Also a great big thank you to my swap partner April Grinaway of the Brooklyn Bead Goddess. April sent a huge helping of yummy soup for me to work with. She a is fanastic lampworker and sent me many of her awesome handcrafted beads. I hope I have done at least some of them justice. Be sure to visit Brooklyn Bead Goddess to see what she made with what I sent her.
A reminder of the spectacualr soup I got from April.
I know everyone has a ton of blogs they want to visit this weekend so I will try to keep the rest of my post light on text and heavy on pics.
The first piece incorporates the copper focal that April sent and many of her beads, along with some copper tubes I enameled in purple and added some dots of glass to.
Here is the first piece modeled by my daughter. Aren't those hematite cones cool?
The second piece looks a little square when laid out but because parts of it are strung on SoftFlex it lies nicely around the wrist. Great lampwork beads by Brooklyn Bead Goddess and also the clasp she sent.
Modeled again by my daughter. LOVE that yellow bead, note the trapped air bubbles in the purple.
See, it's really not square like it looks on the table, lol.
A simple pair of earrings to go with the necklace and bracelet, or just about anything else really.
This last piece is a bit of a "fail". It didn't turn out as I intended or envisioned but after reworking it twice I set it aside as is. After lots of rethinking on the concept of it's construction, I think I may have actually figured it out. When I get it right I will post new pics of it here. Here it is as it sits now.
The "circles" on the sides are not hanging in a nice circular shape as I had planned. I think I may have a solution figured out though. I really like this concept, so I'm not giving up on it yet :). I love these beads by April and I vow to do them justice. Everytime I look at or play with these beads I keep asking myself "why don't I own any yellow beads except these?", they are really stunning.
Hope you rested up last night. There is a long list of fun below, so grab a cuppa someting and get hopping :).
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