Happiness

These are my happy colors. I mean how can you not smile when you look at these beads? Sunny orange, bright blue, spring green ... they just ooze happiness.

I bring you another set from my new series focusing on color families.
What I love about these is the concentration on just a few colors that compliment each other. My primary focus is on shaping the glass and alternating between opacity and transparency - letting the beauty of each color stand on its own and join forces with the other two.

Clearly I was fantasizing about the return of summer as I was making these. Come soon summer. We miss you.


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