Friday, November 6, 2009

New Decal Beads... Yes - Beads!

Here are some of the new beads I've been working on this week...

Lentil Beads:

I've been working on this idea for a while for these lentils...
Have had them glazed since like March...
But finally just sat down and put some of my decals on them...

Oval Tube Beads:
And these oval tube beads...
Well, I thought they were interesting, but didn't have too much in mind for them...
Until I started playing with the lentils...
Then there was no stopping...

Round Beads:
The picture of the round beads is a bit blurry...
But right now I'm itching to start to make some jewelry with them...

Ok - truthfully, I'm torn between keep on making more new pieces with the many drawings and textures I've got (which means lots of time on the computer adjusting images to proper size and saturation, printing out, then refining...) or making jewelry with them.

I've got a few deadlines upon myself for the jewelry with wanting to get some stuff up into the My Mom Pattie Etsy shop I've set up as well as for the actual Gala held in a week and a half at Tri-State Bird Rescue...

Well, let's see what I can get done shall we???

Let me know what you think of the new pieces will ya?
Am I going in a good direction with them?

Oh, and of course...
Gotta give a shout out to Marla & Vlad over at Bisque Bead Supply for making such wonderful porcelain pieces for me to use as little blank canvases for these decal pieces!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

11 comments:

  1. marsha, i love these! all of the sizes and shapes are wonderful! my head is awhirl with ideas! :0)
    and how nice that the etsy shop is one step closer to helping you to realize your dream - very exciting...
    hope you are feeling well...

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  2. anytime you wanna send me these new beads to use, I'll gladly take them! they are awesome. I totally want to buy like a zillion of them. But I just blew my entire wad on lindstrom pliers so i'll have to build up my reserve again. :) Love em. you are definitely moving in an awesome new direction. hey, what's going on with that thing you asked me about in philly about making some pieces for your Mom's bird sanctuary thing? contact me!

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  3. Marsha - these are so beautiful - will offer a new option for incorporating them into designs. Any plans to include other colors as well?

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  4. Thanks you guy! I'm really liking making these, and have decided to spend today on the computer trying to clean up some additional images to be used for some other variations too!

    Lisa, right now I'm only using my clear glaze on these pieces - only because it's in the early phases of creation and I've got to set myself "some" limits. But I've got intentions of adding colors realistically by next spring after baby arrives... Who knows though, may get a kick before then to do some colors...

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  5. Your new beads are wonderful. I think they have wonderful potential for great jewelry. I especially like the birds and the beaded pattern with them. A good direction. Your creativity it always a wonderful surprise.

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  6. Fabulous! That is what I think. Absolutely, Fabulous.

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  7. The lentils with the donut center holes are great (well they're ALL great!). The tube beads are a neat variation as well :)

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  8. Marsha, that baby has kicked up some major creativity, Congrats, Joan T

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  9. I appreciate all the feedback! I think Riley is making me focus a bit more - to avoid thinking about how little I can breathe at times with him deciding to lay up against my lungs... (2 months to go!).

    And moving my office/studio from upstairs to down has uncovered some old sketch books that have been buried for years (from before my mom got sick) so I'm taking advantage of inspiration hitting and getting crap done. I guess it's part nesting too and knowing I'm going to be in new mamma mode from Dec - February and time will be away from me again for a bit anyway...

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  10. They look good enough to eat! I love the oval tubey shape...and the lentil. Hmm Hard to decide. Keep it up!

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  11. Loving the lentils! They are very cool, and the ovals too - I LOVE the birds on the ovals!! Go Marsha, Go Marsha, GO GO Go Marsha!

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