Beadwork April-May 2011

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Spring Celebration
by Cynthia Rutledge
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20 CONTEMPORARY CORSAGE Sherry Serafini 44 ROSY RUFFLE Venetia Perry
Backstitch and tubular peyote stitch come together in this boldly blossom-
ing wrist corsage—polish it off with fringe to create a fabulous cuff 48 CRISSCROSS BEADS Monika Pienkowska
24 WOODLAND FERNS Carol Wilcox Wells 52 WOVEN CAPS BRACELET Riana Olckers
Use right-angle weave, square stitch, and picots to make the feathery fronds
of this uniquely earthy necklace 60 GARDEN DREAM Lynda Taylor
30 SPRING CELEBRATION Cynthia Rutledge 66 ROLLED COLLAR Carole Rodgers
Create a garden for your wrist with lattice weave and circular peyote stitch
but don’t forget to close the gate with an original lampworked button 70 ROMANTIC FILIGREE Kristal Wick
36 CRYSTAL BUDS LARIAT Kelly Wiese 76 IN A VINTAGE MOOD Orly Burg
The falling leaves of this lariat-style necklace will exercise your skills
with ladder, brick, and herringbone stitch; a netted band holds the
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56 BOTTOM-LINE BASICS Michelle Mach
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Departments
6 Passing Through 17 Katie’s Finds Katie Hacker
8 Contributors 40 Simply Seeds
10 Bead Buzz Jennifer Gallagher
12 The Challenge 74 Stitch Pro: Triangle Weave
94 Techniques
16 Cool Stuff LAINA GOODMAN PHYLLIS DINTENFASS
96 Bead Artist: Sara Lukkonen
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BACKSTITCH 20
Garden Dream
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Catch Me a Caterpillar by Doris Coghill
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passing through
celebrating spring
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Jamie Bogner
The first warm days of spring have a remarkable and uplifting EDITOR Mindy Brooks
effect on me. I’m immediately ready to forget the winter’s SENIOR EDITORS Melinda Barta, Jean Campbell
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Allison Mackin
snowstorms and frigid weather and head outside to see
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Michelle Mach
if anything is sprouting in my backyard. To think that my
COPY EDITOR Liz McGehee
recently ice-bound garden will soon show signs of life is not just comforting, EDITOR, beadingdaily.com Kristal Wick
it’s like getting nature’s version of CPR.
Fortunately, we’ve got an abundance of floral projects blooming throughout
PUBLISHING
this spring issue. Our lovely cover necklace by Lynda Taylor offers a brilliant GROUP PUBLISHER, ART & JEWELRY DIVISION David Pyle
peyote-stitched flower on a herringbone band. From our Fab Four Designers of ADVERTISING MEDIA SALES DIRECTOR, ART & JEWELRY DIVISION
Jim McIntosh
the Year, we’ve got Cynthia Rutledge’s embellished floral bracelet, Sherry Serafini’s
SENIOR ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Marilyn C. Koponen
dramatic flower cuff, Carol Wilcox Wells’s graceful fern necklace, and Kelly Wiese’s
ADVERTISING MANAGER Debbi Simon
cascading necklace of leaves and crystal buds. For those of you who sell your jewelry
ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Jennifer Samsell
or have been considering it, you won’t want to miss Michelle Mach’s conversation CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Monica Turner
with three bead artists who run successful businesses—their secrets could be the key AD TRAFFICKERS Melissa Marie Brown, Tina Rolf
to your success. And, as always, we’ve filled this issue with great tips, techniques, MARKETING MANAGER Christan Humphries
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ART AND PRODUCTION
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THIS ISSUE’S FEATURED ARTISTS
contributors
Q: Besides jewelry, what other kinds
of art inspire your beadwork?
DESIGNERS OF THE YEAR
FEATURED DESIGNERS
CYNTHIA RUTLEDGE. “When I am in ’design
DORIS COGHILL. “Many times a three-dimensional object
mode,’ my inspiration comes from multiple directions.
inspires me. For example, I might re-create a piece of vintage
I primarily work using historical perspective as the
jewelry using seed beads or cover a piece of glass or a stuffed
guiding light, letting art and history guide me through
animal with seed beads and include it in a larger bead sculpture.”
the creative process. Two of my favorite artists are
Sandro Botticelli and John Waterhouse. While I am
designing a new piece, I look to the early Renaissance
JENNIFER GALLAGHER. “Though at times the colors of my
style of Botticelli to inspire me with his masterful
beadwork have been influenced by paintings, I am often inspired
composition and incredible control in the use of color.
by the colors Mother Nature produces. As a child, I liked to play
I look to John Waterhouse paintings for the inspiration
with kaleidoscopes. Now, as an adult, I often use them to inspire a
to create jewelry that would fit the Pre-Raphaelite style
color palette and patterns. My father introduced me to the
of the women in his work. Would Ophelia or the
subject of fractals, noting that my beadwork often produced
Lady of Shalott have worn one of my pieces?”
fractal patterns. Because I prefer sculptural beading, I often use
the fractal concept for inspiration.” SHERRY SERAFINI. “The shape and form in
Da Vinci’s earlier sketches make me want to mimic
them in my beadwork. I also like the paintings
he created. The deep colors he uses can send
AMY HAFTKOWYCZ. “It’s difficult for me to pinpoint any
me straight to my studio.”
specific art form that inspires my beadwork because I find that
my ideas can spark from just about anything around me, depend- CAROL WILCOX WELLS. “It is hard to choose
ing on my mood that day. Sometimes a spectacular piece of
one observation that inspires my work, as there are
blown glass will draw me in; other days it may be the color depth
so many. Recently, I was listening to stories of feudal
of a perfectly glazed piece of pottery. The beautiful thing about
Japan, and the piece I was working on took on that
beadwork is that it can grow from just about anything.”
flavor. It is a subtle conversion of thoughts, color, and
style. For the future, I have just purchased a new book,
Van Gogh in Auvers: His Last Days by Wouter van der
RIANA OLCKERS. “The South African painter Catharina and Veen and Peter Knapp. The colors alone make my
her use of abstract form and vibrant colors inspires me. I own one creative juices flow!”
of her artworks, and the purple lamb in this particular painting is
KELLY WIESE. “I am often inspired by the
just adorable. When I listen to the sounds of Vivaldi, my creative
Art Nouveau period. I love the floral motifs and
juices just start flowing. Abstract and classic seem to do it for me!”
flowing lines, particularly Alphonse Mucha’s work.
I framed several prints of his from an old calendar
and have them hanging in my studio.”
KRISTAL WICK. “A great deal of my designs are inspired
by nature. An image embedded in my mind that I constantly
re-create using Swarovski crystal ABs occurred in early winter.
I was driving as the sun rose. A crisp, white, snow-covered field
shimmered and glistened like an ocean of crystals. I had to stop
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the car while my eyes just drank in its sheer, simple beauty.
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