Jewelry & Beading

April 21st, 2008

Are you a collector?

Make Art Monday!

Those of us who are true collectors of beads and baubles are never at a loss when we travel to a new place. We just instinctively know that we must take something home with us to help us remember…and if it already has a hole through it, so much the better! These places […]

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March 31st, 2008

Name the necklace contest!

What should I be called?
Name-challenged me needs help! I’ve put together this mixed media necklace, using some of my friend Cindy Gimbrone’s fabulous lampwork beads…and now it needs a name. I emailed Cindy, and it seems that she is just as pathetic as me when it comes to naming stuff. So here’s what we […]

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March 13th, 2008

Artist Profile: Lori Greenberg

Artist: Lori Greenberg
Location: Cave Creek, Arizona
Website & Blog:
Lori Greenberg
Bead Nerd

How do you describe your work, Lori?
The tagline on my web site is “defying the ordinary”. I like to make pieces that are different than anything else you see out there and will keep you coming back to see what I’m up to next. Beads that […]

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March 4th, 2008

How to make Autumn Woods

Technique Tuesday!

Materials:
V Pendant (available from New Terra Artifacts)
90 small glass beads, approximately 4mm, in 6-7 colors
20 larger glass beads, from 8-12mm, in similar colors
#8 gold-lined seed beads
3 gold beads, 6-8mm
2 soldered gold loops
2 pieces of .015 inch beading wire, each 2 feet long
2 gold crimps
Gold hook
2 inches of gold chain
3 headpins
Tools:
Wire cutters
Flat nosed pliers
Round […]

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March 3rd, 2008

Autumn Woods - another style of V pendant

Make Art Monday!
Autumn in the middle of winter? At least it’s still winter if you’re here in New England…everywhere else it might be the beginning of spring, but not here. Oh no… :-)
Anyway, I wanted to show you another style of necklace that uses Jeanne Kent’s gorgeous V pendants, and tomorrow I’ll give you the […]

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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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February 25th, 2008

Purple & blue V-pendant necklace

Make Art Monday!

This is a beaded necklace that I made from a V-pendant by one of my friends, Jeanne Kent of New Terra Artifacts. The fused glass piece is just stuffed full of dichroic glass…I am sorry that I can’t capture the true beauty of this pendant…the color shifts and dept. Tomorrow I’ll run down […]

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February 21st, 2008

Amy Burhoe Designs

Art Attack Thursday!

Happy pieces! Amy and her husband Wes are the team that bring us these marvelously bright and cheerful fused glass pieces. Had enough of Goth? Take a look at the Amy Burhoe Designs website. From the site:
Amy Burhoe Designs is the husband and wife team of Wes and Amy Burhoe which […]

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February 13th, 2008

Book Review: The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking

What’s Up Wednesday

The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking
by Kimberley Adams
I still love Cindy Jenkins’s book called Making Glass Beads, because it was the first lampworking book that I bought. But I have to say that if you are just beginning the artform now, I’d have to recommend Kimberley Adams book. There have been some […]

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December 24th, 2007

Pieces came home from Rockport Press!

Make Art Monday
All of the pieces that I sent for consideration for the upcoming book, 1000 Jewelry Details, have returned home. I was very happy to see them again, especially Orinoco Flow. It happens to be my current favorite :-)
I don’t know which if any of my pieces will end up in the book, […]

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