Good Quill Hunting is running a beading contest where haute couture fashion is the inspiration for a piece of beadwork, which is to be mainly seed beads. There is a growing list of prizes, and the deadline for entering the photograph of your piece is November 20th. Pick any one of 36 images of wild and fun fashions as your inspiration. “Go bold, go bright, use your imagination…”
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I recently received my kit for Use the Muse III, a contest run by Scarlett Lanson of Beadwork. The requirements of the contest is that the Muse must be used (and not revealed), it must be a wearable piece of jewelry, and as much or as little of the kit can be used. AND, it has a very fast turnaround — the final images are due October 19th.
Photograph by Scarlett Lanson, used with permission
What came in the mail was this lovely little package of watchmaker’s tins:
SO, I have these beads, and the Muse, to make a piece of jewelry. I have an idea, I think. I’d better get beading!
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These lovely beads have been sitting out for maybe as long as a year. I’m not longer going to use them as intended, and I needed to clean up my workspace.
I still want to use these beads someday, although maybe not all of them!
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Designed by Ted Naos, professor at the School of Architecture at the Catholic University of America, this is subtitled, “Discover beauty in the ever-changing world of color.” I was first introduced to this at a Split Rock Arts program that I attended, taught by David Chatt. A fellow student brought this, and we all played with it and enjoyed it. I just found mine at the Walker Art Center.
So, there are a number of near-squares in heavy glossy, colored die-cut cards. You mix and match, play and create color combinations.
Also included are 4 instruction cards, with information on the color wheel, things like simultaneous contrast and after image, the spreading effect and irridation, warm and cool colors, the fluting effect and Purkinse effect, and more.
I took another picture of a rug (see another rug palette entry here). There was a coffee table in the center, and furniture on the edges, but these pictures give you an idea. There is a medallion of the two blues in the center of this large square area run, and then geometric designs around it. Isn’t this a great rug?
So I took the colors, and with a few (4?) false starts, made a bracelet, a quick project to see how I like the colors. I like them better in the rug; I do like the colors together, but think it would be better in a larger piece where the blocks of color are more substantial — probably not jewelry.
Also, this is a variant on a spiral rope (my own, as far as I know), but making the core/base out of cube beads doesn’t work. It needs the curves of a rounded bead for the beads to move smoothly against each other and curve around a wrist. It looks much better flat than curved. To some extent, I can smooth the curve by running a firm finger on the inside, but jewelry should just be worn, not constantly adjusted. I didn’t try curving it until I was half done — sure, it felt a little stiff. Lesson learned, shape the piece as if wearing it earlier in the process!
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