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Art Bead Evolutions :: Meet the Bees
I was super excited to be able to introduce you to one of my dearest friends, Jessie Fritsch, www.jessiefritsch.com. Her artwork is absolutely amazing. It is so impressive to know that she paints her...
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Art Journey #4 :: The Dreamy World of Odilon Redon
About the Art & Artist: Odilon Redon “My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, as does music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined.” ~ Odilon Redon Bertrand-Jean Redon...
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The Earring Whisperer: Inspiration for Art Journey 4 – Odilon Redon –
I would like to start by saying that I am completely captivated by Redon. The Art Bead Scene used one of his paintings a couple of years ago for a challenge and that was when I truly started exploring...
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The Earring Whisperer: Journey Five Inspiration
Thinking Inside the Box with Joseph Cornell Medici Princess, 1948 This turned out to be an excellent creative exercise for me! I did whine a bit in the beginning because I felt this type of art was...
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Ransacked Studio: Good Times
Do you remember that excited feeling in second grade when it was time for art class? Blank canvas, no fear, time to make something beautiful. While music class felt like it lasted two winters, art...
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Art Journey #5 Wrap Up
I know that this particular collection of art from Joseph Cornell would be a challenge for most. But I think that our readers and editors both proved they were up to the task with all the interesting...
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Art Journey #6 Wrap Up
William Morris (1834-1896) was a pioneer in the field of decorative arts in the United Kingdom and the United States, and his influence can be felt even in the present day. The majority of the nearly...
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No Need For The Blues….
First, I’m sorry for the the lack of blog posts over the summer. This summer redefined crazy in a whole new way for me. The heart was willing but the brain was having no part of it. Summer is over and...
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The Earring Whisperer: Rawr! Big Cat Inspiration For Journey 7
Okay, these vintage brass lions, circa 1950, are amazing! I had never seen such fine detail or a lovely natural patina like this on stampings before. They did not come with holes and it was quite...
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Art Bead Evolutions :: Attack Cat
Have I ever told you about my attack-cat, Tiger? When I was about four years old we went to the animal shelter and I got to pick out a cat. We ended up getting a stripey tabby cat. I wanted to name...
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Art Journey #8 :: Letting the Light Shine with Frank Lloyd Wright
When Frank Lloyd Wright was just a young boy, his mother bought him a set of Froebel Blocks. These simple wooden building blocks (the kind we have likely all played with at some time in our youth),...
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The Earring Whisperer: Inspiration for Art Journey 9 ~Snow Softly Falling~
Evening Snow at AsakusaUtagawa Hiroshige (1845)Woodblock print There were many elements that I loved about this print and I wanted to bring many of them to life in this pair of earrings. The...
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Art Bead Evolutions: Kimonos + Pagodas
I love both the simplicity and the complexity of the Japanese woodcuts from the Art Journey #9. The imagery of these very everyday scenes of a beautiful structure in the snow, taking a walk, and birds...
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The Earring Whisperer: Journey One Inspiration ~Illustrations of Aubrey...
Hello! Thank you for stopping by! This is my first post of 2020 and our First Art Journey of the year! I don’t think we’ve done an all black and white challenge before! Let’s begin!! How Four Queens...
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Butterflies 3 Ways
How is it already February, 2020? While it might be February, it seemed like January lasted about eleventy-nine days. Personally, I’ve been in the middle of basketball season with my youngest son, who...
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Art Journey #1 Wrap Up
Hello art bead lovers! Happy Galentine’s Day! For this first Art Journey we focused on the stark black and white, the Art Nouveau curvy lines, as well as the fairy tale and mythological aspects of the...
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Guest Artist :: Ann Schroeder Explores the Beautiful World of Viktor Zaretsky
Today we welcome long time reader and wonderful designer Ann Schroeder. I really like the way that Ann thinks about the world and how she processes her inspirations into her wearable works of art. And...
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Of Women and Nature and Jewelry
Oh the glorious, succulent colors and themes in this new Art Journey #2. We are celebrating the art of Viktor Ivanovich Zaretsky. A Ukranian artist born in 1925. Brilliant. Colorful. Luminous....
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The Earring Whisperer: Art Journey 2 Inspiration The Luminous Beauty of...
Nastya What impressed me most about this painting was the mixture of fabric patterns. In turn, I wanted to create a pair of earrings with multiple textures. I chose these wonderful embroidered felted...
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Art Bead Evolutions :: The Magical Mysteries of Scrap Clay
I was completely smitten with the art of Victor Zaretsky when I stumbled upon it. How could you not be charmed by his use of color, his playful patterns, the haunting beauty of the women he paints? I...
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