This month, we’ve got a really interesting piece of assemblage art for our monthly challenge – Revolving by Kurt Schwitters. What catches me most about Revolving is the warmth of all the colors. Even the blues and greens and taupes,…
Our wonderful sponsors for the September Monthly Challenge. We will have 2 lucky winners this month. Earthenwood Studio Melanie Brooks of Earthenwood Studio designs and handcrafts handcrafted ceramic jewelry, beading components and ceramic gift tiles. Melanie primarily uses porcelain clay. All…
Revolving by Kirt Schwitters 1919 Assemblage-Wood, metal, cord, cardboard, wool, wire, leather, and oil on canvas 48 3/8″ x 35″ (122.7 x 88.7 cm) Museum of Modern Art, New York About the Art In Revolving, the cord, hoops, wire…
Congratulations to this Month’s winners! We have 2 winners chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. Our first lucky winner is DesignedbyVera. She has won your choice of a $50 gift certificate to Tesori Trovati’s Etsy Shop or a 3-month subscription to Erin’s Simple Truths Sampler Club (value…
This week, as the last post showing off bead school types of links, I have some images from the Fusion Beads website, which has a whole section for beading and jewelry crafting techniques. I particularly love the more advanced…
Welcome to Studio Saturday! 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 we…
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. ~Gerard de Nerval I stumbled upon this painting when I was asked to select some for future months. I was struck by the whimsy of Arcimboldo’s style and the vision and…
Congratulations to Holly of Holly’s Folly! The Random Number Generator Gods selected her comment as the winner of the free class from CraftArtEdu! We can’t wait to see what class you select and how that will inspire and influence…
Have you thought about selling your jewelry to shops or galleries? I am working on a wholesale line and have been doing lots of research. Here are some of my favorite resources. Flourish and Thrive Academy – lots of…
Hey beaders! How are your challenge pieces coming for September? If you’re still thinking about jumping in, did you know there’s an Art Bead Scene Pinterest board for this month’s challenge? The ABS Pinterest team have already pinned lots…