So one of the things I've been meaning to do is collect the various failures I've had over the years and show ’em off, cuz of ’em are pretty spectacularly bad. I thought I'd call the feature ‘Friday Fuglies’. With a suitably awful background, of course.
First step, though: don't run of out of propane, mid-bead.
I generally loathe the so-called (by Scott McCloud, no less!) ugly style of comic drawing; but oddly enough I find my failures so ugly they verge on a sort of horrifying cuteness.
Well, you know, it takes all kinds.
transparent and opaque purple spacers beads. 04aug2023
Green & clear blast from the past. 23sep2022
red, yellow orange memory wire bracelet: 2021 reprise 15jan2021
Lindsey Ellis and Riley J Dennis discuss transphobia, the former focusing on JK Rowling's terfy terribleness. (And what it means for potterdom) 10jul2020
2 kittycat note cards 26jun2020
2 of 3 cracked is a fail. 29apr2020
Can't see the answers till I learn to frame the question. Fugly horseheads II. 17apr2020
Fridayfugly horseheads. On Monday. 16apr2020
friday fugly unicorn 03apr2020
Old images, only a little chewed up by time... 03jan2020
1st time fusing using a donut/pi mold.
Fugly flat braid 14apr2017
failure and fave: 5th in a series of 18" mini-beadcurtain strands 29jan2016
production from 23sep15: recent experiments, mostly with color. Also, reviewing old techniques. 25sep2015
5 shots of so-so beads taken on a battered table. It's all about the technique. 18sep2015
There are many ways to install zippers badly. This page documents some of them. 25sep2015
One `beauty' and a whole lotta beasts. Fridayfuglies for April. 02may2014
I make two beads using a recursive daffodil cane 11apr2014
heart shaped fuglies, courtesy of frances 'n' me:)
Jacketed hollows are a fun technique, but they crack easily. 20jun2014
4 stranded 3 ended disk braid in easter colors. A failed experiment. 20apr2017
I try the hand/fingerloop method of braiding for the first time. And it's awful. 29mar2013
Vetrofond's odd lot 791943 orange sherbet is yummy. 04may2012
How to turn ugly beads into good technique 02mar2012
Cheap lampwork can be a problem...
Fugly index page:) 30mar2012
Fridayfuglies: in which some tigers most grievously fail. 11jun2010
In which I discover why casing ivory with effetre 068 transparent pink is not A Good Idea . Originally posted 13feb10. 13feb2010
Cat heads prove to be frustrating . Originally posted 17jan10. 17jan2010
In which sylvus discovers that reading the directions first is a good idea . Originally posted 08jan10. 08jan2010
How I got from dotties to harlequins . (With some minor not-quite-friday-fugly-worthy efforts along the way.) Here are some originally posted 18dec09. 18dec2009
This week we have five fridayfuglies, one for each day of the work week. Originally posted 01may09. 01may2009
In which I attempt to make tiger heads that do not have the eyes or muzzles sliding off one half of the face. Originally posted 24apr09 24apr2009
While playing with presses I made this odd bead, which actually I quite like . Originally posted 03apr09. 03apr2009
This is more of a Friday Frustrating post, actually. Originally posted 06mar08. 06mar2009
Why you do not want to mix Bullseye and Effetre. Originally posted 13feb09. 13feb2009
Some friday fuglies are sort of cute. But this one, alas, is just a fugly failure . Originally posted 20nov08. 21nov2008
Half decent ribbon cane in blechy colors . Originally posted 14nov08. 14nov2008
Most people think of holepops as mistakes, but I consider them opportunities . Originally posted 11nov08. 11nov2008
A twofer of friday fugly and frustrating, not only for the objects, but the photography too. Sometimes, you just can't win. . Originally posted 24oct08. 24oct2008
Even simple beads may need some development before getting out of the fugly category. . Originally posted 17oct08. 17oct2008
Some of these beads are actually edging out of the friday fugly category in this 300+ exercise to clean up my floral trailing. Originally posted 15oct08. 16oct2008
Semi-pretty Bighole Shard Beads . Originally posted 06jun08. 06jun2008
Cold seals are not a good idea. Originally posted 26apr08. 25apr2008
The very first beads I made with the Color is Messy pallette. Made in October, originally posted 16nov07. 19nov2007
More Gathering goodies, v. 2007 , including some just-a-demo-ugly tests. Originally posted 16aug07 16aug2007
What sandblasting can do to glass beads. Originally posted 29mar07 29mar2007
sand blasted/tumbled beads. fridayfugly page created 14mar2007. 13mar2020
scream and curl fridayfuglies. Stub 14jan2007, post 27jan2012
wonky dichro focal, showing some design development. 30nov2006
A not terribly successful series of Bullseye dichro focals, which at least attempts to document how I refine my ideas throughout the design process. Late 2006. 17feb2012
2nd? in my series of ugly bullseye dichro focals. 29nov2006
start of a very unsuccessful dichro focal series. 20nov2006
I made this...um, I think before we moved. Say it's five years old or so. At any rate, I couldn't sell it, couldn't even give it away; it was such a resounding failure I tore it apart to harvest the beads for the lowly bead curtain. Now that silvered stringing cable is available, I wouldn't e...
My earliest and most extremely ugly beads. 29may2005
photo 20080322, file & directory, 11apr08.
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