Title: FROM THE HEART
When the Bead Soup ingredients arrived, I fell in love with the southwest color beads and the beautiful delicate heart shaped pendant bead that came from Cheryl Roe. I started visualizing necklace designs and ran into two self inflicted problems. I wanted to lengthen the look of the heart pendant, but the bead hole ran from side to side. In my mind, I saw delicate and I wanted statement, how could I accomplish a
bold statement with the small beautiful heart? I placed the ingredients in the hands of my muse, and allowed my intuition to take over. I constructed a wire and clay base. I added a hand painted textured button to bring the eye to the area of the heart pendant which was now suspended by a delicate chain. I continued to add various charms to create texture and volume. This included a copper colored faux resin bead to pick up the color of the copper wire clasp which I separated and placed one on each side as they became charms.
Among the charms are, a mother of pearl shell that a student brought for me from the beaches of New Zealand, a tassel made from silks that came with me from teaching in Japan, handcrafted and painted fabric beads from my line of beads called Modern Acorns, and a bunch of other favorite orphaned beads. I added two sizes of round wire circles to repeat the round shape of the button. The lovely beads that Cheryl sent are attached to the wire circles and a small patinated brass clasp holds everything in place. All in all I am very happy with the end result. My muse presented me with bursts of inspiration and improvisatory moments where I added, subtracted, shifted, broke apart, and melted together most of the ingredients.
Please visit Cheryl's website to see the beautiful necklace that she created with the ingredients that I sent to her. Thanks Cheryl for being my partner and for the wonderful ingredients you sent me.
Click this link to visit the other participants of the first reveal.
A big thank you to Lori Anderson, a beautiful jewelry artist, for creating this wonderful challenge.
You definitely succeeded with your mission to create a statement with the Heart Bead... Wow that is definitely a statement piece and screams out with love and culture, it is rich and fulle of texture and whimsy... nice...
ReplyDeleteGorgeous creation!!! my gosh ... that's really something!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous pieces!
ReplyDeleteAmazing work !
this is fabulous! I love the lushness of it
ReplyDeleteGreat piece. Love the charm necklace!
ReplyDeleteLovely and interesting. I keep seeing something little things that make me look even harder. Very pretty and complicated all at once.
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL So worth waiting for.Love and hugs Tanya
ReplyDeleteWhat a great piece. A show stopper!
ReplyDeleteI love statement necklaces and wish I had your eye for mixing things up like this! I need some lessons from you for certain. Thanks for talking about the process, too!
ReplyDeleteFabulous.
ReplyDeleteWowsa! What a stunner!
ReplyDeleteWhat a statement you have made! This is a really gorgeous necklace, I love how you thought it all out to make sure the eye went to the heart and how the tassel elongates the piece.
ReplyDeleteThe Other Cory!
wow! just gorgeous. such abundance of texture and shape and stories without looking too crowed. inspiring!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! And I've looked back at other posts in your blog and added you to my google reader so i can keep up with things you make :)
ReplyDeleteyour necklace it an amazing work of art! A real statement piece!
ReplyDeleteI really felt as though the piece was filled with love and from your heart. Very beautiful sentiment and very beautiful piece.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your necklace, a real statement! You dd an amazing job!
ReplyDeleteDeb x
I'm not a "heart person" myself and often struggle to use them in a design I like. This is a great way to showcase the heart in an eclectic, funky mix. I really like it.
ReplyDeleteA statement piece for sure...really lovely and well done. I just love it.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI think you did an amazing job with your soup! So much texture..I want to reach out and touch all the different beads. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteLove the full, lush look to it, and the way all the colors work without anyone over powering :) Well done!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Great work!!! What a wonderful necklace!!! Hugs, Doris
ReplyDeleteIf you have not or do not receive a thank you, it is because I could not get through. So please don't think that I am neglecting you...I really do appreciate your comments.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun necklace! A real statement piece!
ReplyDeleteTooootally awesome! What a necklace!!!! Love the colors how you played with all the materials and made the design completely your own
ReplyDeleteGreat statement piece! Love it! Enjoy the hop!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great piece - I love the combination of things and the overall weighty look of it. Nice, very very nice.
ReplyDeleteWow, WOW! I looove this!
ReplyDeleteoh my, what a kaleidoscope of goodies. This piece could almost pass for a wind chime. You must sound musical as you wear it!
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented--I love what you did!
ReplyDeletejean yates!
Wow! I'm completely speechless. Now that's how you make a statement piece!
ReplyDeleteI am speechless! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSpeechless! Beautiful doesn't even begin to describe your work!
ReplyDeleteI love it!!!!! It's a wonderful statement piece! Love how your creative mind works!
ReplyDeleteBarbe Saint John
An amazing piece of art. Beautiful workmanship!
ReplyDeleteOMG OMG!!! *speechless*
ReplyDeletetoo gorgeous to be commented...
stunning!! that just says wow. this bead hoppping is so inspiring!!
ReplyDeleteGreat piece done in true Moxie style. I could look at it for hours.
ReplyDeleteSimply amazing! I'm in awe here.
ReplyDeleteSo detailed, but still very delicate!
ReplyDeleteLove how your soup has grown and multiplied. This is so gorgeous. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you, Cory, again. I don't think I saw your profile pic before. You've come up with quite a lovely creation here. I see it on royalty! Now I have to go see what Cheryl did with your bead gift.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful creative necklace
ReplyDeleteWow, you have taken my breath away. That is an amazing necklace. You have taken my simple ingredients and made a masterpiece. Thanks again for being my partner.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is an eye-catcher! Great colors!
ReplyDeleteAlways love your creations! They're instantly recognizable! This is fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteOh woh... what a wonderful work... I love it...
ReplyDeleteYou achieved your goal of making a statement necklace. Check me out in the second reveal at www.heavenlanecreations.com
ReplyDeleteThat is one of the most amazing pieces of beaded jewelry I have ever seen. What a beautiful statement necklace with that heart bead! Well done!
ReplyDeleteUtterly Amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful celebration of the colors and textures you got to work with!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun necklace. You could lose yourself in the details.
ReplyDeleteWow, that beauty is loaded with beady goodness! I love how you transformed that lovely heart focal. If I wore this I would certainly be distracted, and playing with it the whole time. It's a fabulous piece!
ReplyDeleteAnd here I go browsing along and then BANG I smack right into an ARTISTA! That's some work of art, not just a piece of jewelry. I'm in awe and inspired. I love that you participated so people like me can be challenged to go a little further. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWell you absolutely did create a statement piece! That's like, half my collection of art beads in one necklace, lol! Very cool and artsy :)
ReplyDeleteOMG. Now THIS is an original, unique, one of kind piece of ART! Thank you for taking the time to create such a great piece. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteI really love what you've done here. It's a statement necklace for sure and the statement it's making is, "Look at me! I'm beautiful!" Awesome.
ReplyDeleteOh my, that's amazing! Just dripping with opulance - so much to see, love it!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! I love the bold, chunky look of this necklace! The mixture of metals, texture, and color are fabulous! Well done!
ReplyDeleteholy cow! what a conglomeration of gorgeousness! you have a lovely, unique style :)
ReplyDeleteNow this is a necklace!!! Intriguing, tribal, refined, wholly 'organic' - all co-existing harmoniously. This is *clearly* the product of opening your mind and soul to provide a conduit for the universe to speak. In short, just plain ART.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad the hop led me to visit!
Truly stunning necklace, you've managed to make it full of texture yet still wearable. Great job.
ReplyDeleteWhen you want to make a statement, you certainly do just that! If only all statements were as heartfelt as this one :) It's a happy necklace!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work: I love all the textures and the path that your eye takes round the piece. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteWow, this necklace is amazing. Great job! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the design of your necklace, it's so fun and creative!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's great that this piece has so much meaning to you. Definitely a one of a kind.
ReplyDeleteI'm speechless, you managed to use all this different stuff and make it looking good!!!
ReplyDeletea piece of art, fabulous!
ReplyDeleteLove your style!! You did an awesome job with your bead soup...WOW!! Another beautiful creation!
ReplyDeleteWOW! That is certainly a one of a kind piece. More like something you'd find in the Museum of Modern Art!
ReplyDeleteYou created a gorgeous statement necklace. The angel of the photograph is wonderful. Makes for an interesting photo.
ReplyDeletewow! love this necklace, it's stunning!
ReplyDeleteyou are so talented1
ciao dall'Italia
I think that's the prettiest necklace I've ever seen! Great job! And I'm impressed that you managed to finish such a piece given your short time frame.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what a piece. That is really great. I love your vision and design. The colors really are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteMelissa Muir
http://design.kcjewelbox.com
That's a really powerful necklace. The layers and details are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThat is a stunning piece of art! sensational!
ReplyDeleteMy God - if this isn't a statement necklace, not sure what would be!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning!
One word: LUSH! Brilliant soup you made with a whole lot of cool ingredients! Enjoy the day. Erin
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