The Month of Pink and Red

It is February!  Hard to believe a month of 2013 is over already.  What have I been doing?  Trying not to hibernate... I could just stay under a blanket this time of year! 

I have pulled some of my stash together and made a happy piece that makes me think of Valentine's Day!

 I made the polymer focal a few years ago actually.  I did some macrame with pink yarn and wrapped some cord with darker pink yarn a while ago too.  So I finally put them together to brighten up my day!  I was given some really pretty glass rose beads from a friend and they fit right in there.

Hope your winter is peaceful and cozy!  I am starting to think about spring!  Yay! 

Over the Top

I am participating  in the Poymer Clay Collective Color Challenge.    The challenge was to make something out of polymer using the colors in the following picture.

 

I made a neckpiece using a fiber wrapped cord, polymer art beads and some czech glass beads. Thanks Jeannie K. Dukic, I had fun playing with this color palette. Check out the other participants at the Polymer Collective Facebook Page here.

 

I had some molds that I made out of polymer from decorative trim at Lowes and also from our bed! 

I made balls of clay and pushed them in the mold, added a few holes and ended up with this...

  

I call it "Over the Top" because it is big and colorful.

 

 

I am loving the czech glass beads!

 

 

Yes those are earrings on the left.

 

 And a view of the back!

 

 

 Go see what the others made too!  Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

Circus Fun

Lots of beads and lots of fun!  The multi colored beads were a shared effort with a bead friend.  She was going to make a bracelet with them and decided not to... so I couldn't resist putting them on a neckpiece!

They remind me of a Circus!

Lots of color and texture!

These polymer beads have a wooden base...

Color and fun from the front...

To the back!

Circus Fun!

ABS October Challenge

I love the artwork for this month's Art Bead Scene Challenge!  The picture is fun and interesting.  I know that many of you do not like the literal interpretation of these so much but I work with polymer which so lends itself to being literal.  So like it or not I joined in the challenge this month.  I enjoyed making the polymer hedgehog the most.  So here is my interpretation of "A Hedgehog in a Landscape ".

The painting was done by Giovanna Garzoni who was one of the first female artists to do still life paintings.  She lived from 1600 to 1670 and painted this picture sometime between 1643 and 1651... certainly along time ago!

So I got the hedgehog, the acorns and the snail in there.  I used metal leaves from a recycled necklace.  I also get my fiber from the thrift store usually so this piece is a little bit "green"!

I finished the back with a wooden bead for my Hedgehog in a Landscape neckpiece.

Hope you have a great Thursday!  And check out the other entries at the flickr site for the ABS monthly Challenge!

The Secret Garden

I had some beads left from the Bead Soup Blog Party and I wanted to make something with the beads that I blogged about here.  So I had some fiber wrapped cords in green and tan that were twisted together that seemed like they might just match all the beads I had... so I kept adding pieces here and there and here and there and.... this is what I ended up with!

Here-there-and everywhere!

I have decided that my style is eclectic... I love colors and textures and to make things that people want to touch.  This piece has so many different elements to it.  Here are some close ups.

Everything from stones to glass beads to copper charms all mixed together with polymer beads... so fun!



So it is for sale in my Ms Place Art Fire Shop... check it out here!

Thanks for stopping by!

Yours truly,

M

A Party in Turquoise

I finished the neckpiece that I blogged about  here.  It is a fun piece.  I love how light weight these pieces are even though they make quite a statement.  I just listed the set in my Etsy shop.  I also made a bracelet to match.

It was more comfortable to wear than I thought it would be.  I think because it is light weight and it doesn't dangle.

So if you are looking for something fun for Spring or Summer check it out at MsPlace.

Yours truly,

M

Nave Nave Moe

I was really drawn to the artwork for the March Art Bead Scene challenge.

The name of this painting is Nave Nave Moe (Sacred Spring, Sweet Dreams) and it was painted by Paul Gauguin in 1894.  I love the colors in this painting!  I decided to make something for this challenge.   I made some polymer beads.  I have been playing with some macrame and I love to upcycle stuff from the Thrift Store... so I worked some old seam binding that I found there into a neckpiece.  I wired some beads and put it all together for the March Art Bead Scene Monthly Challenge.





Color Me Tahiti 

 I had fun making the faces and putting it all together!  I have been really drawn to bright colors lately... must be the changing seasons that has me going there!  You should check out all of the entries on flickr.  There are really some great pieces of wearable art inspired by a great piece of wall art!
Yours truly,
M

There is a time for every season!

I have been busy with life. We went to White Plains, NY to the WRAM show for my husbands hobby/business. I spent 4 days with lots of mostly geeky boys and men who play with RC planes and helicopters. Now keep in mind my hubby would have some adjective to describe me and my beading buddies... so don't take that geeky word as an insult. Anyone in that hobby has to be fairly intelligent to make it all work. There was actually a booth there that had some jewelry for sale. Next year I am taking some of mine if we go. There were lots of women tagging along and the men were spending fairly sizeable dollars so I think I would have lots going for me if someone really likes what I have for sale!

He actually won first place with this UH1 Helicopter!

Anyway after the show weekend we had all of our kids home! Yeah! It was my birthday weekend so I enjoyed spending time with everyone.

These are my birthday flowers! I love tulips and can't wait for Spring!
The only problem with all of that is that I had no time to blog or do much with my artwork. I work part time but seem to get consumed by it. How do you handle your time? I am tired and not creative in the evenings it seems. I did read that someone conditions clay while watching TV in the evenings. I might try that. I do some fiber wrapping in the evenings but I really struggle to be productive after five o'clock.


So I can share some of the fibre pieces that I started. I haven't added beads yet but I think they will be fun for Spring and Summer pieces.

I have some great turquoise and black beads to finish this one!

The colors are so soft and pretty in this piece.

I have started a bead that will go with it. I want to white wash the bead and need to drill a hole in it. The color matches well. The bead is made from a bird in a cookie mold. Very Springy!

Have a great weekend! Yours truly! M

Studio Time

Finally had some time today to work in my studio... I have a show next Saturday so I needed to get some work done!  What sells first at most shows for me are mixed media neckpieces that I make from fiber wrapped cord and beads.  The problem with showing you on here is that the photos don't seem to give the pieces justice.  I thought I would share some of them with you anyway.  These are bold pieces and almost wear like a scarf because they are rather grand. 

This piece includes the focal bead that was in my Back to Clay blog.

I did a few close up photos of the left side...

and the right side...

I have also done this piece from some Fiber Embellishment cards that I bought from an Etsy shop called bluehollow.  She has a great selection of mixed yarns on cards.


This is the piece that I did....

Here is a close up of the left side...

Here is a close up of the right side...

 These pieces are ecletic but fun and definitely unusual.  They are also light weight even though they are quite grand.  They are one of a kind wearable art pieces!