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Jewelry & Beading

May 16th, 2008

Bead & jewelry blogging round-up

About.com Jewelry Making
Wire is a great medium for jewelry making, and with this new DVD review you can findout how you can turn straight wire into super cool bangle bracelets.
Art Bead Scene
Obessing over details leads Cindy Gimbrone to revise her MF Bird. No, she’s not frustrated she means Modern Folk Bird.
Jennifer Jangles Blog
See the […]

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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 14th, 2008

The Basics: Swarovski crystal suppliers

What’s Up Wednesday

Nothing even comes close to comparing with the sparkle and beauty and color selection of real Swarovski crystals. Many other faceted beads are called “crystal”, but true crystal glass has a high lead content that gives it that extra shine.
Here are a couple of good sources for all the colors and styles of […]

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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 12th, 2008

Do you want to design for yourself? Theme

Theme: Your guiding concept
Suppose that you have an idea or a concept that won’t leave you alone…you just must design something with that theme in mind, but you can’t find the notion of theme on your list of design elements and principles? Never fear, theme is a wonderful potential pathway into designing. Many many of […]

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May 8th, 2008

Artist Profile: C.A. Therien

Artist: Charlene (”Cat”) Therien
Business name: C. A. Therien Polymer Clay Arts
Location: Peoria, IL, USA
Website: C. A. Therien Polymer Clay Arts

How do you describe your polymer clay work to people, Cat?
Well, that’s a good question. I tend to try a lot of different ideas and styles. However, a […]

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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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