BTW...Florals

Happy Wednesday...sharing with you what I'm working on today...Thought I'd try making some floral pendants. Here's what I have so far...

To see what everyone else has on their bead table visit the flickr group by clicking the image below.

That's all for now...Happy Wednesday!

BTW...a Day Late Again...

I wasn't home all day yesterday so instead of Bead Table Wednesday, I'm posting mine today... Here's what I'm working on today....

I found this stone that I really liked but it had a small crack on the side.... So, I decided to dress it up a bit with polymer clay.... now, it's all patched up...

Check out everybody else's bead table on the flickr group by clicking the picture below...

That's all for now...have a great day!

BTW..Watercolor Impressions Art Beads

My Wednesday was very productive! I was working on a few of my new line of hand painted pendants which I call the Watercolor Impressions. They are very much inspired by the Impressionist style of painting. Last week I sculpted out a dozen or so of them and today, I set out to do my favorite part...the painting... Here's one in the works... you can see all the globs of paint on my palette

It takes a few layers of paint to get to this...almost finished...

Just a touch of magic (gold) and we're done painting...

I did a lot of picture taking today too..I had to finish a current assignment in a local guild that I just joined...more on that on my next blog... Although a day late (for some reason, blogger didn't want to upload yesterday)...happy Wednesday...

You can also check out what everyone has on their bead table this Wednesday by visiting the Flickr group - click here.

I'm happy its June and I'm brewing up a giveaway sometime soon (check back later or maybe tomorrow)....

That's all for now...have a great day!

BTW...Ocean Spray Pendant

Today I'm working on a pendant which I cal Ocean Spray made of clay. It is inspired by different artists like Christie Friesen and Chris Kapono... Here, I first drew out a general idea of what I want the pendant to look like. I chose a plain grey colored clay and added the turquoise stones. The swirls remind me of the ocean and the small circles are bubbles from the spray....

I start playing with the clay and have the general look here... 

Here's the finished piece without the color. I've added more detail with the little circles and antique spacer beads... I also added the brass  hook on top to hang the pendant from...I think it might be better to add that before starting to add the details of the pendant so as not to destroy any of the forms made on the pendant. 

A closeup with the initial drawing...it has taken a more involved form... 

I wanted to make some matching beads...maybe add as part of the necklace or maybe to make separate earrings for it...

Here's the completed piece....all in a day's work... You can't really see the color to well, but I finished it with Pearl-ex powder in a turquoise color. It gives it a wonderful shine. I'm still deciding if I should antique it with acrylic and maybe gloss? I'm liking it the way it is already... 

Thanks for joining me on this btw...you can check out what other btw-ers are working on by visiting the flickr group - here.

That's all for now...Have a good day!!!

BTW...A Tray Full of Beads

It's kind of a day late...but I only got a chance to take a picture now. Here's what I was working on yesterday...a wonderful tray full of new bead designs. This should be fun to paint and glaze. I'm planning to work on my faux ceramics and faux raku technique with these. But...still a few more slots open for more pendants there on the right before it goes under fire (or in the oven)....

I am totally enamoured with ceramics and porcelain. I'm hoping one day I will get to take a class on it. I've researched in my area and there is one place in the University that offers it but, I'm not quite sure if it is only a summer workshop. I missed the one that started in April. I'll have to give them a call to find out when the next is. For now, I will have to use polymer clay to get the look of ceramic...which polymer clay can do really well!

Check out the flickr group to take a peek at what some great artist and crafters are working on this Wednesday... - VISIT FLICKR GROUP HERE.

That's all for now..Have a great day!

Btw...Painted Beads

I cleared out all the clay from my table, took out my acrylics and paintbrushes and got ready to paint some of my handmade beads that I've had laying around....

Here's a closeup of the beads....

I love this part of making beads!!!

That's all for now...Have a great Wednesday!

BTW...Working on ABS Challenge

I've got a couple things going on the work table today..multi-tasking....

On the right side, I am finishing up with the beads I made last week....adding Future to seal and give it a good shine....

And on the left, I'm putting together my piece for the ABS challenge. I finally get to enter this month since I have created my very own art bead from polymer clay as seen in the lower left. I made it just in time...I only have until tomorrow to enter...so now...I need to get back to the table....

That's all for now...have a Happy Wednesday!

BTW ... Recycling Old Jewelry

Today I'm not creating anything new...instead, I opened up a plastic bag of my old earrings, poured the contents into a plastic bin and set out to sort and disassemble some of the old jewelry (mostly earrings) created many years ago. 

So, on my table today are old earrings, watches and bracelets, earring cards, zip lock pouches that are being sorted through and taken apart. I have a keep and re-use pile...and another pile that I have yet to decide what to do with (list it as a destash?a giveaway maybe? )

Have a happy Wednesday, everyone!

BTW ... I am a Bead Maker!!!

Posted a day late...but anyways..here's what I was working on....

It's my first try at making beads. I got some clay yesterday. I wanted to use an air dry type of clay....

Unfortunately, i think the clay is too brittle...thus the broken one on the right side. Maybe i made it too thin? I don't know a lot about making beads from clay yet and I think its going to take a lot of experimenting. I may have to try a different type of clay...I've read about cold clay (and it being air dry too). You can even make your own but I don't think I have the patience to make it myself. I want to get to the "making" of the beads itself right away.

My favorite part is painting and decorating the beads....

I chose gold, pink and white paints...mostly because those were the ones I had on hand.

And here are the ones that survived.... the 2 rectangular ones crumbled...perhaps they weren't quite dry yet when I started painting them....see how impatient I am...

I really enjoyed my foray into clay bead making... 

What's on your bead table today?

BTW...

I'm working on my iron craft challenge for this week....here's a peek at my work table...

Bead Table Wednesday ... aka BTW

I joined the flickr group (click here to go to the flickr group) created by Heather from Humblebeads (see the post here). So, every Wednesday, I'll let you take a peak at what I'm working on...

Today, I'm working on the necklace for my Margie and Me challenge (which is to be revealed on the 19th). Here's my table...

I can't show you the piece yet (we're supposed to reveal it on the 19th) but you can kind of see the pendant way in the background behind the wire....I'm liking how its turning out but, I'm thinking of making a maybe another one for the challenge. That is, if time permits....

Thanks for stopping by!