HELLO AND WELCOME!
Today is the day we get to see what eight hardy creative souls made with at least one blue goldstone bead. I'm excited!
I opted for the large donut. It sparkled sufficiently to catch my interest and then sat on my beading table for about 2 months. Although nothing creative seems to be working for me lately, I did have fun with this project.
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| Giant red brittle star. |
I had a starfish / brittle star image in my mind. I thought it
turned out kind of interesting, even though mine seems to have a 6th
arm.
I actually quite like the shadow it casts.
The arms are a single row of right angle weave with size 15 seed beads on one side and size 8 and 6 seed beads on the other side. The difference in bead size made the arms twirl.
Hops are a joy to me, they motivate me and push me to do odd things (which I love). Thank you beautiful ladies for agreeing to participate :-)
Here is the list of amazing creations:
Bobbie: Beadsong Jewelry
Therese: Therese’s Treasures
Happy Beading!
Hi LizE,
ReplyDeleteI love your star fish, you really know how to think out of the box! The colors pop and sparkle. Thank you for hosting this challenge it was fun creating with the gold stone doughnuts.
Therese
WOW! That's super creative! Great job!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!!!!!! That is SOOOOOOOOOOOO cool!!! I love this piece, and I love the spiral arms.
ReplyDeleteI SO agree, Liz. Hops challenge us to look for new approaches and different paths, and I'm so happy you went down this one. Your starfish has me smiling...and thinking of new possibilities!
ReplyDeleteThe places you have been taking your beadwork lately are just so exciting and unique and edgy and Beautiful!!! There is so much texture and flow to those arms. And the way you attached it to the frame (and the shadow it cast!) is so cool! I hope you have all your art proudly on display in your home (or have sold some!). It needs to be seen. You seem to have found a good niche for yourself and your mind went to yet another brilliant place with this donut. Fabulous, edgy, interesting, intriguing ~ just like its little red source of inspiration :-)
ReplyDeleteOh and THANK YOU for the donuts and the rounds and for hosting this hop :-) And do I see "O" beads in there?
ReplyDeleteI am speechless. This is so friken cool. I am with Christine that your bead work has gone is some seriously amazing places ... this is no exception! that you created a star fish and created the natural twisted and turns of their arms ... LOVE this. Having grown up in the PNW and often hunting the tidepools along the shore and to find one to pick up ... it reflects what nature provides. or to set it back down in the pool and watch it slide off to the side ... you've perfectly captured that - especially in that shadow!!! this has a breath of salty air from my childhood. This is nothing short of awesomeness
ReplyDeleteHow cool is this! I thought you might do a mandala, since that's a direction you've been exploring. This echoes the mandala feel with the radiating spokes, but I love the airy feeling that the starfish's arms have. The technique to make them twist is great. The piece is gorgeous to look at from the front, but the fact that this is also interesting from the back and in shadow? Outstanding! (And thanks again for letting me play along!)
ReplyDeleteI can totally see your inspiration... and yours is fabulous! Love the sparkle, the shape.. the color! Magnificent!
ReplyDeleteThis is so great! I wish I could have participated but I am still feeling woozy. I am going to look at the rest now
ReplyDeleteWow, that is the most unusual use of the goldstone! I like the way you've made the 'arms' twist like the suckers on the starfish. I've had fun visiting the blogs involved in your hop. I hope I've visited them all and not left anyone out! Really enjoyed seeing your work :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Liz for hosting this blog hop and also for giving us the beautiful beads to play with. I used all of the beads you sent. They are so shiny.
ReplyDeleteYour starfish is so beautiful. I really love your mandalas.
Can't wait to see what you come up with next.