Jewelry & Beading

May 15th, 2008

Artist Profile: D. Young

Artist: D. Young
Business name: Obvious Front
Location: living room, Rock Island, IL
Website:
Obvious Front etsy shop

How do you describe the delightful robots that you make?
This is 21st Century Folk Art, like a cornhusk doll only made from electronics. There’s some humor in the mix, some dada, Luddite sabatoge. Kids like them.

What is your creative process like?
The […]

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May 15th, 2008

Soda can tag pendants

Art Attack Thursday!

Altered Angel shared these wonderfully fun little tag pendants that she made from various soda cans! She graciously added a tutorial that you’ll have to go to page 3 of the comments to find :-)
Can’t you just think of a million uses for these beyond simple tags? Go leave her a nice comment […]

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May 13th, 2008

Turning a geode into a beaded pendant

Technique Tuesday!

On a trip to Arizona, I found some small cut geodes in a gift shop and promptly bought ten, having no clear idea what I was planning to do with them. Looking at them later, I decided to make a freeform beaded setting, which would cover the less-attractive back and leave the cut and […]

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May 12th, 2008

Pssssttt…wanna check out a new magazine?

Having just started publication in 2007, Beads and Beyond is off to a ripping good start! Yes, our friends in the UK now have a magazine to call their own, and it’s a really good one :-) I received a package full of sample magazines, DVDs, and more from the good folks […]

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May 7th, 2008

Call for entries: Belle Armoire Jewelry

Belle Armoire Jewelry is published by Stampington as a quarterly magazine. The deadline for submissions for the next issue is July 15, 2008. From the website: If you’d like to share your inspiration and detailed how-to instruction for creating beautiful jewelry with readers, we want to hear from you. Belle Armoire Jewelry covers […]

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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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May 5th, 2008

A Stitch in Time

Make Art Monday!
My friend Melanie, of Earthenwood Studio, made these terrific steampunk-inspired ceramic beads and sent a bunch to me to play with. This is what I made:

***FREE STUFF ALERT***FREE STUFF ALERT***

I’ve got two sets of spacer beads and one tile, all in black and white, left over from this project. The beads […]

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May 2nd, 2008

Bead & jewelry blogging round-up

About.com Jewelry Making
When is it a good idea to help a fellow jewelry designer out, and when does it cross the line into your territory?
Art Bead Scene
Getting Connected Tips from ABS!
Jewelry & Beading
Need more time? Set aside a few minutes to assemble this mixed media necklace called “Time to Run”!
Linda at Make […]

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April 29th, 2008

How to make time…

Technique Tuesday!
Well, how to make the “Time to Run” necklace at any rate! Wish that I knew how to make more time in each day :-)
Materials
3 copper discs, 26 mm
4 hammered oval links, 20 mm
Copper curb link bracelet, cut in half
5 ” piece of heavy brass chain, cut in half
12 ” piece of […]

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April 29th, 2008

The Basics: the best of the basics online

In the ocean of information that is the world wide web, there are a few websites that rise to the top when it comes to covering the basics of beadwork. Not surprisingly, one of them is the Beadwork Site at About.com. Paula Morgan has compiled the very best tutorials on just about every aspect of […]

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