Hello there ABS-ers! Is it just me or has May simply flown by? I can’t quite believe that we are on the brink of June and all that that entails – not least, the beginning of the craft fair…
Welcome to Inside the Studio! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you’ll leave comments! As an incentive…
Don’t you just love getting a present in the post? Even if you’ve paid for it yourself? This enticing looking package came from Big Bead Little Bead. The UK art bead scene is less extensive than that in the…
What I love about this deceptively simple design is that there is actually so much going on in this bracelet. My eye wants to roam over the landscape of this bauble like it does in the challenge painting.…
In keeping with the urban setting of this month’s Art Bead Scene Challenge Painting, I have designed a this century city style bracelet for my tutorial using blackened copper ball chain and one of my art bead toggle clasps.…
Happy Monday Art Bead Scene-rs! I can’t believe this is my first Amuse your Muse post of May…..life got in the way last Monday, and before that we had ABS beginning of the month business….You can see from my…
The May Challenge painting for Art Bead Scene, Capriccio Padovano by Bernardo Bellatto, seen above, is inspiring to me for its gorgeous array of golden ambers and lovely blues.…
Welcome to Inside the Studio! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you’ll leave comments! As an incentive…
At the risk of appearing to be completely self-serving, I decided to select the design that Sarajo Wentling made with the Building Blocks beads that I sent her for the May 2014 Simple Truths Sampler Club. I am…
I found Tari’s Inside the Studio post on Friday super inspiring. She shared her pin board of ceramic totems and that got my brain whirling around totem jewelry which led to these springing to life on my bead table.…