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Posted by learntobead on September 26, 2012
Mary Lee Hu — Wire Artist
Have you ever wondered how far you could push your wire so that it sings? Mary Lee Hu shows you just how far.
She frames, knits, braids, weaves, shapes wire into wonderful jewelry compositions.
Her textile approach to wire working is captivating. We can learn alot about how to use wire by studing techniques in fiber, textiles, tablet weaving and basketry.
There is also a beautiful book Knitted, Knotted, Twisted, and Twined: The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu
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Posted by learntobead on September 13, 2012
Guzel Bakeeva Design – One Artist Take On Bead Embroidered Cabochons
I love to explore beautiful jewelry as art. Guzel Bakeeva uses bead embroidery techniques, and very smart and beautiful stones and found objects in her jewelry. She often couples this with unexpected arrangements of components. She seems determined to create pieces which have a combined sexiness and sophistication.
The challenges with bead embroidery are many:
– wearability (often the use of large forms, clustered together, which much take the shape of the body)
– artistic integrity (pieces of art when made, must maintain artistic integrity as worn)
– art vs. craft (avoidance of the reduction of art to craft, because of the materials — particularly the bead as a medium)
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Posted by learntobead on September 13, 2012
Doris Betz – All About The Line
DORIS: “My work is above all about the line: how it spreads and the possibilities of its arrangement. The line or the wire describes, through its movement, a space. There are overlaps, knots and different layers. At the same time arise apparently accidental, bizarre, three dimensional images. Plastic stands equally judged beside gold and silver. The pieces live through their lightness and transparency. Glamour and oppositions seek a beauty of their own.”
The “line” can be a frightening thing for a designer. Once the designer commits to a certain line and its linear or curvalinear passageway, the line has to be managed towards some wearable aesthetic. Not easy to do.
The line creates a boundary. It separates one direction from another. It forces, or at least implores, value judgements. That is, which side of the line is better, more satisfying, more pleasing, more correct.
The line can also frame. This sets up an inclusive vs exclusive quality, and recessive vs. forwarding seeking motion, a dimensionality, an encouragement vs. a restriction for movement and direction.
Doris Betz is not afraid of the line.
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Posted by learntobead on September 13, 2012
Senses and Sensibilities at Museum of Art and Design, NYC
“In the hands of imaginative craftspeople, jewelry can be more than a visual aesthetic adornment. Forged out the right materials, it can invoke pleasing experiences in scent, touch, and taste. This winter join MAD for an afternoon-long, hands-on workshop in constructing jewelry that titillates all the senses. From using precious metal clay to crafting tactile jewelry, creating works out of sugar glass, and using the 16th-century technique of fashioning herb and spice necklaces, “Senses and Sensibilities: Jewelry Workshops in Sensory Materials” enables everyone to try their hand working with new materials and techniques to create their very own sensory-expanding wearable wonder.”
This is a fun and imaginative exhibit of contemporary jewelry.
Herb and Spice Necklaces with Caroline Mak
Precious Metal Clay with Max Goodman
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Posted by learntobead on September 13, 2012
Hanging Around – Jewelry From Recent Exhibit At MAD in NY
“The unique works on display in Hanging Around are from the Museum of Arts and Design’s jewelry collection. Dating from the 1960s to the present, these artistic creations encompass conceptual approaches ranging from the decorative to the provocatively political. Some of the necklaces on view feature precious metals and rare gemstones, but others derive their impact from materials as unconventional as pig intestines, gun triggers, mustard seeds, LED lighting, black coral, butterfly wings, phone directories, mirrors and lenses. The fabrication techniques employed by the artists are as different as traditional goldsmithing and cutting-edge digital prototyping.”
What do you think?
Liv Blåvarp, Untitled, 2002
Nancy Worden, The Seven Deadly Sins, 1994
Verena Sieber-Fuchs, Apart-heid, 1988
Marjorie Schick
Tory Hughes, Armillary,1992
polymer, steel, glass, brass, silver, mustard seeds
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Posted by learntobead on September 13, 2012
Contemporary Pieces Using Gemstones From Margaret De Patta Collection
The Velvet Davinci Gallery in San Francisco held an exhibit of contemporary jewelry artists creating new jewelry with old stones.
“The De Patta Project was born when Velvet da Vinci purchased many of these unset stones from the estate of Margaret De Patta. There are some beautiful cut stones by Francis J. Sperisen, cabochon stones and beach pebbles found by De Patta. De Patta’s nontradtional use of gemstones and non-precious pebbles are key to the understanding the importance of her influence on the field of contemporary jewelry. ”
Jewelers represented in this exhibit:
Deborah Boskin
Dawn Nakanishi
It is difficult, when creating jewelry for an exhibit celebrating the work of an historical figure, to decide the best balance among:
– referent and reference to the past, both in terms of De Patta’s jewelry style, as well as the overall modernist aesthetic.
– showcasing your own personal style
– demonstrating a sense of what contemporary style means today
– showcasing the gemstones used
It’s useful to explore these artists’ other work you can see images online, to get a better sense of the artist, as well as a better sense of De Patta.
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Posted by learntobead on September 13, 2012
Margaret De Patta Jewelry
(1903 – 1964)
From about 1939, Margaret De Patta was a major designer in American Contemporary Jewelry history, perhaps one of the major influential forces during her time. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Metal Arts Guild. She is often credited as starting the modern jewelry studio movement.
Her pieces epitomize her use of simple lines and structure. There is a strong architectural sense. You can see clear connections to the cubist and modern art and bauhaus and modernist architecturer prominent at the time.
She characterized her pieces as miniature wearable sculptures, and in reaction to the prevailing view of jewelry merely as body ornament. Her use of line demarcates boundaries, creates a sense of dimensional space, frames elements within her pieces.
De Patta envisioned a piece of jewelry as a dynamic object capable of changing perceptions of space and movement by creating reflections, optical illusions, and unexpected alterations of light.
It is interesting to look at her jewelry designs, and think about contemporary design today, the similarities and differences.
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Posted by learntobead on September 6, 2012
BE DAZZLED BEADS: WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
Create a sophisticated, contemporary Etruscan-style collar!
Layer two Ndebele stitched strips, slightly curving the interior edge and embellishing
with chain.
ETRUSCAN COLLAR WORKSHOP
Instructor: Warren Feld
at Be Dazzled Beads, 718 Thompson Lane, Ste 123, Nashville, TN 37204
Sat, 11/3, Noon-5pm
Register by phone (615)-292-0610, or in-person
(REGISTRATION CLOSES: 10/15/12)
($35.00 fee + Kit $160.00 + Upgrade Option) (deposit = $195.00 + Upgrade Option)
Kit at $160.00 includes gold plated clasp, chain and findings.
UPGRADE OPTIONS
#1: 14KT CLASP and GOLD FILLED CHAIN Chain For Embellishment
ADD + $884.00
#2: STERLING SILVER CLASP and STERLING SILVER CHAIN For Embellishment
ADD + $148.00
#3: GOLD FILLED CLASP and GOLD FILLED CHAIN for Embellishment
ADD + $165.00
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Bead weaving is a collection of hundreds of different stitching techniques and
strategies for creating pieces that approximate a piece of cloth.
The Ndebele stitch, sometimes called Herringbone Stitch, is a loose-knit stitch that lends itself
to many creative variations. It results in a herringbone pattern, or zig-zag effect.
This Etruscan Collar Necklace consists of two overlapping strips of Ndebele Stitch, a chain embellishment, and an attached choker clasp. The strips are overlapped so that they curve slightly
along the inner edge.The challenge, here for me, was to create a sophisticated, wearable, and attractive piece that exemplified concepts about contemporizing traditional jewelry. There is considerable artistry and craftsmanship underlying Etruscan jewelry. I began to interpret and analyze this piece. I first broke it down in terms of its Traditional Components.
Contemporizing Traditional Jewelry has to do with how you take these particular traditional forms and techniques, and both add your personal style to the pieces, as well as make them more relevant to today’s sense of fashion and style. The challenge for the designer is how to keep traditional ideas essential and alive for today’s audience.
Part of the artistry of the jewelry designer has to do with the control over color. Picking colors
is about making strategic choices. And picking Bead Colors is about understanding how the bead asserts its needs for color.The jewelry designer must be strategic in the placement of color within the piece. The designer achieves balance and harmony, partly through the placement of colors. The designer determines how colors are distributed within the piece, and what movement and rhythm and effect result. And the designer determines what proportions of each color are used,
where in the piece, and how. One set of color-theories, widely used in our Etruscan Collar, employed to make these kinds of choices have to do with Simultaneity Effects. Colors in the presence of other colors get perceived differently, depending on the color combination.
What You Will Learn:
– Creating a design-plan for a layered bead woven necklace collar
– Strategically selecting a color palette, especially in reference to “simultaneity effects”
– Implementing the Ndebele Stitch using a 4mm cube and two 2mm beads to create two strips which will later overlap
– Reinforcing the Ndebele strips
– Attaching and assembling two layers of Ndebele Stitched strips using a hybrid brick stitch/ndebele stitch technique
– Weaving in a decorative chain element along the inner boundaries of the piece, using a bookbinding stitch
– Attaching a choker clasp assembly
– Some ideas about what it means to “contemporize” a traditional piece
of jewelry
Prerequisites:
– Orientation To Beads & Jewelry Findings
– Introductory Knowledge of Ndebele stitch
– An intermediate level knowledge of and experience with bead weaving
Kit Contents:
– Step by Step instructions with text, diagrams and images
– 4mm Miyuki glass cube beads, 11/0 seed beads or 11/0 delicas or 1.8mm cubes
– Swarovski crystal Series 5000 round beads, 2mm
– gold plated cable chain
– gold plated adjustable hook/eye choker clasp
– FireLine cable thread, size D
– 4ea of size #10 and size #12 beading needles
– bees wax
– Plastic case with tight lid for carrying these supplies
THE PALETTES:
LOOK N’SEE: http://www.warrenfeldjewelry.com/ecollar.htm
1. Spectrum Gold
2. Brilliant Gold
3. Teal Terra/Antique Rose
4. Antique Amethyst/Sage Green
5. Antique Rose/Terra Cotta
ABOUT WARREN FELD
The Design Perspective is the driving force that defines Warren Feld as a jewelry artist. Whether creating jewelry, teaching students theory and application, or helping jewelry and beading artists
establish themselves in business – the focus always comes back to how best to make functional, materials and aesthetic choices and tradeoffs.
Warren’s jewelry designs are characterized by multi-method approaches, intricate plays of color, contemporary adaptations of traditional pieces, and experimentation. He is adept at bead weaving, bead stringing, wire working and silver smithing. He works to bring senses of movement, dimension and sensuality to his pieces. Pieces must be both beautiful and wearable, concurrently meeting
the needs of wearer, viewer and designer alike.
In 2000, Warren founded The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts, an educational program in Nashville, TN. In 2008, “Canyon Sunrise” necklace was selected as Finalist, 4th Place, SWAROVSKI’s Be Naturally Inspired Contest. “Little Tapestries/Ghindia” — was juried into SHOWCASE 500 BEADED
JEWELRY, Lark Publications, 2012. He is writing a jewelry design series entitled “How To Bead A Rogue Elephant.” Owner, Be Dazzled Beads, and Land of Odds (www.landofodds.com). Director, Jewelry Design Camp. Warren’s pieces are available for purchase at The Open Window Gallery, or online at www.warrenfeldjewelry.com.
Administers three international contests: The Ugly Necklace, All Dolled Up-Beaded
Art Dolls, and Illustrative Beader-Beaded Tapestries.
He is working to bring the CBJA curriculum online as LearnToBead.net.
Be Dazzled Beads is located in the Berry Hill section of Nashville, Tennessee. It is 3 miles south
of downtown, off of I-65.
Lunch Options:
The workshop will take a break for lunch. Within easy walking distance are these lunch places:
Applebees
The Yellow Porch
Sam & Zoes
Baja Burrito
Subway
Kebab Gyro Shop
Pizza Hut
Wendy’s
Calypso Cafe
Pfunky Griddle
Firehouse Subs
Logans Steak House
Monell’s
Jersey Mikes
Cheeseburger Charlies
Einstein Bagel
Panda Express
Panera’s Bread Company
Lodging:
If you are coming from out of town, the closest motels are
La Quinta Inn (Sidco Drive near Harding Place and I-65)
Red Roof Inn (Sidco Drive near Hading Place and I-65)
There are additional motels 1 exit further south on I-65 on Old Hickory Blvd in Brentwood.
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