Although Nicole states that her style changes from week to week, her favorite bead style, or signature beads, are her constellation beads.  She says, “I had made galaxies for a while, and wondered about adding constellations to them.  It took me a while to figure it out, but I really enjoy making them.”   

Nicole’s family, particularly her husband, is very supportive of her art work.  Being part time hobby and part time career, her hubby was all for building her a studio at home.  Knowing how important it is to have a space for your creativities,  Nicole states, “If you can do it… do it!  I love having a creative space just for my glass.  Everything is at my fingertips.”  She adds; “I highly recommend a sink in [your studio] if you can [have one], I find bead cleaning too messy to do in my kitchen sink.”   Along with her glass assortment, you’ll also find her favorite tool in her studio, a pair of custom filed tweezers, about which she says, “I use them a lot for florals.”  Pulling stringer has become an easy task for her also since she started using the “Pull my Stringer” tool, which she recommends, claiming, “I can get loads of stringer out of one pull with varied thicknesses.” 

You will find Nicole’s glass art beads on various auction sites including the Auction Boutique, or you can purchase them privately by visiting her blog as well. A

 

Please join us in the forum to congratulate Nicole, ask her questions, or just say hello!  Click here to go directly to the thread. You can see more of Nicole's work at: http://nvalentine.blogspot.com Nicole is also The Auction Boutique's Featured Seller - to see her current offerings, click here. Editorial contribution by Shruti Dev Photography by Nicole Brown