A few weeks ago Jennifer VanBenschoten asked the artist panel for her "Beading Daily Blog" the following question; "What are your favorite colors to work with? What are you least favorite colors to work with?" You can read my answer, as well as what other bead artists had to say by clicking on the link above.
Any combination of purples, violets, greens, yellows, and golds have always been, and will probably always be my all time favorite, and I've always found palettes that are sophisticated, bold, elegant, or sensual to be the most exciting for me to work with; something magical, like this:
Have you ever heard the expression that motherhood changes everything? Trust me on this, it does, and in ways that you can't imagine if you don't have children. Color preference was something I definitely never considered, but after my daughter was born the range of color combinations that I liked started to include subdued, romantic, delicate hues, like this:
Same colors, different moods.
I love that having a daughter named Indigo has helped me to see everything, not just color, in an entirely new way.
I'm seeing the world through Indigo eyes.
And before I close this post I must tell you that the "Fall/Winter 2011 Color Report" by Margie Deeb is now available for purchase on her website. Take a look at the necklace I made for Deep Teal on page 11. I'm really pleased with the way that it turned out since blues and browns is one of my favorite color combinations. After you're done admiring my necklace take a look at Jamie Hogsett's interpretation of Deep Teal on page 18. She created an amazing 2-strand asymmetrical beaded bead necklace in Deep Teal, Ember Glow, and Quarry.
The Oyster Gray project is moving slowly along. At this point I can't decide if this is going to be a pendant, a brooch, or as a FaceBook friend suggested, a bracelet.
I definitely wear more pendants, but at this point I have about a bazillion necklaces. A brooch would be fun, interesting, and a bit different for me. Jan, another FB friend, mentioned that she wears brooches with shawls & sweaters in the winter. Now, that has me thinking! I started teaching myself to crochet back in October so maybe it's time I crochet a scarf or shawl for myself in teal, reddish purple brown, or maybe lipstick red!
Updated my FB album with a few new photos of my bead work.
The bracelet is called Autumn River and is one of the first embroidered cuffs I ever made.
This was probably one of the quickest palette of beads I ever put together. It literally took me only about 10 of 15 minutes to select all these beads.
I started with the warm bordeaux colored fresh water pearls, then almost immediately pulled from my stash size 6'0 & 8'0 seed beads, vintage 9'0 tri-cuts, 10'0 & 11'0 seed beads, 12'0 & 13'0 Charlottes, & 15'0 seed beads.
The design is embroidered on Lacy's Stiff Stuff, that was then glued to a brass cuff blank, and backed with a piece of muted peach ultra-suede.
I finally had a bit of time to upload some photos of my beadwork over on Facebook. Click here to see them.
My non beading friends & family aren't very likely to visit me on Bead Space or Beaders' Showcase so I ultimately decided to play on Facebook & my blog.
Enjoy!
