The Glass Bead Tree

Happy Valentines Day!!!

If a picture of your heart was a reflection of who you are and what you love.  What would it look like?

Cosmic                                   Earthly                                     Fun and Funky                             Groovy Girl

Over the Rainbow          Simply Traditional         Wild Heart with a touch of Growl

Put Your Heart on a String......

I will be at Wentworth Green House in Rollinsford on Saturday January 28 with a large variety of hearts.  Price Range $12.00-$18.00.  After Saturday they will be available online here.  If you would like you can e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

See you on Saturday.

stacy

I have had a great Year with a few new great designs.  The passion flower Necklace and the felted cuff are two of those designs.

Passion Flower Necklace

I designed the passion flower necklace for a wedding I attended this past summer.  It was shortly after I visited the Chihuly exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.  I was inspired by all of the bright colors that Chihuly uses.  I knew I was going to be wearing a simple black and white outfit and needed a design that would both dress up and add color.  I knew the basic shape I wanted and the rest just evolved from there.  When I sit at the torch and make the beads for a piece, I start to envision what it will look like in the end.

I love a challenge!  It seems I do some of my best work when I am either offered a challenge or when I need to design a piece around a specific outfit.  It is truly one of my favorite things to do.

The Felted Cuff

The cuff below was a design challenge that I got involved with through a blog I follow online.  I was sent wool roving, some crystals, seed beads, and a few other items.I was to use all of what was sent and whatever else I wanted to add to create a cuff.  Of course I needed to make something of glass, being a glass bead artist.  The colors were predetermined by the supplies that were sent, so I headed to the studio to make some glass cabochons.  As I made the glass cabochons, the design and the look of the cuff evolved in my minds eye.  The finished cuff is pictured below.

The glass cabochon is pictured to the left of the large center Swarovski Crystal.

Once I started with the cuffs, I could not stop.  It was such a fun piece to create and enough of a design challenge, I could not stop.  The Tree of life cuff was the second one I created.  I have several more cuffs in the works and really enjoy every step of the process.  From felting my canvas, making the glass cabochons, to the embellishments.

Tree Of Life Cuff.

Thank you for a great holiday season. I have really enjoyed meeting those that visited the fairs and markets I have attended this year.   I hope that the new year is filled with happiness and good health.

Take Care,

Stacy

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