We popped our bead cherries!

first beads
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As mentioned, myself and Ashley went to an open studio on Sunday, thanks to Les of Flame Born Beads.

Here's our first attempts - Ashley's is the top left bead with the mad red bumps, and mine are the other two.

We haven't seen them yet in the flesh, as they were still annealing in the kiln when we left, but they don't look too bad for first ever try.

Especially Ashley's, very promising for an 11 year old who's never done any glass work before!