From the monthly archives: August 2007
I’ll be making a batch of these dragon’s eye beads this weekend. The basic structure of the bead is pretty simple – a sculpted eye outline with an indented area for the eye. The indented area gets filled with multiple thin layers of deep color (tinted liquid clay).
The fun part is choosing the [...]
I’ve got a couple things up on JustBeads this week if you’d like to take a look. There’s a treefrog, a faux ivory manatee, and this fox silhouette bead.
This was a commision for a fall wedding… They wanted maple leaf jewelry for the brides maids and a bracelet for the flower girl. The leaves needed to be small and delicate, so I used the smallest leaf I’d found for the pendants, then sculpted an even smaller leaf for the earrings. The pendant is [...]
I’ve been thinking about redoing my website lately and I’ve been web surfing other artists’ websites. I’ve found plenty of really, gorgeous work but not too many websites that are as elegant as the art they display.
Just a few comments:
Keep it simple! The best websites I’ve seen are clean and elegant, without busy [...]
The Connecticut Bead Society is holding their annual Bead Bazaar on September 15th and 16th. It will be from 10AM-5PM at the Holiday Inn, 201 WASHINGTON AVE. (RT 5) in North Haven, CT.
If you’re in the area, drop by. I’ll be there Saturday and some of my beads will be at the [...]
I came across this article on kaleidoscopes at a local fair.
It’s a great experience to share your art with the public, especially kids. I’ve done a couple workshops at my local library – one on kaleidoscopes, and everybody loved it.
Colorful character
Nobody among the dozens of exhibitors at [...]
My mother lent me a good book called “Coaching the Artist Within: Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists and Musicians from America’s Foremost Creativity Coach” by Eric Maisel.
It hit a few chords. It’s about developing your creative life – whatever that may mean to you – and learning to honestly, [...]
Quick little article about artist Judy Summer who didn’t let her declining sight make her give up art.
She can’t solder or do detailed jewelry work anymore. Yet still she works, crafting horses like grass-green “Springtime” and dawn-red “Sunrise” out of polymer clay. They stood proudly Saturday at her [...]
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