The other day I was playing with the idea of making a helm chain bracelet with a lampwork bead as the centrepiece.
I was looking around various sources I have for lampwork beads and couldn't really find what I was looking for to finish the bracelet.
So I spent some time on Twitter looking for new people to follow and I found Jane Hamill's account (@Jane_Hamill) and through that her Etsy shop - and I fell in love with the colours and shape of this bead - so I bought it!
This is what I produced as a finished item and I really love the way it looks and wears.
Until next time
Anne
Showing posts with label lampwork bead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lampwork bead. Show all posts
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Monday, 6 September 2010
Changing my mind - maybe
In the last post I showed you the lamp work bead I had bought that reminded me of a framed seaside sunset.
I showed photos of the piece on a forum, and one of the members commented that it made her think of a window into another universe showing the swirls of gas clouds! And when I look at the bead again I can see exactly what she means.
Of course, people always talk about how an image can seem different to different viewers and I guess this is a case in point. I see it now as both a seaside sunset (one of my favourite scenes) but also as an amazing view of a galaxy similar to some of the amazing pictures that are produced from the images that the Hubble telescope and others take.
Whether it is ultimately a sunset or a galaxy will be up to the person who finally owns this piece. If different people own it over time, then what it shows may also change over time. Isn't the human mind amazing too!
Until later
Anne
I showed photos of the piece on a forum, and one of the members commented that it made her think of a window into another universe showing the swirls of gas clouds! And when I look at the bead again I can see exactly what she means.
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| Seaside sunset or View on a universe? |
Whether it is ultimately a sunset or a galaxy will be up to the person who finally owns this piece. If different people own it over time, then what it shows may also change over time. Isn't the human mind amazing too!
Until later
Anne
Friday, 3 September 2010
Seaside sunset in a lampwork bead
Recently I bought some lampwork beads from Annalyse Taylor who is one of my favourite bead makers. There were 7 beads in the group but all were different.
One of the beads looked to me as if it had a framed picture of a seaside sunset in it so I decided to try and mirror the "framing" using silver wire. This is side 1 the result which is currently hanging from a simple silver belcher chain. What do you think?
And this is side 2, they are a bit different.
I'm pleased with the way the silver frame worked out even it is a bit more rustic than my mental picture was.
Bye for now
Anne
One of the beads looked to me as if it had a framed picture of a seaside sunset in it so I decided to try and mirror the "framing" using silver wire. This is side 1 the result which is currently hanging from a simple silver belcher chain. What do you think?
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| Side 1 |
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| Side 2 |
Bye for now
Anne
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