Art Bead Scene Sponsors

This month's prizes for Art Bead Scene's Monthly Challenge are by 3 clay/ceramic artists.
The winner of this months challenge really hauls the in clay booty with prizes worth over $100! I am one of the sponsors this month!

Artisan Clay
This wonderful stoneware pendant is by Kristie Roeder of Artisan Clay. Kristie has mastered the art of firing recycled glass onto earth clay. She uses different colors of stoneware and glass for her fused masterpieces.

Creative Impressions In Clay
Tie Dye! I love it! This Dog Tag style Pendant was created by Tari Sasser of
Creative Impressions In Clay. A special technique is used to create the Tie Dye effect. Labor intensive but well worth the time and the results are fantastic!

Round Rabbit

"Will it go round in circles..." Nancy Schindler is the Muse behind Round Rabbit. These porcelain rings go so well with the Challenge this month. These colorful rings can be used in multiple ways, such as a pendant, a component, a clasp...they are just yummy!

Get your Art Beads, Buttons, Charms or Pendants out and start creating!
Kandinsky's Farbstudie Quadrate is such a colorful inspiration for your creations!

Read all about the challenge and how to enter here! Or just read the post below...

Art Bead Scene-June Monthly Challenge

The inspiration for this month's challenge is from one of my favorite artists and paintings, Wassily Kandinsky, Farbstudie Quadrate (Color Study of Squares).

Kandinsky was a Russian-born artist, one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting and is regarded as one of the originators of abstract painting, or abstract expressionism. His forms evolved from fluid and organic to geometric and, finally, to pictographic. Kandinsky, an accomplished musician, once said `Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.'

Have fun with this vibrant color palette of reds, yellows, blues, purples and greens. Pull out the abstract art beads, grab a few brightly colored charms and let's see what you can come up with for this challenge!

Your entry this month can be influenced by the colors, pattern or whatever you choose to focus on for your creation. Just remember to include at least one art bead in your design.

The Prizes:
A winner will be randomly chosen from all the qualifying entries on July 1st.
Our sponsors this month are 3 Ceramic Artists Artisan Clay, Creative Impressions In Clay and Round Rabbit, please visit us tomorrow to see the prizes!

Featured Designer of the Week!
From all the entries during the month, an editor is going to pick their favorite design to be featured every Monday here on the ABS. We want to give our participants more time in the spotlight! Our Featured Designer will be this Monday, so get those entries in soon.

How to enter the Monthly Challenge:
1. Create something using an art bead that fits within our monthly theme. This challenge is open to jewelry-makers, fiber artists, collage artist, etc. The art bead can be created by you or someone else. The challenge is to inspire those who use art beads and to see all the different ways art beads can be incorporated into your handiwork.

***Beads by themselves and beads simply strung on a chain or cord will not be accepted.***

2. Upload your photo to our flickr group. Detailed instructions can be found here and click here for a tutorial for sending your picture to the group. If you can't upload to Flickr, send your entry and information to Heather.

Please add the tag or title JUNEABS to your photos. Include a short description, who created the art beads and a link to your blog, if you have one.

Deadline is June 30th. Photos are approved by our moderators, if a photo hasn't followed the guidelines it will not be approved. You may upload 2 photos a day.

What is an Art Bead?
An art bead is a bead, charm, button or finding made by an independent artist. Art beads are the vision and handiwork of an individual artist. You can read more about art beads here.

*** A bead that is handmade is not necessarily an art bead. Hill Tribe Silver, Kazuri ceramic beads or lampwork beads made in factories are examples of handmade beads that are not considered art beads.

p.s. If you have a blog, post your entry and a link to the ABS challenge to spread the beady goodness.