1. Asymmetry
“When designs are a little off, not perfectly symmetrical, it catches your eye and gives the piece a more modern, updated look.” -Lindsay Burke, Fusion Beads
“When designs are a little off, not perfectly symmetrical, it catches your eye and gives the piece a more modern, updated look.” -Lindsay Burke, Fusion Beads
2. Clasp Creativity
“I’m seeing parts of toggles used in earrings, clasps made of seed beads, and clasps used in the front of a necklace as the focal piece.” -Beth Garbo, You’ve Got To Be Beading
3. Found Objects
“People are incorporating a lot of found objects, like old keys, into their jewelry.” -Jess Italia-Lincoln, Galena Beads “Serving Creativity”
4. Mixed Metals
“Silver, gold, gunmetal, and copper are all very popular right now, and people aren’t afraid to use them together.” -Lindsay Burke, Fusion Beads
Lynn Davis
5. Material Juxtaposition
“People are putting plastic with chain with fiber – things you might at first think don’t go together.” -Heather Desimone, The Beadin’ Path
Sand Fibers
2008 Trend Report by Danielle Fox, reprinted with permission from Beads 2008, copyright Interweave Press.
If you haven’t already picked up your copy of Beads 2008, it’s still in stores. It’s a great resource for supplies, creativity and more!
Carol Dean
July 18, 2008 at 3:17 pmWhat fun! Thank you for featuring this cuff, which uses one of Lisa Peters’ buttons, leather, ribbon yarn, pearls, seed beads, rayon embroidery floss, batik fabric that has been stamped with a stamp made from another Lisa Peters button, rayon embroidery thread, and interfacing…mixed materials indeed! 😀
GrandmaMarilyns
July 18, 2008 at 3:57 pmInteresting pieces picked for each category.
thebeadedlily
July 18, 2008 at 4:24 pmI love your picks to illustrate the article:) I love the way SandFibers uses handmade focals to enhance her fabulous work!
MyFairLadyVT4
July 18, 2008 at 4:31 pmThis is soooo beautiful. My favorite colors.
The Bead Maven
July 19, 2008 at 4:48 amLoved this post. Great reporting on bead trends. All works of art, very current and on point. My personal favorite is the last image, it’s speckled with seed beads, and that’s my main medium.
Swanee
July 19, 2008 at 1:38 pmI am not only fascinated by the mixture of metals and colors, I am absolutely fascinated by the mixture of items incorporated into the jewelry. I REALLY need to jump outside of my high-walled box!
triz
July 19, 2008 at 2:19 pmgreat article and beautiful current pieces! i especially LOVE the SandFibers’ cuff! gorgeous!
Barbe Saint John aka Saints & Sinners®
July 20, 2008 at 5:19 amgreat article. I never keep up with trends, because I don’t want to be too influence by it. I do think I should pay more attention to it, now that creating IS my only form of income. And its really great to see my ‘style’ is trendy at that moment, so I should be doing more marketing.
Dave Robertson
July 21, 2008 at 9:55 pmThanks for this post. We're always glad to see awareness of bead trends! You provide a nice resource for that.
–Dave
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