We are back! I hope you are ready to jump into our challenges again. After a long break, we are finally returning to our fantastic jewelry and art bead challenges inspired by art from history and contemporary artists. We’ll chat more about the changes coming to the ABS, but let’s focus on our challenge for today. Light By: Heather Powers, 2018 Mother Nature By: Heather Powers, 2018 What is the Art Journey Challenge? Every six weeks we will challenge our readers to create jewelry inspired by the featured artwork or collection of art or theme. You have until the end of the Art Journey period to share your work and then we pick one winner to receive beads and jewelry-making supplies from our sponsors that will work with our NEXT Art Journey to hopefully inspire you. Our only rule? You must use at least one art bead in your piece! About the Art & Artist: Heather Powers I thought I’d mix things up to start the new year and feature an artist you know and love – me! If you don’t know, I spend every spare minute drawing and working on illustrations like the one above. You can follow my art adventures … Continue reading Art Journey One: Nature Illustrations with Heather Powers