Hello after a long time
Jana Peterson
have a houseful of beads and can't think of what to do with them. I am so
bored of my ultra symmetrical necklaces. The books I have only have a
couple pictures in them, and now I can't even find my books.
So I'd like to look at some stuff others make, to get some ideas. I just
do it for fun, not for sales or anything. Nothing too fancy, just some
ideas.
thanks!
mwid
Marisa2
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mwid
Almost all of my designs are symmetrical right-to-left, but I like them and
feel I can do a lot of different things that way.
Maybe I'm not getting the right picture of what you mean by "symmetrical"?
Marisa2
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Lee S. Billings
>
>By the way, what is wrong with designs being symmetrical?
Nothing, IMO -- but you notice that Jana said she was *bored* with them, which
is quite a different thing. OTOH, doing symmetrical designs is relatively easy;
doing asymmetrical ones that *work* is considerably more difficult, for me at
least.
Asymmetrical jewelry is a lot like abstract art. Sure, you can just splash
paint onto a canvas, or string beads at random -- but without some artistic eye
and sense of where you're going, all you'll end up with is a mess. The
difference between an asymmetrical piece that makes people go "Wow!" and one
that looks like it belongs in a thrift store is the design skill of the artist.
Celine
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Handmade jewelry at http://www.rubylane.com/shops/starcat
"Only the powers of evil claim that doing good is boring."
-- Diane Duane, _Nightfall at Algemron_
Kandice Seeber
those doldrums away. It's therapeutic. Welcome back to the group!!
--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net
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Sjpolyclay
Sarajane Helm
Sarajane's Polymer Clay Gallery
http://www.polyclay.com
come see my auctions at Just Beads:
http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=Sarajane
Jana Peterson
> On Wed, 14 May 2003 15:16:55 -0400, Jana Peterson wrote
> (in message
> <Pine.A41.4.44.030514...@homer07.u.washington.edu>):
> Boy, did you come back at the right time! We're all talking about getting
> out of our respective ruts, and letting the creative muse run wild.
>
> There's a contest about to begin - the object is to expand our horizons,
> experiment with materials, have fun with our art. I believe that we have a
> couple of prizes, to be awarded at random, so the idea of competition doesn't
> inhibit the flow of creativity.
>
> Delighted to have you home again!
>
> Kathy N-V
>
>
I'm on a state account at work here so I can't participate in stuff
on-line. Taxpayers money and all that. But I like to take a peek here and
there and maybe get an addy I can look up on somebody's computer at home,
some pictures.
As for symmetry, it's not that I don't like it, but my stuff is just
boring. Bigger ones in the middle, matching colors, seeds in between the
big ones and graduating to smaller....blah blah. I have just about every
bead in the know world (except for lampwork I don't have alot of those)
But I'm stumped.
I've resorted to resorting, you know, making bead soup and putting things
back into their containers in a slightly different way....:)
(I even sort beads in traffic, can you believe that)
Dr. Sooz
~~
Sooz
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ESBC
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from
the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape.....
Pable Picasso
BeckiBead
>
ah ha. There is the next contest! LOL
Hey Carol -- why don't you tell them what is wrong with designs not being
symmetrical? LOL. OK, I will. She made this GORGEOUS necklace that was
asymmetrical or had fringe or was somehow not perfectly "matching." I loved
it. Bets loved it. Carol hated it. LOL. It is simply a matter of taste.
(remember that?)
Becki
"In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling
difference between wrong and right.." -- Counting Crows
Diane Villano
You just described my default necklace design! I'm much more a bead maker
than jewelry designer. I finally broke out of the rut with a fringe stitch
necklace with polymer leaves (like those at http://snurl.com/1d4p). Threw
in matte and shiny seed beads, itty bitty goldstone rounds, dyed brown
freeform pearls, teeny 18K gold beads. Looks like autumn branches with the
last stubborn leaves hanging on. And you know what? It was fun and
liberating, just to stretch a bit beyond the norm. Go for it!
Diane Villano
Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild
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Dr. Sooz
>necklace with polymer leaves (like those at http://snurl.com/1d4p).
Couldn't access this link -- it's "spam-protected".
Deirdre S.
Deirdre
Diane Villano
http://www.beadandbuttonshow.com/beadandbuttonshow/classes/classes.asp?date=0607&level=&class=B03712
or follow the link to the class Magic Color Change Cane on the Bead & Button
web site..
Diane Villano
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Dr. Sooz
>http://www.beadandbuttonshow.com/beadandbuttonshow/classes/classes.asp?da
te=0607&level=&class=B03712
~~
Sooz
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ESBC
You've got to ac-centuate the positive,
E-liminate the negative,
And latch on to the affirmative --
Don't mess with Mr. In-Between!
Carol in SLC
symmetrical? LOL. OK, I will. She made this GORGEOUS necklace that was
asymmetrical or had fringe or was somehow not perfectly "matching." I loved
it. Bets loved it. Carol hated it. LOL. It is simply a matter of taste.
(remember that?)<
LOL - I remember it well!!! I honestly don't think I could EVER do free-form
peyote because it literally PAINS me to make something that isn't symmetrical.
I think I'm gonna make something asymmetrical for the Challenge. It might
drive me straight outta my mind - but it will definitely be a real challenge,
LOL.
Carol in SLC
http://www.justbeads.com/search/ql.cfm?s=63875
Dr. Sooz
murder each other soon enough.
>I honestly don't think I could EVER do free-form
>peyote because it literally PAINS me to make something that isn't
>symmetrical.
>I think I'm gonna make something asymmetrical for the Challenge. It might
drive me straight outta my mind - but it will definitely be a real challenge,
>LOL.
>
>Carol in SLC