Jewelry & Beading

February 29th, 2008

Bead & jewelry blogging round-up

About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy has news about a unique jewelry design contest going on at a relatively new site for designers of all types.
Art Bead Scene
A Fit to Print Review that Sparkles!
Jewelry & Beading
Cyndi takes a little trip into macrame land in an attempt to find something new to do with a V pendant!
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February 29th, 2008

Bead Journal Project - January’s Wolf Moon

January’s Wolf Moon
This one was a real design challenge for me. I wanted to do something realistic and not cartoonish, but I didn’t want to end up doing a silhouette against the full moon. Even though that would have fit my theme, it’s just done too much. Then I started thinking about […]

By Cyndi -- 15 comments

February 28th, 2008

Project Runway…the final elimination

Bye-bye, Chris! I love you and think you’re great fun!
Well, as predicted (at least by me!), Chris was auffed last night. I was so touched to see the love and support among all the final four…what a difference from Season One!
Yes, I finally managed to get the dvds from Season One, and watched the […]

By Cyndi -- 4 comments

February 28th, 2008

Artist Profile: Tina Koyama

Transformer 2 Bracelet
Photographer: Greg Mullin
Artist: Tina Koyama
Location: Seattle
Website: Tina Koyama
e-mail: tina@tinakoyama.com
Tina, your work is obviously very organic. How do you describe it?
My current focus is on self-supported sculptures using off-loom beadweaving stitches. My work is probably most closely related to contemporary basketry: 3-dimensional forms made from flexible materials. I like to keep an open […]

By Cyndi -- 1 comment

February 28th, 2008

“Authentic Jewelry for Real Individualists” by Andreas Eberharter

Art Attack Thursday!
Andreas Eberharter shared his work with me recently, and I must say the the size and scale of his pieces are like nothing I’ve ever seen before! Unique, daring, bold…just a few of the words that come to mind. Take a look at these:

Andreas Eberharter’s approach to jewellery is a sculptural […]

By Cyndi -- 9 comments

February 27th, 2008

Book Review: Chinese Knots for Beaded Jewelry and Celtic Knots for Beaded Jewelry

Chinese Knots for Beaded Jewellery
by Suzen Millodot
I had a great time working my way through this book! The main reason it caught my eye was because I was getting into a rut with using only two to three styles of fiber knotting. I wanted something more, and I found exactly what I was looking for […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

February 27th, 2008

Bead & Button Show, June 1-8 2008

The countdown has started!!  Online registration is open, and hearts are all a-flutter over what is planned to be the biggest, baddest bead show ever!  You can get all the information and even complete your registration at the Bead & Button website.
One of the special events planned this year is the first ever Flame-Off, held […]

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February 27th, 2008

Call for entries: Bead Dreams 2008

Cobalt Supernova by Leah Nietz
Bead Dreams 2007

The competition is open to professional and amateur beaders from the U.S. and around the world. All work entered in the competition must be original.
Deadline: April 4, 2008
Bead Dreams contest information
Finalists will be on display at the Bead&Button Show, June 6-10, 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
To enter the Bead […]

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February 26th, 2008

Making a V-pendant necklace

Technique Tuesday!

Materials
1 mm satin cord, 2 pieces @ 120 inches, 1 piece @ 40 inches
3 soldered sterling silver rings
Sterling silver S-hook
V-Pendant (from New Terra Artifacts)
2 head pins
4 - 2mm silver round beads
2 silver daisy spacers
3-4 accent beads
GS Hypo tube cement
Tools
Scissors
Large tapestry needle
Flat nose pliers
Chain nose pliers
Wire cutters

Tie the three pieces of cord together into a […]

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

February 25th, 2008

A jewelry “quantum leap”

Make Art Monday
Jewelry & Beading belongs to the LifeStyle channel here at b5Media. As a channel, we’ve decided to do a little retrospective in honor of leap year, and we’re calling it Quantum Leap :-) The idea was to look back four years and ahead four years…and basically do whatever we wanted with that theme!
So, […]

By Cyndi -- 1 comment