Dotlich. I get most of the murrini I use from Kaz Baildon. A few murrini used in these necklaces are from Double Helix and Flame Dame. These are so fun to wear with almost anything! I use sterling silver chain and sterling jump rings to make these.
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