I thought I was gonna make beads tonight...

but once again it is cold as hell outside and torching requires makeup air. I really need to run some ducting to underneath my workbench so I don't have to feel the cold air. Of course by the time I am able to afford the ducting it will be spring, you can't win. I will have to run ducting all the way from the bathroom in the basement to my workbench. I think it is probably 30 feet. I could do that or I could simply move to southern California. I would love that but would probably have to live in a shack with their rent prices. :(

Maybe some precious metal clay beads...

It is going to be excruciatingly cold the next three days so I think I am going to take a break from the torch and maybe play with some precious metal clay that I have. I have been wanting to make some pandora/troll/biagi beads out of precious metal clay. I will only have to go in the basement to put the clay in the kiln. My basement gets extremely cold when it is in the single digits and especially when I open the window for fresh air. I will probably work with the clay in the bedroom or upstairs where it is very warm. I really can't wait till spring, this winter has been so brutal. In the previous few years we would have cold snaps and then it would warm up to the 60's but this year it has been straight cold since November. I just don't like it and can't wait for it to end. :(

It is 3 degrees right now...

And I actually got on the torch for a couple of hours and made some beads. I hope they don't crack in the kiln like one did the other night. It got pretty cold while I was torching and the basement window has ice on it. When I unhooked the propane hose and the ventilation fan was blowing on me, I thought I was gonna freeze to death. On Wednesday it is supposed to be 50 degrees, it will feel like summer. Weeee!