PLEASE CUT AND PASTE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS THEN EMAIL IT TO US AT " FEATUREDARTIST  "at" THEANNEALERMAGAZINE.COM "  PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL ALSO BE THE AUCTION BOUTIQUE'S FEATURED SELLER AND, THEREFORE, YOU MUST BE ACTIVE ON THE AUCTION BOUTIQUE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FEATURED LAMPWORK BEAD ARTIST.  (Lampwork Babes are not required to list auctions, however, we do require some activity on the site). 

Attention Lampwork Babe Artists - please answer as many of questions 1 - 26 as you can, then continue on to answer the remaining questions set out specifically for you!   Email your answers to featuredartist "at" theannealermagazine.com.

 Please give us some general background information about yourself that you would like to share with our readers, then answer the following questions. 

First - please give us a little background information on yourself.   

1. How long have you been making beads?

2. What sparked your interest in making beads?

3. Were you involved in other crafts/arts prior to making beads? If so, what impact did that craft/art have on your decision to make beads?

4. Have you taken any classes?

5. What have you found to be most interesting in the process of working with glass?

6. Whose beads or glass work inspires you the most? Why?

7. Do you sell your beads or do you make beads as a hobby or for use in jewelry designs?

8. If you make jewelry with your beads, do you sell your jewelry?

9. What does your family think about your making beads?

10. What type of torch do you use?

11. What type of glass do you use?

12. Is there a specific technique you prefer?

13. Do you make mostly focal beads or bead sets?

14. Is there a particular product you use that you would recommend to the lampwork community? Why?

15. Is there a particular bead that you consider to be your “signature” bead?

16. Tell us about your signature beads. (did you make it by accident? something you planned? Etc.)

17. Do you still have the first beads you made?

18. How do they compare to the beads you are making now?

19. What are your favorite tools?

20. Where do you make your beads? Do you have a studio set up?

21. Are there any tips on creating a studio that you would like to pass on to someone who is just starting out?

22. Do you sell your beads? Where?

23. What camera do you use to photograph your beads?

23. How much time per week do you spend making beads?

24. Is making beads your job or a hobby?

25. Have you made one bead that you consider your ‘best?” Can you share a photo of that bead?

26.  Have you ever been featured in an article on this topic in the past?    What magazine and when?

If you are not completing this form for the Lampwork Babe feature, please skip over the following questions and go directly to your name, address and other information.

For the Lampwork Babe Featured Artists: 

27.  Is there any one thing that you would like to learn more about?  A specific technique, a particular torch or other tool? 

28.  Where do you see yourself in the glass art movement in the future?  Selling beads? Making jewelry? or larger scale glass art?

29.  If you could meet any one lampwork artist, who would that be and why?

30.  Is there any one question you have that you would like to ask the experienced lampwork artists which you have not been able to get an answer to from books, dvds or other instructional source?

Thank you for answering this questionnaire. You will be considered as a featured artist in The Annealer Magazine online or in our written Magazine. Upon approval, we will contact you.  If you are selected for our printed magazine, your photographs will need to meet our submission requirements.  We ask that all photos of your work for approval be submitted without any alterations (resizing) in jpg format.  Please also submit a photograph of yourself.    Your name, website name and url will be listed on the featured article, so please provide that information in your email if it is different than your information below.  As a featured artist, you must be willing to register on the forum and check in on a regular basis to respond to comments and/or questions from the readers.  This will apply to both internet and printed magazine featured artists, jewelry designers or lampwork babes.  More information will be provided upo1n approval and initial contact.  

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