Friday 1 February 2013

AJE Component of the Month - Spring Leaf

It was Karen Totten's turn to create and send out the Art Jewelry Elements Component of the Month for January - beautiful beads that have made all of the AJE team dream of pies! She wrote a blog post yesterday showing how she made them, and I am amazed at how much work goes into making them. I always find it fascinating to see how artists create with other materials.

And this is what I made with my pie bead.....


I made a bangle with a lovebird - a hopeful spring symbol to go with the green leaf on the bead that Karen sent me. The wooden beads are from Smitten Beads, and I've used copper wire to twist peanut seed beads around the thicker wire of the bangle to stop the larger beads from slipping around too much. I'm really rather pleased with it, although it's not my usual style of jewellery. And I'm very pleased with the bangle I made! I've got daisy and poppy bangles in my Daisychain Extra shop, and I think lovebird ones will be joining them soon!


I'm really looking forward to seeing what the rest of the AJE blog team and this month's guest challengees have made with Karen's beads. You can see what they've made too by following the links below...
Our guests:
The AJE team:

13 comments:

  1. Wonderful Jo, love your birds and they are perfection with the Focal. Beautiful as always!

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  2. I like the pairing of the larger wooden beads with the artisan components - your and Karen's. The copper and brown palette make the green sing, yet pulls out the accents in the glaze. I can see wearing that!

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  3. Beautiful design! I really like the lovebird in the mix - what a wonderful touch. Everything falls together so perfectly! LOVE! <3

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  4. I am having a hard time picking out my favorite component...the bird, the pie bead, or the wood beads! Love the organic feel of this bangle, truly beautiful!

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  5. That little bird is very sweet - it's a nice partner for the leafy pie bead!

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  6. Darling! Love the bird bangle and how you put everything together. Clever bead stoppers!

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  7. The brown wood beads are rich and look so great with the focal and your bird focal, too! Great job.

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  8. I love the muted tones you have used and the various mediums - simply gorgeous!

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  9. So sweet with the little bird! Great piece!

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  10. Oh, I love this Jo! The colors and that sweet bird really work!

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  11. Okay I just drooled all over the computer! I am completely in love with this!!!!

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  12. Very pretty bracelet Jo and a perfect colour palette...great minds :)

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