Jewelry & Beading

May 7th, 2008

Book Review: Semiprecious Salvage

What’s Up Wednesday

Semiprecious Salvage by Stephanie Lee
This is a book for adventurers! With very little preliminary, other than a list of needed tools, the reader is launched right into the thick of creating. Stephanie Lee invites us to join her on an epic adventure, a journey that took place long ago and far away. […]

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April 25th, 2008

Bead Journal Project - March’s Chaste Moon

March’s Chaste Moon
For this month’s Beaded Journal Page, I had the work do double duty. There was a challenge in one of my favorite forums (Bead Arts forum) to create something “hidden in plain sight”. I chose to work braille words into my journal page, using a different size (but same color) beads. […]

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April 16th, 2008

Call for entries: Altered Couture

What’s Up Wednesday!

Altered Couture
A hand-me-down sweater … a raggedy old skirt from the thrift store … a plain T-shirt … Using just a few tools coupled with your creativity, all of these items can be transformed into fantastic works of wearable art! The publisher of Belle Armoire and Somerset Studio invites you to submit your […]

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March 28th, 2008

Bead Journal Project - February’s Snow Moon

February’s Snow Moon
I used a number of different patterns for dimensional snowflakes on this addition to my Beaded Journal pages.  Some of them look kind of fuzzy in the photo, because they stick straight up and I can’t control the aperture on my camera for depth of field adjustments.  Next camera, that’s for sure!
You can […]

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March 27th, 2008

Artist Profile: Denise Perreault

Tara’s Tiles, 2007. Glass curtain of 1/2″ square glass tiles in 26 colors, with crystals and seed beads. 28″ deep and 81″ wide. View from my master bath.
Artist: Denise Perreault
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Website:
Denise Perreault
Denise also has a number of articles and two covers published in Beadwork Magazine since 1999, (Interweave Press).
Denise, how do you describe […]

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March 18th, 2008

Guest tutorial by Leah Hitchcock-Ybarra: Felted bead earrings

Technique Tuesday!
You may remember the wonderful artist profile that Leah shared with us back in December…she primarily makes gorgeous wire and stone jewelry pieces. Well, recently, Leah has added handmade felted beads to the line that she sells in her Etsy shop, called Michon. So just what do you do with these felted beads? […]

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March 3rd, 2008

Aerie Faerie necklace

Make Art Monday!
I was inspired by some wooden rings to make this light and gentle necklace. It combines a lot of very easy techniques, and I’ll be sending it off to Jewelry Crafts magazine very shortly, so look for the instructions in a future issue!

Tags: Beading, beads, handmade beaded jewelry, Mixed Media, Wearable Art, wire-jewelryShare […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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