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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

February 5th, 2008

How to make a beaded assemblage

Technique Tuesday!
I shared the steps I went through to make the beaded print block assemblage over on Jewelry & Beading last week. In case you’d like some more inspiration, you might want to check out Lisa Kokin’s site again :-)

Tags: Assemblage, bead-art, buttons, Mixed Media

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

February 4th, 2008

Beaded print block

Make Art Monday!

I shared this little beaded assemblage about a week ago on Jewelry & Beading. It uses an antique print block as the base. It doesn’t seem to have any function that I can discern, so don’t ask me what it’s for :-)
Tags: Assemblage, bead-art, buttons, Mixed Media

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2007

Call for entries: Belle Armoire Jewelry

Belle Armoire Jewelry, published by Stampington, is now a quarterly magazine. The deadline for submissions for the next issue is January 15, 2008. From the website: If you’d like to share your inspiration and detailed how-to instruction for creating beautiful jewelry with readers, we want to hear from you. Belle Armoire Jewelry covers a […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

December 10th, 2007

The Twelve Days of Christmas ornament

Rings & Things is offering a pdf tutorial on making an adorable ornament for your tree or wreath, featuring charms for the Twelve Days of Christmas. If you don’t have time to make this before Christmas gets here, don’t dismay…I think that the Twelve Days of Christmas actually come after the holiday, don’t they? […]

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

October 4th, 2007

Call for entries: Haute Handbags

 

Stampington & Co, publishers of Somerset Studio and Belle Armoire magazines among others, will be accepting entries for a few more weeks for a special publication called Haute Handbags, which will now be published twice each year! The deadline is November 15, so get out your supplies and get going! Here’s all the important information.
How […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

September 6th, 2007

Call for entries: Belle Armoire Jewelry

Belle Armoire Jewelry, published by Stampington, is now a quarterly magazine. The deadline for submissions for the next issue is October 15, 2007, and it is scheduled to be out on the newstands in March 2008. From the website: If you’d like to share your inspiration and detailed how-to instruction for creating beautiful jewelry […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

September 4th, 2007

Jewelry tutorials

I not only made a lot of new jewelry this summer, but I also added quite a few new tutorials to my jewelry blog, Bead Arts.
Tags: bead-art, beading, jewelry, Mixed Media, tutorials

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

September 3rd, 2007

Jewelry madness this summer

Make Art Monday!
I made quite a bit of jewelry this summer…some of it I’ve already shared with you. Here’s the rest!

Two-sided optical lens pendant
 

Breezy
 

Turquoise Shower
Tags: bead-art, beading, Mixed Media, Wearable Art

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

August 24th, 2007

Bead Journal Project…July’s Thunder Moon

Thunder Moon
In my usual fashion, this month I worked on the moon for last month!  You can find links to more of the Bead Journal Project’s participants on Robin Atkin’s blog.
Click on “Bead Journal Project” under “categories” in the right-hand sidebar to see the past two months’ beaded journal page.
Tags: Bead Journal Project, bead-art, bead-embroidery, […]

By Cyndi -- 18 comments

August 23rd, 2007

Artist Profile: Peggy Dembicer

Blue Moon
Artist: Peggy Dembicer
Business name: Fiber Options and Mixed Results
Location: Central Connecticut
Websites:
Peggy Dembicer
Flickr gallery
Peggy, your pieces have amazing color and vibrancy. How do you describe your work?
What others describe as an obsession, I describe as a passion to create detailed and intricate designs. I love to escape into my studio filled with looms, […]

By Cyndi -- 3 comments