If you've read some of my past posts, you know my first adventures with creating jewelry were with seed beads. I still love beadweaving, and have been playing with different applications, mixing polymer and beads. I'd like to share a few of the most recent pieces.
The turquoise/pink piece to the left was my first one of this design. It sold the first day it was in the gallery, so I guess someone else liked it, too.
For the purple piece, I used a large cane I
had made and decorated it with seed beads and glass magatama drops.
The last piece in this posting developed from the edges of a cane I was cutting for a different purpose. It just looked like a flower opening and needed pearls added - so I did.
Every once in a while, I like to blend beading and polymer. They are two of my favorite art forms, and I think they go well together in jewelry. Recently, I made a mokume gane stack and then worked some beading into a few pendants. I forgot to take photos before I put the pendants for sale in the Westerly gallery. The result is I only have one piece left - which must mean the combination of polymer and beads appealed to others. To the right is the remaining piece. I used seedbeads to weave a bail for the top and strung strands of seedbeads and pearls to hang below the pendant. I also made a few pairs of earrings, and enhanced the polymer pieces with crystals, glass beads and metal components.
The third photo shows a grouping of earrings and a pendant from the same mokume gane stack. One of the things I love about the mokume gane process is the way in which colors blend and sometimes hide. I haven't decided yet what to do with this particular pendant. A beadweaving idea is in the back of my mind.....
