As crazy as it sounds, I have added new content to my poor neglected webpage. All of my beaded journal houses altogether, in one spot, with a bit of history. maybe i will add more about each house later. this photo was taken my Audin Malmin of Angry Viking LLC.
these are 5 beaded buttons i made this weekend. i actually had not confirmed i would be teaching a class then, i thought i would put these on etsy. but now they will be my class samples, i will have to do some more for etsy. what colors do YOU like best?
i will be teaching a class in making these bead embroidered houses in Bellevue Washington, at Quiltworks / Beads and Beyond
http://www.beadsandbeyond-wa.com/ on August 28th. It's a 6 hour class and will be listed on their website soon.
this is a painting i made a few years ago.. this beaded painting incorporates a raku face from rama. i am planning to do a new series of beaded painting using ceramic faces from earthenwood studio.
earthenwood studio:
http://www.earthenwoodstudio.com/
i finished the back of my medici coat. there there are 6 yarns used.
lorna's shepherd's worsed: camoflage
handspun from seattle weaver's guild sale
dune by trendsetter: color 107
spincyle yarns blue-faced leicester wool: how the green grows there
manos wool: color 120
party by crystal palace: color 417 ferns
this little guy is about 2" in diameter. i make these by sewing beads onto cloth and then stretching around metal button forms. (you see those in fabric stores, they are meant to be covered with fabric to match clothing.) for this one i used seeds beads, glass leaves, stars, and flowers, a swarovski crystal bead, and wire coils.
this painting is done too. (oh excuse how bad my balcony looks, it is supposed to get resurfaced this spring i think!) anyway.. it turned out a little "cartoony" so i am not sure entirely how i feel about it, but it's done and on to the next painting!
i may have showed you this painting in progress.. it's done now. it's part of my "strata" series. i was actually studying geology at college, before i got waylaid by a career in fine arts administration (for lack of a more general term) but science still influences my personal artwork! i am very happy with this painting and have started the next in the strata series already..
these are the forest witch leg warmers that i made for my friend soren. i used a wide variety of yarns, including lorna's shepard's worsted, manos, louisa harding sari ribbon, and more. shown here with my han dknit pencil skirt, knit from hand maiden's ottawa in earth.
admittedly this is partly a test post on my part, but also a chance to show you a nearly-done painting. i had this urge to throw a periwinkle / lavender into the color scheme i have been using and play up the ochre. also switched from emphasizing the burnt umber as the dark to emphasizing payne's gray - which i just love. it's such a deep and gorgeous color. i'd like a whole wardrobe in it. i am sure people would think me boring but i would not care.
good morning and happy easter. have a bunny. please don't eat the ears.
i took the day off work, slept, read, knitted, and then went out and got my bow, which was being re-haired, sat in the park and knitted, and went to the library. it was a pretty good day.
this is for my forest and fern medici coat:
pattern by jane thornley:
www.janethornley.com
yarns include: lorna's shepard worsted, crystal palace party, dune by trendsetter, spincycle blue faced leicester wool, patagonia natural cotton, manos, and more to be added. i checked gauge, cast on 120 stitches, and off i go.
