tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88308122361821655682024-03-05T22:42:28.628-06:00Phantasm CreationsBeadwork and Musings by Lindsay M StarrLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-66353117963573389582019-12-28T04:00:00.000-06:002019-12-28T04:00:00.288-06:00Art Elements December 2019 Challenge - Handmade Christmas'Tis the season! Not only the season for another <a href="https://www.artelements.net/">Art Elements</a> theme challenge, but also the season to drive yourself nuts trying to get all the gifts and decorations and cleaning and food done before the festivities. I am so tired but proud of what I've accomplished this year! Here's a sampling of what I finished for the holidays:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catnip pickles. I wanted to do a project with my friend's daughter while we were in Knoxville for Christmas, and these ridiculous things were it. I had them all pre-sewn, cut and turned right sides out. Katie helped me choose and set eyes in each one, stuff them with fluff and catnip, and cut the yarn "stems". I finished them up on the machine and then we sorted them out for all the kitties in our lives. We made about 25 pickles in total and after we chose the ones to gift to specific cats, the rest will be going to the humane society when she goes to practice reading to the kitties next. So far I am receiving reports that the pickles are irresistible to all cats, young or old, big or small...as my friend's cat Lucky demonstrates here. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As mentioned above, there is a new member to my friend's household - this is Cheetah. He has added so much joy to their home, I thought he might appreciate more than a pickle. I found this awesome <a href="https://seekatesew.com/free-cat-bed-sewing-pattern/">free pattern and tutorial</a> online and made the majority before I headed over to Knoxville. I still had to hand sew the binding around the hole. He supervised every stitch and immediately inspected once I turned it right side out and put the cushion back in. I think I passed inspection!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For my friend and her husband, I made these two sloths that went with their bedroom colors. These are from a <a href="https://cholyknight.com/2018/03/16/sloth-plush/">free pattern </a>by my favorite plushy pattern maker., Choly Knight As a last second request I also made 2 more "snuggle" pillows, the red and gray with silver ones. The other gray one I made last year so now no one needs to fight over it! The pillows have no pattern - I simply trace 2 circles from my friend's smaller plates (yes, the dishes in the kitchen cupboard), and cut a rectangle to fit the circle circumference. I believe I also sewed the duvet cover a couple of years ago. Normally, I do small household sewing or the family mending for Christmas, but branched out a bit this time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the kiddo herself, I made baby dragons to go with her Halloween costume. These are also a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/578130490/floppy-dragon-plush-sewing-pattern-pdf?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=floppy+dragon+pattern&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&bes=1">Choly Knight </a>pattern. Because they are babies and they need very delicate care, they went straight in the doll pack-n-play as soon as they were snuggled, along with the Christmas rhino and penguin. Normally I would make these out of a sturdier fabric. Normally I would choose something less difficult to sew than foil covered spandex. But the results were worth it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, I've been making articulated foxes. For decades I've wanted to make stuffed animals with classic teddy bear articulation. For some reason it had built up into my mind as a huge challenge, somehow different than all of the other plushy and doll making that I've ever done. I found a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/202751377/foxy-soft-toy-sewing-pattern-to-make?ref=yr_purchases">nice pattern</a> on Etsy and low and behold...it's much easier and more fun than I thought. So fun that I've already gifted these four, have one more mostly assembled, and 2 more cut and ready to go! After I get through those and get them to their intended homes, I'm going to work on patterning my own woodland gallery of articulated critters! </td></tr>
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I still have multiple projects in the wings for family back home. With everything I needed to get done for people we were seeing over the holidays, I just had to prioritize the projects. Most likely January and February will still heavily feature the rest of my Christmas projects. Oh well, maybe some random happy mail in a month or two will be a fun break for the recipients. </div>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-38224061123731905952019-08-31T04:00:00.000-05:002019-08-31T04:00:03.277-05:00August 2019 Art Elements Challenge - Octopus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, here we are again! Another month, another challenge. This month I was able to participate in one of my favorite theme challenges ever...Octopus. Thanks to Claire for the great choice! You'll have to forgive me for the picture heavy/narration light post. I had fully intended to walk you through more of the creative process, but was so excited to be working on this project that I completely forgot to stop and take any pictures!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've always loved cephalopods of any type, but especially octopuses. This is my small collection of commercial stuffed octopus. I used the gray one to make a pattern from...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stuffing the tentacles was a challenge and took most of one day. They ate up an entire California king sized high loft quilt batting!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then, stuffing the body used up all the rest of the stuffing that I had on hand and sent me out to the fabric store for more! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we are, fully stuffed, though there is still quite a bit of work to go. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I knew there was no way I could apply 3 dimensional suckers in the time I had left, so I went more of an interpretive direction.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought Liquitex fabric medium so that I could make "fabric" paint from normal acrylic paints. This medium allows the acrylic paint to stay flexible when dry, and changes the viscosity so that it is less likely to soak into the fabric. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once all the paint dried, I had to take Ottoman the Octopus out on the town...or really just out of doors for some good light!</td></tr>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-6559276213397029062019-06-30T08:10:00.002-05:002019-06-30T08:12:45.771-05:00June 2019 Art Elements Challenge - SelkiesThis month has flown by in a storm of sewing. Check out<a href="https://www.artelements.net/sew-spring-wardrobes-part-3/"> this post </a>over at the Art Elements blog to see all the other projects I've been up to! Since I had Sewfia all set up, I knew that sewing for the Selkie challenge this month would be the best way for me to finish a project...or maybe a few...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I started out with <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/682069721/plush-seal-sewing-pattern-stuffed-baby?ref=yr_purchases">this pattern</a> from CraftyKooka on Etsy. This burgundy seal was my test of the pattern to make sure I could do with it what was in my brain... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and a third very special seal...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But this is what I had to test out...Each seal is really a Selkie, so I had to make a way for the seal coat to be removed from...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/593292355/pdf-rag-doll-pattern-6-34-17cm-rag-doll?ref=yr_purchases">The pattern </a>for my little dolls is from MilosikiDolls. The faces are from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DollProject">DollProject</a> - I bought them when she sold them on Etsy, however they are still available in her <a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/dollproject">Spoonflower</a> shop. They are very simple to sew up, and I hand stitched on the faces and hair. Their wigs are made of mohair from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Fantasydolls?ref=ss_profile">FantasyDolls</a>. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because one of the seals is super special, I made another doll to go along with it...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They look like they belong together! This pairing is a gift for a very special friend that is going through a really hard time. I thought she needed the most special, most magical Selkie ever to exist. I still need to make a few clothes for all of the dolls and finish the hair for the other three, but can take my time with them. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The seals are all under stuffed through the body intentionally, so that when the doll is zipped in they make a perfectly plump stuffed animal. You would never guess until you unzip the pouch that a secret is hidden inside.</td></tr>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-33618378909036398012019-03-31T03:30:00.000-05:002019-03-31T10:15:39.279-05:00March 2019 Art Elements Challenge - Luna MothLately I've started every post with "where did all the time go?!?!"...but not this time. I know exactly where all my time went this month. Every spare minute was spent on parts and pieces and assembly for this challenge. This is due to the fact that I had been planning what I was going to make for nearly 2 months beforehand, as soon as Jen had put her theme on our group schedule. Normally I procrastinate and leave everything for the last week of the month, but one of the projects I was planning is something that has been in my mind for years...<br />
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I vividly remember my first encounter with a luna moth. It was the summer before I started highschool on our drive from Oregon to South Carolina to visit my grandparents. At some point in the midwest my mom found a luna moth in a rest area bathroom. I (of course) kept the moth until it died. This started a summer trip of insect and entomology obsession. I was convinced I was going to become an entomologist and spent the time in SC collecting insects. My grandfather took me to the nearby university to buy me a used entomology textbook, pins, and vials. The bag in the picture above came about a few years later when I was in highschool, and remains the largest piece of charted beadwork I've ever stitched.<br />
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For the following projects, I used a lot of photo references, but also relied heavily on this actual specimen from my friend Ash. She's one of my local bug friends that has had some luck with raising luna moths from eggs - both wild caught and captive raised. She gave me this gal a few years ago and this came in really handy when I needed a quick 3D reference.<br />
Moving on to the projects...please forgive my lack of captions on most photos...there are so many! I had a really fun photo shoot with both of the soft sculpture projects and couldn't choose!<br />
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PROCESS -<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I decided straight away that I wanted to make both a stylized doll and a giant realistic soft sculpture moth - roughly large kitten sized... It's easier to pattern if I have my own sketches of the item I want to make - it helps my brain turn the idea into flat pattern pieces that will eventually turn into a three dimensional item. You can also see here my lists of materials needed and ideas that might not make it into the final pieces...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collecting fabrics and other materials from my stash...I had originally intended to use this green silk charmeuse for the wings on both the doll and soft sculpture, however I ended up needing to get 2 other fabrics for the large moth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bodies - the two photos on the left are for the realistic moth, the one on the left is for the doll. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wing steps for the realistic moth - The process for this was similar to a quilt, using a thick interfacing instead of batting.</td></tr>
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DOLL -<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...mostly because I could see this photo in my mind. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wingspan is just under 36 inches.</td></tr>
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ONE MORE MOTH-Y PROJECT<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also squeezed in just enough sewing time at the last second to make two doll "sleeping" bags for my Momoko's. I've been wanting to make storage/transportation bags for all of my dolls. This protects their faces from rubs and scratches to the surface or paint during travel especially. The flannel left from the moth wings makes the perfect lining fabric, and the theme gave me the perfect reason to break out my small stash of luna moth fabric... The girls approve! </td></tr>
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I hope you have fun browsing these photos, and will forgive my lack of words this month! If you have any questions on the process or materials used, please leave a comment and I will reply as soon as I can!<br />
I hope you will hop along and check out what everyone else has been up to this month. I can't wait to see how everyone else has been inspired by this mysterious and ethereal creature!<br />
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Where, oh where has this month gone!? February seemed extra short to me this year. Somehow I still carved out some time to create, so can't wait to show you how my birds of prey challenge went this month. </div>
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For years I volunteered at <a href="https://www.chintiminiwildlife.org/" target="_blank">Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center</a> outside of Corvallis, Oregon. The organization rescues, cares for, rehabilitates, and releases as many wild animals and birds as possible each year. I specialized in training new volunteers, and rearing older orphaned (fledging) songbirds and raccoons. Raptor care was handled strictly at the volunteer center, due to the specialized handling and housing needed. Over the years that I volunteered, I was able to care for and observe most of the different raptor species that reside in the Pacific Northwest. The main goal was always wild release of a healthy animal, but every year there were some birds of prey that could never be fully rehabilitated. While some could be rehomed to other facilities, such as zoos and regional wildlife centers, some were kept at the center to be part of the education program. Only birds of prey were kept on as education animals for Chintimini's outreach programs, as they never become fully tame and appear unappealing as a potential pet. They are always a good example of why it's important to rehabilitate and release wild animals as quickly as possible. Even after working closely with many types of wild animals and birds of prey, one species in particular is close to my heart. </div>
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I have long known that barn owls are one of my spirit animals. I had some outstanding encounters with them at Chintimini's, and also in the wild. There is nothing quite as eerie as the scream of healthy barn owl...unless it's a night encounter as a ghostly pale shape soars silently past your head. One time we had both an abnormally pale morph barn owl, and a melanistic barn owl in the clinic at the same time. It was super interesting seeing such dichotomy in the same species!</div>
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I had glued down and partially bezeled a barn owl face cab by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/jdaviesreazor" target="_blank">Jenny</a> a couple of years ago, intending for it to be part of a completely different project. When that idea went a different direction, I stashed this away in one of my boxes. When this month's challenge theme was announced, I finally knew that it was time to finish my barn owl cab into something I could wear to share my love of this fine raptor. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barn owl face cab by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/jdaviesreazor" target="_blank">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a>, lampwork heart by Beth Mellor of<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/beeboo" target="_blank"> BeeBoo Beads</a>. Peyote bezel, bead embroidery, brick and picot edging, and framed fringe. Strung strap and sterling toggle</td></tr>
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While I was pinning ideas for the barn owl necklace at the beginning of the month, I stumbled across pictures of what I at first thought was a kind of "goth" artist's interpretation of a barn owl. I came to discover these beautiful owls are actually Greater and Lesser Sooty Owls from Australia. They are of the same genus as barn owls - Tyto - which consists of 15 species world wide. Just look at these gorgeous creatures! They look so similar to a barn owl, but for some reason I was completely smitten with the coloration and had to try my hand at a sooty owl as well. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First came the sketch. You can see the list of pattern pieces I knew I would need to the left, and multiple ideas in between the two sketches.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I then drew, cut and tested a pattern for the owl. I just realized, I'm missing the "bib" piece that goes under the face in this picture...pretend it's there!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I ordered some gorgeous fabric from this <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CaliQuiltCo">Etsy</a> shop. Beautiful long pile minky! From left to right - Black/silver became the wings, gray lizard print became the body and underwings, mid gray is the bib, light gray tie dye is the belly and bottom, and the ivory is the face. The short pile medium gray is the feet. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And it all became this beautiful creature!</td></tr>
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Meet Tenebrous - my plush sooty owl. Not sure if he's a greater or lesser sooty...he's still shy. I'm pretty pleased with myself that he turned out so close to my original sketches. And the name fits too - tenebrous means "obscure" or "murky", and the latin root tenebrae means "darkness". Fitting, isn't it? I'm not sure if he will end up as a bed pillow or throw pillow on the couch, but either way, he's very good at cuddling. Maybe I'll try my hand at patterning some more plushies in the future! I've had enough practice sewing other people's pattern's at this point, it's a fun challenge to take the ideas in my head and turn them in to reality. </div>
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I do hope you'll hop along and see how everyone else was inspired by birds of prey this month! I can't wait to see what everyone else has been up to!</div>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-47480041280485206992019-01-31T04:00:00.000-06:002019-02-01T06:14:39.222-06:00Art Elements January 2019 Challenge Reveal - Mooning Moon Moons...Hello Everyone! I promise, I'm still here! 2018 was just not a good year for us in so many ways, it sapped my energy, both creative and physical. Perhaps my new years resolution last year was a bit grandiose, so I'm starting out a bit smaller this year with simply resolving to participate in the <a href="http://www.artelements.net/">Art Elements</a> blog challenge every month.<br />
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So to kick off the new year, I hosted the Moon theme challenge this month! I knew I had plenty of kinds of moon themed beads and components stashed away, but nothing quite like what I had in mind, so I reached out to one of my leather worker friends.<br />
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Mel is a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OneiroCeramicsnSkin/">ceramic artist</a>, and has branched out into leatherwork in the last few years. She had already planned to come spend a weekend with us earlier in the month, so I was super excited when she agreed to try to make a few moon themed tooled leather cabs for me. She held off on the dying, and we had a fun creative evening dying and painting. Dying leather is something that plagues many a leather worker with anxiety and doubt, however it is the <u>only</u> part of working with leather that I enjoy! We set up on my coffee table and went to town.<br />
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After she left, a few days later I completed a couple coats of finish so they are now colorfast. The gloss also brightens up the color and detail considerably, as it removes the dullness that the surface of leather normally has.<br />
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As I dyed the small moon, I had my little moth bead by <a href="http://www.dianehawkey.com/">Diane Hawkey</a> on the table. From the first second I saw it, I thought this little moth looked like a rocket ship.<br />
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And so...we now have a necklace titled "Rocket Moth".<br />
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The necklace consists of four sections - the moth and beadwork flames, almost like the sections of rocket that part from the main space ship...<br />
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The journey to the moon - Black and purple velvet 11/0 seed beads are mixed with a few silver duracoat 15/0's, vintage lucite moonglow ovals, and the last of my itty bitty lampwork spacers that a friend made years ago. He was a stained glass artists as well, and experimented with melting down some of his excess glass sheets for lampwork beads. These little spacers look black at first glance, but if you hold them up to the light they are the most lucious shade of dark grape purple...I know the picture is a bit blurry, but it's the best representation of the color - between the angle of the light and the proximity to black, you can actually see a hit of the color. To me, this is the color of space.<br />
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The moon - Mel's tooled leather cab has a peyote bezel, a few rows of embroidery, and then a few rows of brick stitch finished off with a picot edge. I would have done the whole piece embroidered, but I was using scraps of ultrasuede and hit the edge of the scrap after 3 rows. Because it wasn't quite large enough at that point, brick stitch added some more bulk until it reached the size I wanted.<br />
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And the galaxy! Or really, the necklace strap, but why be all boring and call it that? I raided my stash of large Czech pressed glass and came up with these two jumbo flat ovals - one in montana blue, and one in transparent dark gray. A smaller size of black flat oval is mixed with textured dimes in a sunny orange with full AB coating.<br />
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I am really happy with the results of this piece, and it went together way faster than I was anticipating. So much faster, that I had time to start and finish a second piece with another one of the cabs... I am happy to introduce to you...(insert cheesy overly long drum roll here)....<br />
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Moonbob Squarepants. I half-jokingly asked Mel for a mooning moon cab...I mean really, how could that even be done?! But she did it, and I dyed it...and he ended up reading so much better than I could ever have anticipated! I've worn the necklace a couple of times already, and the reactions of my coworkers are priceless. It makes me giggle all day long!<br />
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The fringe looks ornate, but is actually simple...there are 3 layers in different lengths. I started with a base layer of looped fringe that arks from one side of the embroidery to the other. The next layer alternates glittery blue daggers and thorns as the terminal bead, and the shortest is another looped layer with teeny pink seed beads and purple velvet mini-daggers.<br />
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I love how quickly a large cab turns into something substantial enough for a necklace. Just a few rows of peyote bezel, and a few rows of embroidery and picot edging and DONE! Isn't he cheeky? I can hear your eyes rolling from here...but wait, I'm not done!<br />
(To the tune of the Spongebob Squarepants theme)<br />
Who lives in a rocket ship, shiny with glare?<br />
<i>Moonbob Squarepants</i><br />
Sporting his luminous rump in the air?<br />
<i>Moonbob Squarepants</i><br />
If celestial nonsense is something you wish....<br />
<i>Moonbob Squarepants</i><br />
Then pick out a star and make a quick wish!<br />
<i>Moonbob Squarepants</i><br />
<i>Moonbob Squarepants</i><br />
<i>Moonbob Squarepants</i><br />
<i>Moonbbooobbbbbbb Squarepaaaannnnntttsssss</i><br />
Yeah...I went there...(I really hope you don't have the song stuck in your head now...)<br />
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I do hope you will hop along and see what all of our lovely participants and crew were inspired to make this month! I'm off to do that right now!<br />
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<strong>Guests:</strong><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://anafiassa.blogspot.com/2019/01/art-elements-january-reveal.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Jenny</a><br />
<a href="https://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/dianas-moon-earrings/">Melissa</a><br />
<a href="https://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-art-bead-scene-inspired-by-moon.html">Kathy</a><br />
<a href="https://sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com/2019/01/art-elements-theme-of-month-moon.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Sarajo</a><br />
<a href="http://www.craftyhope.com/2019/01/moon-phases-hinged-pendant-art-elements.html">Hope</a><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://anordinarymiracleday.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/gift-1150-of-moths-and-moons-part-1/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Sarah</a><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://squareonemom.com/2019/01/30/artist-in-training/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Rebecca</a><br />
<a href="https://www.jewelsofsayuri.com/2019/01/epoxy-clay-jewellery-moon.html">Divya</a><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://beadscharmsandwire.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/sweet-dreams-earrings/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Anita</a><br />
<a href="https://bairozan.blogspot.com/2019/01/moon-inspired.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Rosantia</a><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://catswire.blogspot.com/2019/01/art-elements-design-challenge-and-blog.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Cat</a><br />
<a href="http://mixed-upcreations.com/art-elements-moon-challenge/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Evia</a><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://chicchixnchampagne.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-marvelous-moon-challenge-reveal.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Alysen</a><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://ebbeadandmetalworks.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-theme-challenge-moon-reveal-day.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Beth</a><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/2019/01/design-challenge-blame-moon/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Tammy</a><br />
<strong>Art Elements Crew:</strong><br />
<a href="https://saraccino.blogspot.com/2019/01/moon-art-elements-theme-challenge.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Claire</a><br />
<a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://laney-mead.blogspot.com/2019/01/art-elements-january-theme-challenge.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Laney</a><br />
<a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/ae-theme-reveal-the-moon/">Caroline</a><br />
<a href="https://cmendola.blogspot.com/2019/01/art-elements-january-moon-challenge.html">Cathy</a><br />
<a href="https://suebeads.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-art-elements-theme-challenge.html">Sue </a><br />
<a href="https://silverniknats.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-theme-challenge-moon.html">Niky</a><br />
<a href="https://jdaviesreazor.com/2019/01/31/its-a-phase-the-art-elements-moon-theme-reveal/">Jenny</a><br />
<a href="http://www.glassaddictions.com/blog/ae-january-theme-challenge-moon">Jen</a> <br />
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<br />Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-51019887262750132942018-05-31T06:40:00.003-05:002018-05-31T06:40:36.846-05:00Art Elements Challenge - Tide PoolsMy post for the Art Elements monthly challenge is a bit different this time. I still feel super bad that I wasn't able to have a project for last month's challenge, and again this month I did not have time to create something inspired by our awesome theme. However, I am still posting - why? Beause the ocean, all of her creatures, and tide pools are one of the major influences in all of my work. So I do hope this showcase of some of my previous work will prove inspiring to you all, and also to myself! I need to get back to beading this month, for my own sanity's sake!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cetaceans - whales and dolphins. The center necklace is my reaction to the film "Blackfish", which if you haven't seen, I highly recommend. The necklace on the right, is inspired by Disney's Fantasia 2000, "Flight of the Whales". </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fish: Fish beads make me happy, so I try to grab more for my collection whenever I find them. Egyptian plaster, Peruvian ceramic, Czech glass, and numerous artist beads and other materials that aren't pictured - all end up in my "fish" box...hmm, maybe I should rename it the Creel? I also like to stitch fishes, and the orange fish brooch is one of my very earliest pieces of beadwork, from before I knew how to embroider, bezel, or even do a proper picot edge! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cephalopods: Octopus, squid, nautilus and prehistoric cephalopods all show up in my work regularly. There is simply something mesmerizing about their alien gaze and intelligence that inspires me. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Organic: I regularly incorporate ocean made components into my beadwork. Coral, shells, pearls, kelp, beach stones, and many other items - these items already look like they belong in a seascape, and are fun to use to add to the environment I create.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jellyfish: Jellies, along with cephalopods, are some of my favorite sea creatures. I love watching deep sea documentaries, with all of the varieties of jellies that never see the light of day. Growing up, jellyfish were regular encounters while beach combing in Alaska and Oregon, and seeing them flattened on the sand or rocks always made me curious about what being with them in their element would be like. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fossil Shark Teeth: As you can see from all three of these collages, sea fossils are very prevalent in my work. The fossil records of ancient seas are one of the most intriguing aspects of our world's geology. I just love encountering a new stash of fossils to incorporate into my work, and tend to hoard these pieces so that I have them ready to hand when inspiration strikes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tidepool Environment: I consider all of these pieces "tide pool-esque". The jiggly wiggly wavy seaweed and kelp, snails, starfish and other critters, the combination of dry and wet looks and textures, plus the look of a shallow body of water all say tide pool to me. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oregon Tide Pools: This piece is directly representative of tide pools in Oregon. The blue-black color of the rocks, large orange starfish, miriad of snails, sea urchin, sea anemone, mussels, barnacles, kelp and jellyfish - I worked to create all as realistically as I could in beadwork. This is still one of the largest bead embroidered pieces I have ever made!</td></tr>
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I hope you enjoyed this showcase! Please hop along and see how everyone else was inspired this month!<br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-21917409313820087352018-03-31T03:00:00.000-05:002018-04-01T09:25:49.026-05:00Nest - Art Elements Challenge March 2018Ugh, y'all, where the heck has March gone!?!? I hope you can overlook the lack of text in this post, as I very much procrastinated my writing, and don't have a finished piece for the first time in a long time. I've been slacking a bit with my creative renaissance, but some of it is that other things have been going like day job overtime that uses up extra energy.<br />
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This month has been the launch of a new era over at the Art Elements blog. We are now starting to do theme challenges every month. I am SUPER excited about this because now I can participate in our challenge with any of my myriad of hobbies. Perhaps one challenge will inspire me to make a doll wardrobe. Perhaps one will get me out of the box on my bug collecting. Mixed media? SURE! Photography? Why not!<br />
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I have always been a nest builder - I much preferred as a kid to build a nest out of pillows, cushions and comforters rather than a fort. I love to be surrounded and supported on all sides by warm soft comfort, like a baby bird. Add to that, my love for birds, especially baby birds. Precocial or altricial, it doesn't matter. We have had parakeets, chickens, quail, and for several years I was an active volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation center and raised orphan songbirds every spring while in community college.<br />
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Several years ago I had a "great" idea for a necklace. I asked <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/suebeads" target="_blank">Sue</a> to make me some of her gorgeous robin egg beads, beaded them a nest, and had the whole thing connected to some leather straps, intending to twine branches, leaves and flowers up the straps...but it was just ...ugly. Too much brown on brown on brown, with three little eggs floating in the middle. So I cut it apart and started pulling new things to go with it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the original nest with the little eggs. I had some feathers already stitched that matched the color scheme, and pulled out this little sparrow netsuke as well. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sparrow looks cute on the nest, but not quite what I had in mind. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In digging through my stash, I started to go another direction, but the original nest just wasn't doing it for me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cut the eggs out so I could use them in a new attempt...and then the little sparrow moved in. I will probably just keep the nest and sparrow like this now, he seems so at home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I captured the apple green face in blue, and then started building a tree in square stitch. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the tree was built up, I tucked a nest foundation behind the edge of the trunk and added the eggs. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I built it up with some strange hybrid of peyote and netting, then added intertwined strands and short fringes. I will probably work back through this with some fine yarn or other fiber for some more authentic texture. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of the face is fully captured in more green and capri blue. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm on the fence now. Trying to decide if this buttefly wing is the way to go, or if I would rather head down the leaves or flowers road...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Additionally, I have been seriously considering sewing myself an adult human sized nest! Surely I can just scale up <a href="https://yukiclothing.com/2016/03/19/baby-nest/" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>, right?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<b> </b>I hope you had fun looking at the metamorphosis of this project! I hope to keep going forward and finish this piece for wearing soon. I just hate leaving something unfinished...and these little eggs deserve to not be crammed in a box anymore! Please hop along and check out how everyone else has been inspired by nests this month. The very best thing about our new challenges is that ANY of you can participate along with us! Even if you don't have a blog but would like to play along, all you need to do is message me or any of the rest of the Art Elements crew! We would be happy to include your pictures in a post!<br />
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This month over at the<a href="http://www.artelements.net/"> Art Elements blog</a>, we had the opportunity to create with one of Niky's lovely little copper clay rune components. The one I received is called tiwaz (pointy up arrow), which is also the letter in the Norse god, Tyr. Strangely, other than American pop culture (I am sure you can infer what I mean), I have never been exposed to any of the Norse pantheon, and didn't even know what runes are.<br />
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Tyr's rune, tiwaz is part of the Eldar Futhark language, or Old Norse written alphabet. These letters each have a specific origin in Norse history, and several besides tiwaz are also named after specific gods in the pantheon. Tyr is also the origin of our modern second day of the week, Tuesday. I found a lot of interesting information on the Youtube channel of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXCxNFxw6iq-Mh4uIjYvufg">Dr. Jackson Crawford</a>, especially <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JRqqMP3iZI">this one</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH0ZhhGwCOQ">this one </a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJgq_4kF7c">this one</a>. While I know Eldar Futhark runes are often used symbolically in art, charms, talismans, what have you, I didn't go that route. Thanks to Dr. Crawford, I tumbled down the rabbit hole that is Tyr's own story and made my piece reflective of this fascinating tale.<br />
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Tyr's rune typically represents a warrior or sacrifice, upholding law and justice. This is because Tyr was a warrior that offered of himself for sacrifice. The gods were struggling with containing the wolf Fenrir and his supernatural appetite. Fenrir continuously escaped the chains that were intended to bind him. When they forged magical chains that were powerful enough to finally bind Fenrir for good, the wolf became suspicious. Fenrir balked at these new chains and said that he would only allow himself to be bound if a god was willing to offer his hand to be held in the wolf's mouth while he was bound, as a pledge of good faith. Tyr was the only god willing to make this sacrifice. Once the bindings were complete, Fenrir knew he could not escape and devoured Tyr's hand as the price of this betrayal.<br />
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I started off by using epoxy to affix the rune to a beautiful slice of moss agate I've had for awhile. I liked the look of the copper against the green and other colors in the stone. After the epoxy cured, I captured the stone to suspend from a solid brass D-ring. I have a bit of epoxy exposed, but I felt the need to make sure there was no unattached edge that could potentially get caught and cause the rune to come off the stone.<br />
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I used one of Lesley's bronze clay pendants to represent Fenrir. I think she intended it to be a fox originally, but to me in this setting, it looks wolfy enough! Once I got the wolf stitched in, I attached the captured stone and added some little "finger" fringe to represent Tyr's sacrificed hand.<br />
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After I was done with the central part of the necklace, I set the piece aside for a few days because I could not make up my mind about how to do the strap. Leather was high on the list but what I have that was appropriate didn't do anything for the color scheme. I contemplated a piece of tubular woven brass, but felt like there was too much of the same color all together if I went that direction. Suddenly, I remembered these vintage glass beads - matte green swirl rounds, and tablet shaped brass pearls. It came all together quickly after that. I don't know if you can tell in the pictures, but the texture on those green beads is to die for - so much rougher than modern matte beads, with none of the strange nails on chalkboard feeling that smoother matte beads have ... maybe that's just a me thing...<br />
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I'm really happy with how the whole piece turned out, but I'm not the most pleased. I won't get to wear this necklace because it has been claimed by my other half. That's ok though, he was due a new man-cessory!<br />
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I hope you will hop along and see what everyone else has made this month! My PIB Kelly received the exact same rune and I am excited to go see how her interpretation differs from mine.<br />
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One more thing before we go - The Art Elements blog has updated how we do challenges now, and <a href="http://www.artelements.net/were-changing-up-our-monthly-challenges/" target="_blank"><u>you can participate </u>every month</a>. Let me tell you, we are all excited about this change. A little bird has whispered some of the upcoming themes in my ear and I already have so many ideas. I hope you will check out the March announcement <a href="http://www.artelements.net/march-theme-of-the-month-nests/" target="_blank">here</a> and think about playing along with us!<br />
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With the best of intentions I raided my artisan components after Christmas. I pulled out components, accent beads, and seed beads so that I could just pick up a little box and go and create without thinking about anything. I have a seperate bag of tools/needles/thread and other necessities, so all I need to do to take a project on the run is grab a project box, bag of tools, and a surface. It is definitely helpful to be prepared like that! I had hoped to have more than 1 project for the reveal, but instead...<br />
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I found this partially completed project and was inspired to finally finish it. These two ceramic leaves were a gift several years ago from a friend. Neither of us remembers the artist anymore. At the time I made a really long lariat strap for them, but it was too plain. Needed more to create an environment for the leaves to live in...<br />
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I went with transparent rootbeer brown and matte olive lined olive seed beads for the strap, because I wanted the leaves to look like they belonged on the ends of this vine.<br />
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Then I made two large beadwork flowers in raspberry tones. I love the combination of raspberry and olive.<br />
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So here we are. In order to make this look like something other than flowers stuck on leaves on a string, I needed something to add more texture and background color.<br />
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I made three lacy spirals using netting and fringe techniques. For the brightest one, I also stitched up 3 little bud shapes to match the flowers. I like the look of 3 points of contrast in a piece, so I hoped that these buds would help balance the flowers.<br />
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The tendrils are not yet stitched in place, but this is what I'm going for!<br />
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There should be lots of ways to tie this when I'm done. Not only can you tie the two sides of the strap together in various ways, but you will also be able to pull up one or more tendrils and wrap them around the strap to help keep it attached to the other side.<br />
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What do you think?! I wish I had gotten farther along on my project, or done and been able to work on more, but oh well. Baby steps - after all, I am working to create a new culture of creativity for myself. None of this happens in one day, or one month, or one year even. I have the entirety of 2018 to build on this for myself.<br />
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I hope you will hop along and see what everyone else has been up to! I can't wait to see!<br />
Guests:<br />
<a href="http://beadinblacknblue.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-stash-has-been-used-weirdness-insued.html?m=1">Kelly Rodgers</a><br />
<a href="http://sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com/2018/01/art-elements-use-your-stash-2018.html">Sarajo Wentling</a><br />
<a href="https://wescottjewelry.com/2018/01/30/use-your-stash-challenge-jan-2018-art-elements-blog-hop-reveal/">Samantha Wescott</a><br />
<a href="https://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/2018/01/art-elements-use-your-stash-challenge.html">Kathy Lindemer</a><br />
<a href="https://pattymillerbeads.blogspot.com/2018/01/use-your-stash-challenge-reveal.html">Patty Miller</a><br />
<a href="https://lindalandig.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/use-your-own-stash-challenge">Linda Landig</a><br />
<a href="https://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/2018/01/art-elements-use-your-stash-challenge.html">Renetha Stanziano</a><br />
Art Elements:<br />
<a href="https://jdaviesreazor.com/2018/01/30/the-annual-use-your-stash-challenge-at-art-elements/">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a><br />
<a href="http://site.glassaddictions.com/blog/january-use-your-stash-design-challenge">Jen Cameron</a><br />
<a href="https://saraccino.blogspot.com/2018/01/use-your-stash-art-elements-january.html">Claire Fabian</a><br />
<a href="https://suebeads.blogspot.com/2018/01/art-elements-theme-of-month-january-use.html">Sue Kennedy</a><br />
<a href="https://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/use-your-stash-challenge-reveal.html">Niky Sayers</a><br />
<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/2018/01/art-elements-use-your-stash-challenge.html&source=gmail&ust=1517402493200000&usg=AFQjCNE1uou6SokQcMbjP327XuhuE14GUw" href="https://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/2018/01/art-elements-use-your-stash-challenge.html" target="_blank">Lindsay Starr</a> (you are here!) Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-81541689654744851872017-12-22T03:00:00.000-06:002017-12-22T03:00:26.364-06:00Art Elements December 2017 Ornament ChallengeI was really excited when an ornament challenge was chosen for the Art Elements blog challenge this month. I have loved making Christmas ornaments since I was a child, for even longer than I have been beading! Every few years I still make an effort to make a large batch of ornaments for the whole family, and lots of friends. This is more difficult to do with a full time day job now, but that is the main reason I am glad for the challenge theme this month.<br />
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I procrastinated quite severely though, due to both a lack of ideas and too many ideas. The problem was that I have made lots of different types of ornaments before, but didn't want to repeat something I've already done and couldn't make up my mind on something new to try either. Then a package arrived from back home, and my mom included two little gnome hats she had made. This hat is cut from a worn out wool sock. Apparently her original idea was to make little gnome ornaments with them, but this is as far as she got. So she threw them in the Christmas package and sent them to Tennessee for my dolls! There are two hats, but one got used up in this challenge...<br />
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Because now I have a Christmas Gnome!<br />
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I used a circle of felt for the head, and a circle of boiled wool fabric for the body. Ran a gathering stitch around the outside of each, stuffed, and sewed the two balls together. Then I sewed on the hat, and glued the beard to the face.<br />
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The scarf is also glued on, and positioned to separate the beard and mustache.<br />
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I used a piece of wire pierced through the hat to make a tree hook.<br />
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And glued on a couple of buttons for eyes.<br />
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Christmas Gnome wishes you and your family the very best holiday! Stay warm and cozy with some beads and maybe some kitty snuggles! He hopes you will hop along and see what everyone else has made too!<br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-22374216778424253952017-12-21T03:00:00.000-06:002017-12-21T06:39:46.775-06:00Tacky Holiday Earring Blog Hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had to join my friend Diana's Tacky Holiday Earring blog hop when
she announced it on Facebook recently. I don't wear earrings regularly
any more because my dayjob involves being on the phone wearing a
headset for most of the day. BUT I LOVE MAKING EARRINGS. They are true
instant gratification projects. To fulfill the tacky part of the
challenge, I dug into my bin of plastic beads and things, on the hunt
for some little things I knew I had squirreled away...and the adventure
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have had these little <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domo_(NHK)">Domo-kun</a> charms for years. They are from a movie theater vending machine. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Devil Domo's are selected...perhaps you sense what is coming next...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SNIP SNIP. Are you laughing yet? They are so distressed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It all starts with some red felt, white mohair, and a hot glue gun...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hair styling...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beard and jacket happen at the same time, because the edge of the collar will hold the beard in place...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A corner of the fabric is snipped to make the shawl collar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snip off the other corner and the jacket is done...but some accessories may be needed...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, that's right, a belt with a gold buckle...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the hat!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I attached a wire to the charm's loop before attaching the hat, then slid the hat right on the wire! A slight trim to get the hair out of his eyes, and a teeny pom pom finish it off. But don't you need another for a pair of earrings?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, you do! Everything starts the same...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But, this one needed an extra tuft of hair...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because the finished hairstyle is a granny bun...you can tell where this is going next, right?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Introducing Domo Claus and the missus. I hope you all had as much fun following along as I did making this pair!</td></tr>
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I always feel like I start these posts with the same statement...How on earth is it October already?! Wasn't it <u>just</u> February? It's time again for the <a href="http://www.artelements.net/">Art Elements</a> component of the month reveal! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gv9yW7mLHP86A3XsVHGB-4l-jrsv1JTeCxGpeOTmj94wtPF5RaaiJN0n1yfHYEnjRexoUMDcWixwdSlz-6xTueu1IB7UzhcLA2TAENsH8eJMzTFQK3FcwJZVT13dolMPwnyjdt0mUlxR/s1600/niky1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="915" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gv9yW7mLHP86A3XsVHGB-4l-jrsv1JTeCxGpeOTmj94wtPF5RaaiJN0n1yfHYEnjRexoUMDcWixwdSlz-6xTueu1IB7UzhcLA2TAENsH8eJMzTFQK3FcwJZVT13dolMPwnyjdt0mUlxR/s640/niky1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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This time we got to play with one of Niky's hare coin clasps. As always when I use delicate components, I know my struggle is going to be how to make the component really stand out! Add in the fact that I don't typically work with much metal, and this month was a particular challenge for me.<br />
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Luckily, the deadline for this month managed to sync up with my trip to visit my PiB Kelly for a long weekend. If you're not sure what I mean by PiB, check out my last two posts about Kelly (<a href="http://www.artelements.net/pib-partners-in-beads/">Here</a> and <a href="http://www.artelements.net/flea-market-for-life/">Here</a>) and our relationship with each other and beads. Kelly became a first time home owner earlier this year, and I hadn't been up to see her new digs yet! We spent the weekend cooking, brewing batch after batch of tea, binge watching shows and videos, and BEADING. I had brought the majority of my art bead collection, since we intended to do an art bead trade, so when I started playing around quite a few art beads made it into the initial design. Fortunately, this is as far as I got before I realized it was just TOO MUCH for the clasp. I cut everything apart to scale back a ton, or I knew I wouldn't be happy with the finished piece. *cringe* Yes, that is sterling wire....<br />
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Here is where I ended up! This is my take on Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare. Much more delicate and in scale with the coin clasp.<br />
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I used the dangle on the bottom of the copper component to pull in bright shiny silver to complement the clasp. Clustering above the sodalite drop are some special beads. I made tiny dangles with star head pins, teeny labradorite and iolite rounds, and vintage Mercury glass beads. There is a round one in the center, surrounded by textured flat teardrops. I have never bought Mercury glass intentionally, but it keeps showing up in random lots of vintage jewelry and beads that I encounter. It just seemed like the right thing to use to add some more shine.<br />
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Kelly works with metal, so she made me this awesome copper disk to use as a center piece. We punched a big hole on one side to use as the ring side of the coin clasp. It functions not only as half of the clasp, but the fact that it is large and flat means that the clasp does not have the option to flip or twist to the back of the necklace. To attach the dangle, and half of the necklace strap, I made two links coming off of my carved sodalite tortoise and passed them through the other holes in the copper disk. To make for a bit more security, I attached the other side of the necklace strap to another wire link with a flower bead - this meant I didn't need to worry about the beading cable potentially slipping through the link on the clasp.<br />
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To add in a third point of silver, on the other side of the strap I went a bit more subtle and used a few wire links with really light labradorite beads, and my favorite iolite beads. I'm going to be so sad when I use up the last few beads from this strand! Since the beads are not bright silver like the clasp and mercury glass, I used three in a row to add a bit more impact. I like how this collection of 3 silver elements keeps your eye traveling from place to place when you're looking at the necklace as a whole.<br />
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The bulk of the necklace strap is tubular herringbone with matte metallic antique brass finished bugles and 11/0 semi-matte teal lined seed beads. The teal seed beads perfectly match the fleeting flashes in the labradorite beads. Because there are so many precious and sharp elements in this necklace, I decided to string the entire herringbone tube on beading cable for added durability. This means the beadwork is not taking the brunt of the wear!<br />
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By the time I had a chance to photograph this piece I had lost most of the light for the day, but I did manage to snap this picture so you can see the detail in the coin and mercury glass at the same time. There are so many disparate elements going on in this necklace, but I am really pleased with the results! <br />
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Please do hop on over to everyone else's blog and see what they created with Niky's delightful hare clasps this month! I'm off to do just that now! Thanks for looking!<br />
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Guest Designers<br />
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I was super excited to see that Laney decided to send off a flock of her zombees for us to play with this month... If you are not familiar with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716980505231257/">Laney's whimsical</a> (and sometimes beautifully realistic!) lampwork creations - you should be! I had bought half a dozen zombees last fall because they made me laugh out loud when I saw them in my facebook feed. I love seafoam green, and opal type glass, bugs and funny beads so they just ticked every box for me. Laney sent me one more little critter this month for participating, which expanded my stash into a hoard...oh what to do!?!<br />
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My friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BeadinBlackBlue/">Kelly</a> had given me this gorgeous lampwork skull by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thornburgbeadstudio/">Nikki Thornburg-Lanigan</a> awhile ago, and I knew he would look great with the zombees. I had a fun idea, but then decided I didn't have enough time to do it and started beading this halo-esque support for the skull.<br />
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My thought was for the beadwork to be the under-structure for a zombee laden flower crown...but I knew I couldn't get it done in time and cramming all the zombees into such a tight space seemed...wrong? Like they need more space to bumble (because that's totally what zombees do instead of shamble...) around. Back to the bead board.<br />
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So I strewed things around and pulled out a bunch of beaded components and Czech glass, just to make sure I was ok with cutting off the beading I had done. I hate "wasting" beadwork, but sometimes it's best to stop right when you realize you're going the wrong way. I ended up re-imagining my original idea of long scarflike netting with bees sprinkled on the ends around the central skull, into something simpler.<br />
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I made a zombee hoard, guided by a necromancer with a few bats (also by Laney!) thrown in for good measure! And a zombee hoard (hive?swarm?) has been on my mind since the first ones came home last fall.<br />
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My favorite little zombee is this guy - I'm calling him Beenjamin. I wanted to set him apart from the others, so he is suspended on a single strand of fringe, opposite the rest of the swarm.<br />
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Beenjamin is really special - I love his smaller, wide set eyes because he always looks beefuddled!<br />
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While I love a clasp that blends in, there is so much going on in this necklace that I don't mind having the simple brass toggle right in the front of the piece.<br />
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Opposite the swarm, I strung the strap with large opal green and black Czech glass beads, as I needed some substantial weight to balance the zombees.<br />
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<span id="goog_1420723953"></span><span id="goog_1420723954"></span>The ladies of the swarm - Beeulah, Beetrice, and BeeBee...<br />
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In the middle you can see Barbee and Beena, along with bats Thomas and Tyrone...<br />
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And last but not least, Bambee with Tyrone below and Theo above.<br />
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I love these emerald opal vintage glass beads for the texture, and variation in color they add to the whole piece.<br />
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I'm just so pleased with how everything turned out! The swarm seems happy in their new home, and the balance of the whole piece means that I don't fidget with it all day long. <br />
I do hope you will buzz along and check out what everyone else has done with their zombees! I am off to do just that!<br />
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<a href="http://laneymead.co.uk/2017/09/30/september-art-elements-component-of-the-month-reveal-zombees/">Laney Mead</a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-7950176817386086202017-08-31T03:30:00.000-05:002017-08-31T20:24:37.235-05:00Art Elements Component of the Month August 2017This month over at the <a href="http://artelements.net/august-com-winners-2/" target="_blank">Art Elements blog</a>, we were fortunate enough to be able to play with some of <a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/" target="_blank">Caroline's</a> new starry galaxy-esque beads. I LOVE Caroline's work. Every new things she comes up with is my favorite new thing. I feel so lucky to be able to work with her components and beads, much less be challenged to use them!<br />
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Even with my epic love of Caroline's work, I struggled with inspiration...until...TOTALITY!<br />
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This year on August 21st, I was able to see a full solar eclipse for the first time in 27 years. My job organized a mandatory viewing party, so we all got to leave our desks for a few minutes to watch the progression of the eclipse and full totality. It was beautiful and eerie and curious. So neat to see the birds all fly home, the cicadas ramp up the evening song, a few bright stars peep out, and all of it reverse in just a few minutes. But during totality, I just couldn't take my eyes off the hole in the sky! I know that in reality a black hole would not be visible, but totality looked just like I imagine a black hole would.<br />
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And so I created my own version of totality. Carolines beads so perfectly captured the first stars peeping out so I created an environment for them to twinkle in.<br />
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I started my sun corona with a copper hoop, and worked off of it in a combination of brick stitch, herringbone, and square stitch. This combination of stitches allowed me to make the asymmetrical halo effect that was in my head. To add a bit more star-like twinkle, one of the rounds of herringbone has a 2mm crystal vitrail fire polished bead in between each stitch. I love incorporating these beads because you can't tell them apart from seed beads at a glance...but the sparkle they add is eye catching. <br />
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Along with Caroline's fantastic beads, the fringe also contains lampwork headpins and a bead from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/suebeads" target="_blank">Sue</a>, along with a couple of other lampwork beads from local artists. I wore the necklace to work today and was reminded why my favorite necklaces all have fringe with large beads in them...I love the sound of beads clacking together.<br />
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Both sides of the strap are herringbone. One side is tubular herringbone with seed beads and bugles, and the other is a modified flat herringbone using 2 sizes of seed beads and 2 holed dome beads.<br />
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I also love doing this type of front closure lariat-style necklace. I think of them as "gravity" clasps - where the weight of each half, and looping part of one side through the other is the only thing that keeps the necklace closed. This also gives you a lot of variations to play with - maybe not as big of a variety as a traditional lariat, but more than if the two sides were stitched in place and a traditional clasp were used. Plus...if you get bored you can change it up all day long<br />
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Thank you Caroline for sharing your beautiful twinkly beads with us! Thank you all for taking the time to see what I've been up to. I hope you will all hop along and see what everyone else has created with Caroline's lovely beads this month too...I'm off to do just that now!<br />
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<br />Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-63013347207231755702017-07-30T04:00:00.000-05:002017-08-01T06:23:21.526-05:00Art Elements Challenge July 2017 - Scarabs!This month over at the Art Elements blog, we had the wonderful opportunity to play with some of Sue's recent creations - lampwork scarab beetle beads. If you have been following my recent posts over there, you will know that I have also started catching and preserving insects this year. Being able to tie two of my hobbies together was very inspiring! I think I'll be wearing this piece a lot!<br />
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Sue had also sent me this really cool fused donut previously, and the colors worked perfect with my metallic scarab. "Oil-slick" iris finished beads have been some of my favorites since I was 10 years old, and I love how it incorporates the iridescence that insects have naturally.<br />
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A donut is one of my favorite components to incorporate in a long pendant. There is just so much potential for embellishment and suspension, along with it being such an eye catching shape and size.<br />
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To suspend the scarab, I worked a strip of square stitch into a loop, and hung the scarab like a single strand of fringe. The strip then needed some embellishment to balance out the heft of the scarab and donut, so I stitched beads in layers until I was happy with the texture and colors. Just look how much color is in the scarab itself!<br />
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After the scarab and donut were attached, I made a warped square of peyote stitch - this is one of my favorite techniques to make a bail to suspend a large pendant. Because the opening is large, it leaves opportunity to pull the pendant off of the necklace, and suspend it on a ribbon, cord or piece of leather too.<br />
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Right now I decided to do a strung strap to hang the pendant from, since I had coordinating beads pulled out. The front section has coordinating fire polish, cathedral and pressed Czech glass beads. Then the majority of the necklace is sections of large peanut beads spaced out by seed beads and single small cathedral cut beads. Right before I crimped, I strung a series of just the small cathedral cut beads to allow my fingers a smooth place to fiddle with the clasp.<br />
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I hope you enjoy my creation this month! I think this will be my new good luck bug catching necklace! Thank you so much Sue, for allowing us this chance to play with your creations. I hope you will hop along and see what everyone else has created with their beetles. I'm off to do just that!<br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-40053140366483310082017-06-29T04:00:00.000-05:002017-06-29T18:53:38.692-05:00Art Elements Challenge June 2016: INSECTSI was pretty excited when Diana announced her inspiration for this month's theme challenge. It's no secret that I love bugs. I always have. I can't even tell you how many peanut butter jars I requested holes to be made in to house caterpillars and sow bugs as a kid. Growing up in Alaska meant that I didn't have a huge variety or quantity of bugs (other than the skeeters) to hunt and capture, but that didn't stop me from trying! This fascination increased when we first visited relatives in South Carolina and Florida - the animals are smaller in the South, but the bugs are SPECTACULAR.<br />
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Now I find myself living in the South, and you can see my recent escapades with bugs <a href="http://artelements.net/bug-nerds-unite/">here</a>. Besides continuing to hunt and collect and create with real bugs, I was excited for this challenge to get back to beading and make something with some of the fun components I've collected.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top row, L-R: Base metal charms and components, sterling and Thai silver, Peruvian ceramic. Middle row, L-R: vintage glass cabochons, vintage Chinese porcelain, Czech glass. Bottom row L-R: Czech glass, carved plaster, carved stone. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left column, top down: pewter by <a href="http://www.greengirlstudios.com/">GreenGirl</a>, bronze by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/cynthiathornton?ref=pr_shop_more">Cynthia Thornton</a> and PMC by me, polymer clay (artist unknown), <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JoanMillerPorcelain/">Joan Miller</a> porcelain. Middle column, top down: laser cut wood by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/porkchopshow?ref=shop_sugg">PorkChopShow</a> and an unknown artist, stag beetle cab by <a href="https://www.anthropologie.com/">Anthropologie</a> (drawer pull with hardware cut off!). Right column, top down: Czech lampwork, zomBEES by our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/izzybeads">Laney</a>, fairies by Dana Swisher, our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/jdaviesreazor?ref=ss_profile">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a>. </td></tr>
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As you can see I had quite a few things to choose from. I ended up in that strange situation where I had everything pulled out and way more ideas than time to actually create. But I ended up with something that I am pretty pleased with.<br />
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I used one of my large pairs of butterfly wings from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/porkchopshow?ref=ss_profile">PorkChopShow</a> (seriously I have an addiction). Originally I intended for this to be a necklace, but I didn't want to add that much - once the beadwork was done the piece just didn't want anything else! So I made a wall hanging instead - I mean, it's certainly large enough...<br />
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The wire I used for the hanger is fairly lightweight because I didn't want to risk snagging the thread of the edge beads when I inserted it. One of the best things about working with laser cut wood is that even when the pieces are large, they weigh next to nothing! So I think the light weight wire is not only sturdy enough to keep its shape, but I also like the ethereal look - it almost disappears into the background and the butterfly looks like it is flying rather than suspended.<br />
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I did three rows of embroidery with no bezel - I didn't want to cover any of the wing, so it's glued really well. The wings are so bright that I stuck with neutral browns and bronzy colors for the seed beads.<br />
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I did want to pull a bit more blue back into the piece, so I suspended two faceted glass drops from the edge beads at the bottom of each wing. This placement also reminds me of swallow-tail butterflies, and I love the movement that they add too.<br />
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The body and antennae are my favorite things! For the body I used giant striped seed beads to give a typical segmented look, and then enhanced further with loops of seed beads crossing over the gap between each body bead. The antennae are made from brown craft wire, twisted with teeny bronze seed beads so they don't disappear against the brown background.<br />
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This is a gift for a friend and I really hope she loves it. I need to carve out some more beading time asap too! I have two more sets of wings and can't wait to turn them into something for my own wall soon!<br />
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I hope you enjoyed my butterfly's metamorphosis this month! Please buzz along to see what everyone else has been inspired to create this month! I am off to do just that. <br />
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Hello, and yes, it is that time again! Time for the <a href="http://artelements.net/may-component-of-the-the-month-design-challenge-reveal/">Art Elements Component challenge</a><span id="goog_1817193171"></span><span id="goog_1817193172"></span>. This month, we were fortunate enough to play with
some of Lesley's new shell shaped components. </div>
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She offered us a choice
of colors, and though I normally ask for a surprise as a challenge to
myself, this time I opted for one of the ivory and deep teal colored
pendants. This post will be light on text, simply because we had a
lovely and FULL Memorial Day weekend. I hope you were all able to spend
this weekend with your family or family of choice too! We had a
fantastic time, but I am just about worded out. I will try to show you
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fantastic depth of color in this teal glaze</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strange carved serpentine face...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beadwork connector looks a bit like a tongue.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The strap is half leather, half strung with vintage German glass beads and seed beads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like how the depth in the color lined seed beads goes with the teal glaze.</td></tr>
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This may still be a WIP. I want to do a more detailed beadwork bail to string the pendant by, but I can leave that for a bit later I will probably also do a metal crimp for the leather part of the strap, but my waxed linen was at hand. Lately, more and more, I want to wear a couple of necklaces in different lengths that I can toss on and layer. I think this will probably be in the normal rotation for awhile, as it's a nice length for every day wear at the office.<br />
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Thank you all for looking! I hope you will hop along and check out what everyone else has made this month! I'm off to do just that. Keep in mind, next month's challenge at <a href="http://artelements.net/">AE </a>is an open entry challenge - insects! Watch for my next <a href="http://artelements.net/">AE </a>post (5/31) - you will understand why this is so exciting to me. If you would like to play along in June, just let one of us know! If you don't have a blog, we can share your work on one of our blogs for you!<br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-86611380668953183182017-05-02T02:30:00.000-05:002017-05-02T02:30:26.213-05:00Art Elements Component of the Month Challenge April 2017It's that time again - I don't know how we're already on the fifth month of 2017. This month over at the Art Elements blog, our fearless leader shared her new <a href="http://artelements.net/april-component-of-the-month/">northern lights</a> inspired beads with us! As usual, I left my project until the very last minute. I mean it - I didn't start any beading until Sunday...2 days ago. Whenever I procrastinate that badly I reach for my stash of WIP's and cross my fingers that something in there will coordinate enough to boost my progress to a manageable point. I was not disappointed by my stash this time.<br />
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I managed to find this partially embroidered polymer clay face cab that I made quite awhile ago. I had done the bezel and a bit of embellishment only, but the colors worked with the bead so well, and the texture and shimmer seemed to pull the two together, I quickly grabbed some beads and did a couple more rows of embroidery before backing and edging the cab. Rarely do I pause in a project long enough for progress pictures, but here you can see the two steps described above - right after I finished the embroidery and trimmed the backing, and just after the edge was fully completed. I usually do a picot edge on my embroidered pieces because I like to use the picots to connect to other things. This piece is no exception, but you might notice that I alternated between twins and 15/0s as the picot...<br />
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This is why! I used the twins to add more layers beyond the edge of the embroidery, both to connect Jen's bead, plus more shape, texture and movement surrounding the face. I feel like all of these things items relate back to the original inspiration of the bead. If you've never seen the aurora borealis before - you should definitely add it to your bucket list. It is so surreal to see the layers of light dance in the night sky, and I wanted to add that reference to this piece.<br />
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Before I get into specific details, here is a closer view of how everything ties together. I'm going to proudly wave my nerd flag here, and say when I was starting to add the outer layers off of the edging, the face started to <b>strongly</b> remind me of the Naboo queens and their amazing outfits in the Star Wars (prequal) movies. So much so, that I've been calling this piece the Queen since then...<br />
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Look at all the layers of depth and texture in Jen's bead. I love how no matter which way the bead shifts, every color and gleam is incorporated somewhere in the surrounding beads. I'm not sure if you can tell, but I suspended the bead from the first row of edging connection, and used a twin as the bead at the tip of the "fringe" strand. This allowed me to connect the surrounding loop of beads to the end of the fringe and keep the separate elements from getting twisted or tangled.<br />
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Here you can see closer the embellishment on each side of the face, plus the strap. I went fairly minimal on the strap, partially due to how busy the focal already was, and partially because I did not want to go find more beads! To pull the colors from the focal up into the strap I used some of the giant transparent gray AB peanut beads that are in the rest of the embellishment, along with the pearly teal 6/0s in the embroidery.<br />
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This still a WIP however - I'm ready to finish it, but for the life of me I can't find my crimp beads. I'm headed back to dig some more, because I really want to wear her to work tomorrow!<br />
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And so I give you the Queen. Of what, I'm not sure. Possibly simply the queen of my accessories currently. Who knows when she will succeed the throne, but not for awhile. I am extremely happy with how everything turned out and can't wait to wear her! Thanks for sharing your beautiful beads with us this month Jen! ...now where are my darn crimps...<br />
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I do hope you will hop along and check out what everyone else made this month! I'm off to do that right now! Thank you for joining us!<br />
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Guest Designers:<br />
<a href="http://sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com/2017/04/art-elements-april-2017-component-of.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sarajo Wentling</a><br />
<a href="http://ubetchabeads.blogspot.com/2017/04/art-elements-april-component-of-month.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deb Stewart</a><br />
Art Elements Team:<br />
<a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/2017/04/ae-component-of-month-for-april.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sue Kennedy</a><br />
<a href="http://laney-mead.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Laney Mead</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lesleywatt.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lesley Watt</a><br />
<a href="http://saraccino.blogspot.de/2017/04/take-deep-breath.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Claire Fabian</a><br />
<a href="http://starryroadstudio.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karen Totten</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cookyschock.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cooky Schock</a><br />
<a href="https://jdaviesreazor.com/blog/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a><br />
<a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caroline Dewison</a><br />
<a href="http://cmendola.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cathy Spivey Mendola</a><br />
<a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Niky Sayers</a><br />
<a href="http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lindsay Starr </a><br />
<a href="http://site.glassaddictions.com/blog/april-component-month-reveal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jen Cameron</a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-37155270583591440762017-03-30T03:30:00.000-05:002017-03-30T03:30:00.146-05:00March 2017 Art Elements Challenge Reveal - Amulet bags!When Cathy announced that this month's theme challenge would be amulet bags, I may have been more than a little bit excited. After all, this is where it all started for me!<br />
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I started over 20 years ago with instructions from Threads magazine. I have made flocks of these postage stamp sized brick stitched necklaces since then.<br />
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After learning Peyote stitch a few years later, I tried several different varieties of amulet bag with it and was not really pleased with the results until I learned how to work with "bead soup" and made this bag.<br />
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Lately, I have been loving how quickly 3-bead netting works into a bag, and it's so much fun to embellish! <br />
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I had intended to make several this month for the challenge, but like it does so often, time got away from me. This bag was for one of my coworker's bridal shower a few days ago. Even if her wedding colors weren't jade and navy, I would have chosen some combination of green and blue for her!<br />
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Only the bag and embellishment is seed beadwork. I connected the strap to two large picasso seed beads along the top edge of the bag opening, and strung it on flexible beading wire.<br />
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The strap is quite long - no clasp needed. The front sections have some coin shaped jade beads that I have hoarded for years. The rest of the strap is more of the large picasso seed beads - super comfortable on the neck.<br />
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The embellishment is all made of vintage pressed glass beads - two styles of button flowers and a large leaf, all in navy blue. The looped fringe has even more of the large picasso seed beads floating over the strand of 11/0 seed beads - something to fiddle with while she's on the phone.<br />
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The back is left unembellished, for ease of wear primarily, but this also means you get a good idea of what is under the embellishment on the front. I used a bead soup made of 4 different colors of 11/0 seed beads.<br />
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My other half pointed out when I was done that the bride would only need to tuck something borrowed inside of the bag to fulfill the Old English rhyme: Something old (vintage glass beads), something new (the piece itself), something borrowed, and something blue (also the vintage beads)! While this was totally unintentional, I love how this worked out!<br />
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I hope you will hop along and check out how the rest of our crew and guests were inspired by the theme this month! I'm off to do just that.<br />
Guests-<br />
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Samatha Wescott- <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://wescottjewelry.com/2017/03/30/art-elements-challenge-amulet-bag-of-shame/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNHn-b_0e_us5r5qjlM27y23VOMs5A" href="http://wescottjewelry.com/2017/03/30/art-elements-challenge-amulet-bag-of-shame/" target="_blank">http://wescottjewelry.com/<wbr></wbr>2017/03/30/art-elements-<wbr></wbr>challenge-amulet-bag-of-shame/</a><br />
Oksana Bevz- <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://oksanalikesit.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-theme-challenge-amulet-bags.html&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNGwjoy2QD0i6KB17ayNaQhz_WvKBw" href="http://oksanalikesit.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-theme-challenge-amulet-bags.html" target="_blank">http://oksanalikesit.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com/2017/03/march-theme-<wbr></wbr>challenge-amulet-bags.html</a><br />
Genevieve Camp- <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.genevievecamp.com/201/03/30/art-elements-amulet-bag-theme-challenge/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNEJlmxERGh8segAEZseEVj-zPoYIA" href="http://www.genevievecamp.com/201/03/30/art-elements-amulet-bag-theme-challenge/" target="_blank">http://www.genevievecamp.com/<wbr></wbr>201/03/30/art-elements-amulet-<wbr></wbr>bag-theme-challenge/</a><br />
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Caroline-<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://blueberribeads.co.uk/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNEn-7RaC2CliSKSgONW_RB9Viaxfw" href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>blueberribeads.co.uk/</a><br />
Cathy- <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://cmendola.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNHSEPjiUOu_8TZBhhNXgn97iDkuZw" href="http://cmendola.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://cmendola.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Cooky- <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.cookyschock.com/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNF_hJOOp6BoJT8CdZFVbc3eXZHkYg" href="http://www.cookyschock.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cookyschock.com/</a><br />
Jenny- <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://jdaviesreazor.com/blog/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNFx_U8kwR4LlQyCzFkYLnJK0qAiFA" href="https://jdaviesreazor.com/blog/" target="_blank">https://jdaviesreazor.com/<wbr></wbr>blog/</a><br />
Lesley-<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://lesleywatt.com/uncategorized/art-elements-des...enge-amulet-bags/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNFe_L3C9-DJu6_EAurj0PuieUOFgg" href="http://lesleywatt.com/uncategorized/art-elements-des...enge-amulet-bags/" target="_blank">http://lesleywatt.com/<wbr></wbr>uncategorized/art-elements-<wbr></wbr>des...enge-amulet-bags/</a><br />
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Lindsay-<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNEYnsDO9bLLqbt0nSMnmJ6rCX_dJQ" href="http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Niky-<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://silverniknats.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNEjS41VMOuYRT0wA1D6oEXJuAyyAw" href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://silverniknats.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a></div>
Sue-<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://suebeads.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1490913400750000&usg=AFQjCNHmez9N_p1_iOhYKfHzV6J7hfPwCQ" href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://suebeads.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com/</a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-39670755769360588562017-02-28T04:00:00.000-06:002017-03-01T05:42:10.349-06:00February 2017 Art Elements Component of the Month RevealI will fully admit to struggling with my beadwork for the last 6 months or more. It's a combination of being overworked, overwhelmed, and just plain ready for a change of season! That being said, I'm incredibly thankful for our team over at the Art Elements blog for keeping me going every month, with at least one creative commitment. I try my hardest to participate every month, especially when my team mates are so kind to send me lovely components to work with.<br />
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Jenny's crusty battered polymer clay hearts are no exception! I think many of us creatives share a similar, hmmm, dare I say, revulsion? for the typical seasonal holiday themes. For sure, I find most of the seasonal store displays in February uninspired and trite. Hearts are not something I usually incorporate into my work without a specific request. I don't buy them, use them, or enjoy looking at them...but when I saw Jenny's take on a wounded and repaired heart, I couldn't say no! I mean, look at them!<br />
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I requested one of the dark burgandy ones, and when I started looking through my stash, I knew I wanted to incorporate some more brass to bring out the gold leaf and brass wires, along with doing some geometric beading to contrast with the organic nature of the hearts. I found these strange brass Greek theatrical wall mask miniatures while on a trip with a friend in rural Iowa...and everything just fell into place.<br />
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I wish I could tell you I had some kind of grand concept or plan. I can't though, it would be a lie. I just picked things that I felt worked together, and I'm really pleased with the results! I have a collection of masks and art "taxidermy" on my living room walls, and this piece will fit right in.<br />
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As the hanger is at the top of this mask, I had to use the mouth to suspend the beadwork and heart from. Using some 20g antique brass colored copper craft wire, I coiled the wire around the mouth and chin (messily!). I worked with short sections to avoid kinks, so when I was almost satisfied with the look, I cut a longer piece and folded it in half. To suspend the beadwork, I threaded the wire directly through one of the beads, allowing it to settle in the middle of the "U". Then I wrapped the 2 tails around and wove them into the back side of all the other wires for stability.<br />
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When it came to choosing beads, I dug around for something to combine the burgundy, brass, black and green of the patina on the mask, and combined textures so both the shine from the mask and satiny finish of the heart would be represented as well. I added six small Czech spikes to the outside for that sharper, geometric look. I also like that the slight metallic haze on the clear glass draws a little more focus to an element that might otherwise disappear into the background...<br />
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Since I had asked Jenny for a pendant, the wire on the heart was already included. I was able to rotate the loop so it faced sideways, and attached it to the beadwork in the section opposite the mask.<br />
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All things considered, I am quite pleased with the results! I hope you will hop along and check out what everyone else has made this month with Jenny's lovely crusty hearts. I'm off to do just that!<br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-45769618129985188342017-01-31T03:00:00.000-06:002017-02-01T17:47:33.577-06:00Art Elements January 2017 Component of the Month Reveal - Leather Cabochon!This month, the Art Elements component of the month was a bit different than usual for me...I was the maker of the component! Since I am typically not a component maker, I normally let everyone else sign up for the monthly slots, but for some reason several months ago, I signed up for a challenge. After much fretting about what to make, I had an idea...that actually worked out...and I ran with it. Introducing - leather cabochons!<br />
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I cut out and wet molded belt weight vegetan leather, then dyed and painted them when dry. I was vaguely inspired by Australian Aboriginal dot art, and also had fun applying paint with the old tried and true toothbrush technique.<br />
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I kept these two for myself ,intending to use the long oval as a jellyfish bell, and making a huge statement jellyfish necklace...but as so often is the case, that's not what happened!<br />
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I ended up using the splattered dark teal/purple cabochon. I was inspired by how much it looked like photos of deep space and ran with a circular/orbital look on everything.<br />
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It was more than a little difficult choosing cabs to pair with the leather cabochon. I felt like most of my stash was too shiny, and took focus away from the leather cab, simply because it is so dark. I ended up with a vintage acrylic cab (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/yummytreasures?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Etsy</a>) in purple, black and gold, and a lampwork cab that I've had stashed away for several years (artist unknown). Between the darkness and subtlety of each of these cabs, I felt like they both belonged in the same realm as the leather cab, even though the 3 materials couldn't be more different.<br />
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I bezeled each cab, and embroidered around each for just a few rows until they were all connected. Glued on the ultrasuede backing, and edged the piece in some clear and black striped 8/0 beads, with a transparent grey rainbow bead on the picot's - I like that the edge appears to fade away. To connect a necklace strap, I stitched a few twin beads between the picot's on the upper edges, and used the second hole of each to run my beading wire through. To continue the circular/orbital theme, I strung a selection of large Czech glass disk shaped beads first - this also adds some overall weight close to the focal. More weight was desperately needed, since the none of these cabs is very heavy. I like weight in the front of a necklace, so that when you're wearing it you don't have to constantly adjust the orientation on your neck. The strap continues up the neck with some black 6/0 beads, blue metallic 11/0's and I interspersed the segments with 3mm white opal druks, simply to carry some flecks of white further into the necklace.<br />
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I am more pleased with the results than I was expecting! I think of it as my System necklace - interconnecting, orbiting circles that create an entire network of shapes, everything interrelated.<br />
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Making components has been an adventure for sure! If you are interested, I do have a few more cabs for sale over at the Art Elements Extras Facebook group. I'm not sure if I will ever make any more!<br />
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<a data-mce-href="https://beadlove.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/art-elements-january-component-of-the-month-challenge-reveal/" href="https://beadlove.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/art-elements-january-component-of-the-month-challenge-reveal/" target="_blank">Ann </a></div>
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<a data-mce-href="http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/2017/01/art-elements-january-2017-component-of.html" href="http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/2017/01/art-elements-january-2017-component-of.html" target="_blank">Lindsay</a></div>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-44227819278549098302016-10-30T05:30:00.000-05:002016-10-30T19:29:01.508-05:00Art Elements - Component of the Month October 2016Has someone put the year on fast forward? Seriously,where has 2016 gone, and why are the holidays right around the corner? I am convinced that there is a time warp enacted, someone must have pushed the button back in March...<br />
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I think we were all excited about <a href="http://www.glassaddictions.com/">Jen's</a> sugar skulls this month at the <a href="http://artelements.net/">Art Elements</a> blog! Mine arrived a few days before I left on my first vacation in three and a half years - also my first trip home in the same amount of time. I tucked it into my little box of beads and projects, along with some pre-stitched pieces and coordinating beads. I knew I would be busy with daytrips, family and travel...but sometimes it's really beneficial to have a family of hermits that go to bed early. My brother and I spent a couple of evenings watching moves while I beaded. Now, looking at my creation while separated from my home by 3,000 miles, I can see the influences of the Pacific Northwest.<br />
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So much green! I knew that I wanted to place the skull on a foundation of one color, so that it stood out as much as possible, allowing me to add accent beads to tie the skull into the piece as a whole.<br />
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One of the prestitched pieces I drug on my tip was a green tubular herringbone rope piece. I decided to use it as one side of the strap, and worked a foundation of freeform netting and peyote off of one end for the skull to land on. The other side of the strap consists of three strands of beads strung on beading cable - seed beads, Czech pressed glass, and lampwork by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/suebeads">SueBeads</a>. I had originally intended to leave the strands separate, but after I got them all attached to the clasp, I didn't like the results. Not wanting to restring anything, I tried a simple braid and the undulation of the lampwork strand now seems to fit into the rest of the piece better. As you can see, I added some embellishment to the herringbone side as well - to add some visual weight as a counterbalance, and to tie it into the organic party in the middle... The clasp is a simple s-hook, and I attached one of Sue's little flower dangles for a bit more whimsy.<br />
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I left most of the right side of the foundation bare, but needed to add both physical and visual weight to the left side to balance out the heavier strap. I used lampwork by Sue and several other artists, Czech glass, and beadwork flowers in the fringe to bring color, movement and texture into the fringe. I had originally intended the beadwork flowers to embellishment a ceramic skull cab, but with the bright accents and eyes on this skull...he just needed these flowers!<br />
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Unintentionally, this piece has become a tribute to my home. Evergreen, apple green, spring green, and emerald - reminds me of the forests and fields. From daffodils, tulips, and rhododendrons to the red, orange, and yellow fall foliage - all of these colors can be seen on a bed of rich green. And so I give you my Homesick Boneflower necklace. I will wear this piece year round, any time I am missing the PNW!<br />
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I hope you will hop along and check out what everyone else made with Jen's lovely skulls! I'm off to do just that!<br />
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<b>Guest Designers</b><br />
<a href="http://stacilouise.blogspot.com/2016/10/sometimes-i-need-push.html">Staci Louise Smith</a><br />
<a href="http://ginkgoetcoquelicot.blogspot.com/2016/10/art-elements-component-of-month-reveal.html">Karin Grosset Grange</a><br />
<a href="http://yeelenspiritdesigns.blogspot.com/2016/10/october-component-of-month-reveal-sugar.html" target="_blank">Solange Collin</a><br />
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<a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/ae-component-of-the-month-october/" target="_blank">Caroline Dewison</a><br />
<a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/2016/10/art-elements-component-of-month-with.html" target="_blank">Susan Kennedy</a><br />
<a href="http://laney-mead.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/art-elements-sugar-skull-challenge.html" target="_blank">Laney Mead</a><br />
<a href="http://saraccino.blogspot.de/2016/10/where-have-all-flower-gone-ae-com.html" target="_blank">Claire Fabian</a><br />
<a href="http://vintagebluestudio.typepad.com/vintage_blue_studio/2016/10/october-component-of-the-month-reveal.html" target="_blank">Diana Ptaszynski</a><br />
<a href="https://jdaviesreazor.com/2016/10/30/dia-de-los-muertos-our-component-of-the-month-reveal/" target="_blank">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a><br />
<a href="http://cmendola.blogspot.com/2016/10/art-elements-component-of-month.html" target="_blank">Cathy Spivey Mendola</a><br />
<a href="http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/2016/10/art-elements-component-of-month-october.html" target="_blank">Lindsay Starr</a><br />
<a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/ae-component-of-month-october.html" target="_blank">Niky Sayers</a><br />
<a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/art-elements-october-com-reveal-sugar.html" target="_blank">Lesley Watt</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cookyschock.com/blog/sugar-skulls-challenge-month" target="_blank">Cooky Schock</a><br />
<a href="http://www.glassaddictions.com/blog/october-component-month-design-challenge-reveal-sugar-skulls" target="_blank">Jen Cameron</a><br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-69791105299773794932016-08-30T05:00:00.000-05:002016-08-30T05:00:19.082-05:00Art Jewelry Elements Headpin Challenge August 2016This month's challenge over at the Art Jewelry Elements blog, was to use artisan headpins in a piece. I was at a loss for ideas until the very end - and somehow ended up having a complete blast cramming as many small artisan components into this piece as I could. I call it Whalepin:<br />
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I started out with an enameled copper whale component by Knoxville, TN, artist Susan Bernard. I thought it went well with the bubble-like lampwork headpins from Jen Cameron, and decided to use mostly copper wire and chain to assemble the rest of the necklace.<br />
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Here you can see Jen's headpins closer - along with some additional dangles made from itty bitty vintage glass headpins in raspberry pink. The links are mad from the headpin wire, and linked together with copper jump rings.<br />
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For the dangles around the whale, and the opposite side of the necklace strap, I used more lampwork headpins and beads from Sue Kennedy, enamel components by Anne Gardanne, local and unknown artist lampwork beads and a flower headpin, plus lots of fun vintage Japanese glass beads. <br />
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I'll try to get some better pictures of this piece this weekend! I ran out of daylight and had a hard time getting anything usable today, so I'll try to update both here and on Facebook as soon as I have something better. <br />
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I hope you'll hop along and check out all of our participants this month! Have fun!<br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507261694124497683noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8830812236182165568.post-7744869790847635112016-07-22T05:00:00.000-05:002016-07-30T17:57:15.663-05:00Art Jewelry Elements July 2016 Component of the MonthOh my, what a couple of months it's been. I skipped the group challenge last month because life was just too full. Starting about 8 weeks ago, here are the highlights of my life in the recent past:<br />
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<li>TN state insurance licensing exams scheduled to prep for position change at work</li>
<li>surgery scheduled all of a sudden</li>
<li>licensing exams rescheduled since they were the day of my surgery</li>
<li>had surgery (outpatient)</li>
<li>holiday</li>
<li>bought a gift for myself to hold as ransom so I would study for the exams</li>
<li>study</li>
<li>first round of allergy consultation and testing</li>
<li>study</li>
<li>more study</li>
<li>binge studying</li>
<li>passed my exams!</li>
<li>opened my present</li>
<li>fingerprints for state licensing </li>
<li>2nd round of allergy testing next week (all the itchy things were scheduled for after my exams)</li>
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Yeah, so...I've been a bit overwhelmed lately. I'm so glad to feel like I have my free-time back! It means I got to play along in the AJE component of the month challenge this time, with Lesley's fun fossil pebbles.<br />
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I asked Lesley to choose me a surprise! I like embracing the challenge of an unknown color palette, shape and form! She sent me the moss and tan colored one in the middle of the bottom row...And this is what happened.<br />
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I was really working at the last second on this, even to come up with an idea. I only passed my exams on Wednesday this week...all of the creative process happened Thursday and Friday, including idea generation. However, the basic construction of this pendant is an idea that has long been popular in the leatherworking world and something I've been thinking about incorporating into seed beading for quite some time.<br />
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This technique essentially uses leather to bezel a cabochon, marble, stone or other holeless object - in this case Lesley's fossil pebble pendant. I treated the pendant just like a cabochon as the first step - glued to my base piece of leather. Then made holes at 1/8" intervals around the pebble, and let the glue set for a bit while I trimmed the leather and decided which other to use. After I had the accent and bezel leathers chosen, the next step was to stitch all three layers together, tightly stretching the top layer across the pebble.<br />
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Here you can see the layers of leather a bit clearer - the base layer is a greenish tan cowhide, then a layer of warm tan fish leather, and a stretchy, supple chocolate brown leather. After everything was stitched together, I took a razor blade and sliced the top off of the chocolate layer of leather - this caused the fossils to be revealed, but I also left enough behind to act as a tight bezel to protect the edges of the pebble.<br />
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After I finished my stitching, the piece just needed a teeny bit of color and texture added. You know how I am about color! These lovely picasso green turquoise seed bead drops picked up all the varieties of brown and tan in the leather and pebble...but still add just enough color to appease my sensabilities.<br />
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I will also admit to not being satisfied with my stitching through the leather - the drops are hiding areas of stitching that would otherwise be unsatisfactory to my eyes. You know how it is...the vast majority of people would never notice the things about my own work that I do, but that doesn't make it any less apparent to me!<br />
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I've just slipped the pendant onto a piece of ultrasuede lace for easy, over-the-head wear. I'm not sure if down the road it will stay on the lace or a different piece of cording, or perhaps end up with a beaded necklace? For now though, I think I'm just going to wear it as is! So light I can't even feel it!<br />
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I hope you will hop along and see what everyone else has created with Lesley's lovely fossil pebbles! Grab your morning coffee and peruse the creativity with me!<br />
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