Make Art Monday!
In between other projects, I’ve been slogging away on my new embroidered necklace:
The finished version will be posted very soon!
Tags: Bead Embroidery, Beading, beads, handmade beaded jewelry, Mixed Media, Wearable ArtShare This
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 […]
Technique Tuesday!
Today is going to be one of those “my own opinion” posts! Please feel free to leave comments that share your favorite materials and methods for today’s topic.
Orinoco Flow
I am frequently asked for the specifics of how I make my bead-embroidered pieces. You can see examples of my bead-embroidered necklaces here. I’m totally sold […]
Make Art Monday!
Here are the first couple of steps that I’ve taken in starting up a new embroidered necklace. You can see the basic outlines on the foundation: just the neckline, the center, and a few outer guidelines. Unless I’m working on a piece that’s going to be symmetrical, this is usually all the guidance […]
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 […]
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, […]
Artist: Mary Tafoya
Location: Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Websites & Blogs:
Mary Tafoya’s Seriousbeadin’ (Etsy shop)
Mary Tafoya’s Seriousbeadin’ (blog)
Mary Tafoya: Beadwork
Aunt Molly’s Bead Street
My Squidoo Beadwork/Art Pages
Mary’s Flickr Photos
Mary, how do you describe your beadwork?
I think of my work as graphic. I worked as a graphic designer and taught graphic arts for several years, and I think […]
Stunning Sterling Heart Earrings
Looking back through the archives of Jewelry & Beading, I noticed that Tammy Powley shared many fast projects that you could easily make by Valentine’s Day, just so you’ll have a little something special. Or maybe you have a favorite lady you’d like to make something for… Here’s a round-up of some […]
Technique Tuesday!
One of my earlier tutorials on the basics of bead embroidery will be very helpful here! When you’re going to embroider a piece of fabric and then glue it onto a structure, use either ultra-suede or buckram as the foundation, depending upon how heavy the beads and bits are going to be. Here’s how […]
Make Art Monday!
Here’s a little beaded assemblage that I made using an antique print block as the base. Don’t ask me what it’s for…I don’t know!
Tags: Bead Embroidery, Beading, beads, handmade-beaded, Mixed MediaShare This
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