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posted by Colleen Shirazi,
April 3, 2007
at 10:55 AM (Pacific)
Been playing with my last bead order... I'm rather liking this "cold turkey." It's different from how it is when you're just starting out and you don't have anything and you're trying to put together something nice. That's much harder, trying to figure out what you need and always finding yourself short of something crucial.
Now I have stuff, I just need to think more and plan more. It crossed my mind that I haven't been drawing...sketching on a piece of paper. That's not good. I always sketched, for programming and doing websites. If you don't find yourself drawing something, keeping a pen and paper in your handbag...that means you're doing most of your thinking when you're actually making the piece. Not good.
Heh heh, I got some of those Bali "cage beads" in the order. They are even cooler in person. You can use them either open or closed; they look beautiful either way. I toyed with the idea of combining a cage bead with a bird bead, but figured that would stretch the cage metaphor until it screamed for mercy. Or...? It would depend on the bird bead. It would have to be large enough to show that it's a bird.
Anyhow I have a necklace done. It combines both "open" and "closed" cage beads, plus I used up some rather dreadful soldered jump rings I got from Fire Mountain Gems. I shouldn't say dreadful...they're those tiny thin ones you get from FMG until you figure out you can get better soldered rings elsewhere. They never worked for me as jump rings, but they make a beautiful chain. I put these with some turquoise barrel-shaped beads. Wearing it now...so far, so good. Will take a pic later on.Labels: beading notes, cold turkey
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