Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Sign of Life


At last a new pendant. I had a serious case of beader's block going on. Now this may not be the most brilliant thing I ever made, but she's here, she's real, and finished!

Bad picture, sorry. It seems so easy to use a phone for this sort of thing but somehow - must be old age - it never works properly.

Anyway, I'm back for a bit, and really enjoyed working on this Lady. The picture doesn't show it, but the top cab is dark mother of pearl, the middle bit is glass en below that, a cowry shell.Seed beads, both Toho and very irregular Chinese ones, because I wanted it to have a primitive feel. The green beads are aventurine. So here she is.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Still here 2

Just to let know that I haven't deserted my blog. Every now and then I check my blog to find that people from the most faraway places have come to take a look! Thank you for your visits, it's really an encouragement to try and keep on beading!
Right now I am again working on a hollow bead. It's progressing very slowly. Why? I had to restart about three times because it didn't work out. And somewhere there is a dream image of the ultimate Hollow Bead that keeps escaping me.
Family matters etc. took up a lot of my energy, but now it's summer holiday and the weather is going to get good, at last! So I hope to have something new to show you soon!

Friday, June 17, 2011

Still here...


It's been some time since I last posted on this blog. But I am still here. And still beading, though not much to show for it.
Here's a rather bad picture of a necklace I finished today. It's for my sister's birthday next Sunday. Simple materials, tigereye, seed beads and firepolished glass facet beads. I hope she'll like it.
That's all for now. On my beading tray there's another hollow bead that needs finishing. Maybe it will be ready next week.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

The other Road


One project finished! That is, it needs a closure so it's off to the bead shop. But the beading part is done.
It looks very much like the other one, but has some special features :) including my first close encounter with a swarovski rivoli.
No hedgehogs on this one, but 2 Czech glass beads that are shaped like ammonite fossils (but a LOT easer to bead). Now let's hope my sister likes it. Now off to the bead shop for findings (and needles).

Friday, March 4, 2011

Too many projects

Just a short message to show I'm still there. On my beading trays I have four unfinished projects, and that's two too many. My sister saw my On the Road bracelet and loved it so much, so I am making a different version of it for her. Fortunately I had two Lucky Feet, so the road can be taken. And I was clever enough to make a new mold of the fimo moonface before I used it on the first Road bracelet so that was no problem either. But will I have it finished in time to give to her next Sunday?
Hollow beads, started a new one, but at about two thirds of the way I am not happy with the result. Great frustration on my part, I have a clear vision of what I would really want to make but it refuses to come out. So that's going to be ripping up hours of work, to start the frustration dance all over again. And then there's the hamsa pendant I started to work on. Lovely blue glass cab in the middle, the colours are OK, needs to be finished. AND two Dragon Eyes that need to be put on leather. I want to make pins of them but need to get the findings. All that and the Bollywood thing (but that can wait for a bit, the deadline is May).
So..back to the Road for now.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Red Lantern Medallion


Another medallion/hollow bead. Well, bead...it's a lot bigger than the other one. Fiery red and gold/topaz. Almost like a red Chinese lantern, to raise when passion comes along.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Medallion pendant



For a long time I have been wanting to make a bead or medallion that could contain something else. The maths of the matter held me back, but in the end proved less complicated than I thought.
Here is my first version of my medallion, just big enough to hold, say, a child's milk teeth, or a very small bit of dried herbs and resin, to name just a few possibilities. This is just a prototype, I really like to play with this design for the time being.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Tiger eye


My latest, a beautiful large tiger eye cabochon, with red coral, miyuki cubes and japanese seed beads in gold and hematite. Made to order, the wish list stated tiger eye, coral and gold. Something to draw the eye, talismanic, striking.
I think it worked out OK eventually at the fourth attempt. Tomorrow it will fly to its destination.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

On the Road

Here is the cuff bracelet. An Indian foot and two hedgehogs on the road between Sun and Moon, surrounded by rhinestone stars.
Sorry about the bad pics, light is very grey today. But I'm so pleased with this bracelet I really wanted to show it straight away.


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Happy new year. stay tuned!

A happy, healthy and beautiful new year to all my readers!

Hang in there, stay tuned, tonight I hope to finish a new bracelet. Pictures tomorrow!