The summer workshops have drawn to a conclusion. This fall looks very busy, so I haven’t planned a new workshop schedule yet. I may schedule some special workshop sessions if there is interest in a particular technique, but right now I’m putting my art teaching on hold. Thanks to those who participated. You did great [...] [...]
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I have been studying lampwork beadmaking with the amazing glass artist (and even more amazing teacher) Renata Langenegger Lehner. After three semesters I can make beads that I think are beautiful, though I still need years more study and practice before I’ll feel comfortable calling myself a serious student of the art. Lampwork is a wonderful [...] [...] I really wrestled with this month’s bead journal, and I’m pleased with the outcome. It represents a major shift in my work, as I try to bring my love of the southwestern desert together with my love of beading. As I mentioned in previous posts, my goal was to work with a color palette based [...] [...] For decades I’ve been taking photographs in the Utah desert, and I think it’s the most beautiful place on earth. But for some reason, my beading and painting palette has always tended to heavily saturated jewel tones, and I find myself often reaching for bright turquoise, fuschia, royal purple and silver. I love those colors, [...] [...] So I finished beading the cabochon, which I thought looked pretty good: With the bead edging, the cabochon is now almost 3" in diameter. But I started getting the sense that it was going to be way too big for the design as I’d originally planned it, especially after putting lace picots around the edge of the [...] [...] It may sound a bit peculiar, but beading is very much like scholarship — a little inspiration and a lot of disciplined follow-through if you’re going to get it right. And when you’re headed in the wrong direction, there’s no point in going on that way because you can’t fix an incorrect assumption by piling [...] [...] I’ve been dying for an excuse to try beaded cabochons of the sort that Jamie Cloud Eakin features in her wonderful book, Beading with Cabochons. So February’s doll will feature my first serious attempt at the form. I started with a square, thick glass bead, of the sort which Eakin warns beginners against. The problem is [...] [...] 6.5″ tall, polymer clay, Toho 11/o round beads, Toho bugles, ceramic hands, nickel face plate I’ve finished my first month’s journey with Bead Journal 2010 and it’s been quite a learning experience. The January Doll took the whole month to design, build, and finish properly, though it was interspersed with other jewelry-making and marketing tasks. [...] [...] |
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