Our Wonderful sponsors for the April Challenge. We will have 3 Lucky Winners this Month! Mary Harding Jewelry Mary Harding of Mary Harding Jewelry creates wonderful ceramic pendants, beads, buttons and jewelry components. Who doesn’t look Mary’s clay creations?!! Nature…
Oh, it’s a new chapter for the Art Bead Scene. I will miss Rebecca’s posts, but promise to start your Mondays off with a hefty dose of inspiration. For April I’m going to share beach inspired beads since I’m…
“Jacob’s Ladder”, 1957 by Helen Frankenthaler oil on canvas, 9′ 5 3/8″ x 69 7/8″ (287.9 x 177.5 cm) About the Art The delicately colored Jacob’s Ladder shows compositional echoes ranging back to Cubism and the early abstractions of…
Congratulations to the February Monthly Challenge winners! 1 winner was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. 1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries. Winner of a month of advertising on ABS from the Monthly Challenge Bead category. Our First lucky winner is Nancy Peterson. She…
Don’t you just love this painting? I was so delighted when I found it! I love the light and the soft colors. I love the jumble of teacups and the teapot. And you know I love the pussy willows!…
There is something so primitive yet so classic about this pretty little brooch that Sarah created. It totally reminds me of my chubby little girl fingers clutching them to present to my teacher int he spring. The sparseness of…
I have been playing around with doodle designs and drawing them onto ceramic clay. I use a dull pencil to do this. This becomes my mold or texture for making my pendant. Here is my original doodle: Here it…
Happy Easter Monday everyone! We have today as a public holiday here in the UK, although I have, as usual been working anyway – such is life when you’re self-employed! For me at least. I have a spa day…
I love discovering new artists! What’s even better is finding an artist who is willing to share their ideas & techniques!! I am a NEW fan of Nikolina Otrzan, a self taught polymer clay and mixed media artist from Croatia.…
Inside the Studio: Mary Harding Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you’ll leave comments! As an incentive,…