Handmade Beaded Jewelry Designs Biography
Source(google.com.pk)I've always been interested in adornment. As a preteen, I'd walk around with a steno pad always nearby so that, as they occurred to me, I could sketch my ideas for clothing. Then began an artistic drought in my life that lasted until my mid-30's when a therapist told me to go do something artistic. Like, maybe, how about a ceramics class, she said. So I took a ceramics class, expecting little. But I was wrong. I loved working with clay and spent the next 2 or 3 years playing in the mud. Then the drought began again while I worked as a stockbroker and a brokerage firm branch manager. One day I bought a watch with a beautiful face but a nasty, tasteless, beaded band. I went to a bead store to find new beads for the watchband, and it was a big glass of artistic water after that long drought. I began making jewelry. A year or so later I formed my own jewelry business—Beadjoux -- and never looked back.
I have an endless curiosity about people and the directions of life and the forces that drive us. I like complicated things with depth and texture. Quick and dirty doesn't do it for me—I want the long version. My work has lots of color and texture. I often combine materials—both to accomplish a structure, as well as to make a point. I love beads in all their sizes, colors, materials—especially glass beads. I love how they look with other materials, the texture they create when I use different sizes, and finishes
While I have worked with beads since 1994, working with seed beads is relatively new for me. Seed beads can help me go places I can't go with larger beads. My seed bead pieces reflect the numerous phases of my life. They speak to the darkness in the past and the playful giddiness of self-expression now. My pieces are about breaking out of confinement. They are about freeing myself from structures imposed upon me by others. They celebrate the opening of my life from the solitary coldness to the warmth of growth and transformation.
My jewelry pieces go from girls just want to have fun to wearing your heart around your neck. I love to design custom jewelry, working with a specific person's individuality and fantasy, filtered through my point of view.
I design and create handcrafted jewelry. Necklaces, Earrings, Bracelets and Cuffs. I use wire wrap and crocheted wire. Embroidered bead techniques, fiber, and paper. All of my jewelry is one-of -a kind. I do not mass produce, I couldn't even if I tried.
I love the look of beautiful crystals, stones, and glass beads mixed in a off the color wheel rule. Bright Colors, and lots of surprises is my trademark.
Behind the Scenes at the Shop:
I am a self taught day dreamer type artist. I started out in the early 80's when there were no bead shops per say. So finding beads to loom or practice beading with was next to impossible (only Indian seed beads) available.
In the mean time, I have read every book, magazine and torn down more pieces of jewelry that kind friends and coworkers gave me to practice with. Until I kind of got the hang of it. I still didn't have the confidence to sell my work until now. HOPE JEWELRY CREATIONS was born 2011,
I belong to any and almost every organization that has to do with jewelry making on the internet. I finally found my niche and my fellow jewelry artist. friends.
I spend many hours loving the creative and designing of each piece, this is my life and passion. I want people to love and treasure my work.
Tips and Tricks
Big crafting tip: Never get in a hurry. And always know that you can change something no matter how far along you get on a piece, or start over. You won't be happy if you don't get what you wanted to create.
I might pull apart something many times before I am happy.
Try breaking the Color Wheel Rule, mix it up a little, have fun.
Try using different techniques and mediums
Rain Blanken, About.com DIY Fashion, says:
Love your original designs, I'd really like to see that embroidered bead necklace when it's done. Thanks for the tip on not rushing through a project... I have totally destroyed some work because I wanted to wear it asap! I agree: it's much easier to take it slow than go back and fix hurried mistakes. Thanks for sharing!
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Greetings Kickstarter backers! My name is Lara. I have been making jewelry for over 15 years, during which time my work has been featured at a TED event, and has been sought after by several boutiques across the United States including the Harvard Museum of Natural History gift shop. You can view my work at www.rockedjewelry.etsy.com, where I have had over 1200 sales to date and 100% positive feedback.
My Project...
Over the past several months I have found the kickstarter community to be very helpful in my project development, and in understanding the demand for certain jewelry designs. I am here to ask for your support and feedback for yet another jewelry line.
I have started seeking alternative and eco-friendly materials for my work, and am here to debut my line of natural linen jewelry. I have found a source in Europe that manufactures biodegradable, organic, unbleached linen thread that I will use to make necklaces and bracelets. I need funding in order to gather the materials necessary to develop the line. As a reward for your support in this project, you will enjoy some handmade jewelry! Please keep in mind that the jewelry in the images are samples. The exact designs are subject to change according to availability of materials. Some of the rewards will be handmade by me and others will be handmade by other artists. Their work will also be included in my new jewelry line and funded by your pledges. Please read reward descriptions for more information.
The Rewards...
Pledge $1 or more: A personal thank-you on my Etsy page under shop announcements.
Pledge $5 or more: 5 yards of linen thread that you can use for your own craft projects (see thread used in jewelry images below). Please add $5 to your pledge if you live outside the US to cover shipping charges.
Pledge $10 or more: 10 yards of linen thread that you can use for your own craft projects (see thread used in jewelry images below). Please add $5 to your pledge if you live outside the US to cover shipping charges.
Pledge $20 or more: A single white freshwater pearl necklace, about 18 inches in length, with a sterling silver clasp. Please add $10 to your pledge if you live outside the US to cover shipping charges. This reward is handmade by me.
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