Showing posts with label Beadweaving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beadweaving. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Creative Retreats

 Immerse yourself in Color, Creativity, Relaxing Atmosphere and Delicious Food!
Join me for upcoming retreats on Whidbey Island:




Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Monday, November 2, 2009

Beaded Colorways is in print!!!

Advanced copies of my new book have arrived at North Light Books!!

Click here to pre-order a signed copy, receive a tube from my Seed Bead Medley, and be entered to win a basket of beads and fibers worth over $400! (details here)!



Beaded Colorways: Freeform Beadweaving Projects and Palettes details my journey from inspiration, to color mixing to freeform expression in beads.

In the first part of the book, I share insights and techniques in working with color to help you gain color confidence. There is even a package at the back with 2 color wheels and 6 templates to help you enhance your color palettes! Follow along with me as I go from inspiration to color wheel relationship to creating bead soups with depth and movement.

The 2nd part of the book launches into freeform beadweaving, with over 20 step-by-step projects sectioned into techniques that build on each other. By the end I hope you will feel like throwing out all of the rules and designing your own freeform works of art!


(the pages shown are pre-print images)

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Beads by Blanche

So excited to teach at Beads by Blanche in Bergenfield, New Jersey next month. Come join in for a weekend of color, freeform style, bead soups and mixing various mediums into wearable art. I will be there November 14 15 and would love to see you!

Bead around photo transfers in Wander Through Photos

Create pendants, tabletop decor or fabulous holiday gifts with Flower Garden (an offshoot of Beads on Metal). You will learn metal working, freeform beadweaving and how to merge the two in endless designs and possibilities!

By the way, check out some fabulous finished work by students from the Autumn Festival: Adrienne, Carol . Dini promises some photos soon!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Student Work - Featuring Jacqueline Talarico


Wanderlust Neckpiece by Jacqueline Talarico made with 'Sandy Beach' from my Bead Soup Collection






Beachcomber necklace by Jacqueline Talarico made with 'Coral Beach' from my Bead Soup Collection






Cornucopia of Gems by Jacqueline Talarico entitled 'Bohemian Fall Necklace'

Cornucopia of Gems by Jacqueline Talarico entitled 'Windswept'

Jacquie
and I have developed a wonderful friendship reuniting each year at the Bead and Button Show. She is a talented artist and philanthropist, a joy to have in class, and always game for marathon walks all over Milwaukee!

Jacque is very prolific in her beadwork and sells her pieces on her Etsy store: JTbeadsmith with 100% of the money she makes going to the Michael J. Fox foundation to help fund research on Parkinson's Disease. Amazing!