Unravelings

Transforming Jewelry with Unexpected Finds - Daily Blogs - Beading Daily

Every artist/designer I know finds beauty in nature. There's the most obvious beauty: a pristine Caribbean seashore, fall in New England, your local craft store. You expect to find beauty there. But what about the uncommon places? Sometimes you have to search deeply, but unexpected beauty can be the most joyful of all. As artists and jewelry designers, it's critical to train your eye to see unexpected beauty. And what is beauty anyway? It's completely subjective, so, what is beautiful to you may not be to your buddies (such as lava lamps and pink flamingos). The range of beauty in jewelry making is as wide as the western plains. And I'd like to share with you some of my latest unexpected beauty finds to spark your creativity so you'll open your eyes to possibilities you may have not thought of before.

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Jewelry-Making Essentials, Part One: Confessions of a Jewelry-Tool Junkie

Okay, I admit it: I love jewelry-making tools. Even if I don't use them all, I love having them in my studio. I'm perfectly happy hanging out with my steel and wooden buddies.

Nothing upsets me more than to be happily working on a project and then realize I don't have the proper tool to finish, so I've taken care of that little problem by purchasing the best-quality tools I can afford and taking good care of them. I clean them after each use and keep them oiled.

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Make a Daily Profile Photo…For Your Fridge! | Photojojo

There is only one way out of The Zone; you gotta dig deep and discover your mood…with photography!

Get in some acting practice, snap some photos and make a handy magnetic go-to-guide of your emotions.

You’ll be wearing your heart on your sleeve and your mood on your fridge.Your expressions are as classic as an A+ on your mom’s refrigerator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shingo Matsushita Jewelry | T Lo Page Two - Fashion, Television, Pop Culture

We've got a lot of red carpet, editorials and ad campaigns in the pipeline, but before we overwhelm you with all that, we thought we'd take a moment and highlight the work of jewelry artist Shingo Matsushita. Prior to venturing into jewelry utilizing knit and crochet techniques, Matsushita was a stylist. Maybe that explains the innate chicness and beauty here. Whatever the genesis of these designs, we think they're unique and, oddly, somehow calming. There's something very pure about them.

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Saving the sheep, one fleece at a time - Amy's Blog - Spin-Off

Over ten years ago, Spin-Off ran a series of articles about rare breeds of sheep and their wool and then hosted a contest called, "Save the Sheep."  The contest was so overwhelmingly well-received by the Spin-Off readers that we had to rent office space to look at all the entries and then jury them for the traveling exhibit.

The results of the contest were also published in a book (now out-of-print) edited by Deb Robson, Handspun Treasures from Rare Wools: Collected Works from the Save the Sheep Exhibit. Deb was the editor of Spin-Off in those days, and I was the assistant editor.

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Resolving to Make Art? Try Prompts! - Cloth Paper Scissors

How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Were you hopeful to start a new project? Were you insanely hoping tackle one of those a-piece-of-art-a-day adventures? Did you get to the middle of the first week and wonder what you got yourself into?

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