There are all kinds of wonderful elbow, arm, and wrist rest items on the market for lampworking. But at the glass retreat this weekend, I saw this style for the first time and got a kick out of it.Having always used the very posh style of aluminum foil covered rolls of toilet paper and then gently squishing them for my cheap and easy elbow rests for students, I am wondering whether I might make up a few of this style too for my students too. Deanna Griffin Dove is credited for this set. They are socks, (just like my husband wears- whoops maybe the dryer didn't eat ALL of his socks), and they are filled with buckwheat or someone thought perhaps corn. Buckwheat is what so many of the neck rest commercial items contain, so I'm guessing that.
Wouldn't it be nice to add a touch of lavender in the middle or something nice smelling, so when they are slightly crunched, a slight whiff of something aromatic wafts through the air? I just googled the idea and found that Dried lavender, Marjoram, Betony, Rose petals, Cloves, Rosemary all can be used. I like the idea of being able to stack them to the different heights as needed too. As I have students in all sizes, this could be helpful.
These fillings can be microwaved and warmed up for cold winter days that could be used near my feet for a little extra warmth... oh, the possibilities that one can make with some spare socks and a little imagination. I read that uncooked rice, wheat, feed corn, buckwheat hulls, barley, oatmeal, beans, flax seed and cherry pits can be microwaved, although I wonder whether cherry pits might be just a little too large and uncomfortable if used as an elbow rest?
Do you have any inexpensive tips for lampworkers or jewelry makers? Post them here. We'd all like to know.
Later this week, I'll be posting some tips and very new beads from my class and retreat. But today is one of my good friend's birthday, so I'm off to go celebrate it in a little bit. Happy day to all.
I have bunches of these even though I have the "store bought" creation station. Some filled with sand~they are heavier and stay put better.
ReplyDeleteMy most used tool is the clothes pin that I drilled to hold my short rods. Soaked in water they don't catch fire quite as easily, and they are cheap to replace if they do get too close to the flame.
Oh, I like the idea of adding nicely scented herbs to the filling! I'd never seen the arm rest idea, but I have used the rice in a sock microwaveable heat pack. The problem is that after only a few uses, the rice starts to smell cooked in a not so appealing way.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea!
ReplyDeleteMy fun cheap tool is actually a manicure sanding block - about a buck at the beauty supply and it lasts for years. I have them around because my hands get stained indexing rubber stamps.
But one day, I realized the mandrel release I prefer doesn't always come off easy and I grabbed my little sanding block. It takes baked on bead release right off!
My elbow rests are similar, but I stuffed mine very tightly with some washed but unspun wool from my fiber stash. They work very nicely!
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I just made wrist supports with outdoor water faucets upside down so the could pivot and attached pic to them with tube covers for padding. Screwed them to the desk and 20.00 later, majic! A whole new world!
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