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It's very common in art challenges to make a product based on a theme, a color, or some other set idea — in fact, we at Art Jewelry do it with our Facebook design challenge every month. Once a month, we introduce a theme, and our Facebook fans post photos of their work that they think fits the...
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I’m mixing things up a bit here on Maggie’s Musings. Lately, I have been noticing that a lot of beaders are interested in what’s going on in other beaders’ studios or work tables. I plan on interviewing different seed bead artists and, just for kicks, throw in some polymer and...
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Maggies Musings
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maggieroschyk
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Tue, Sep 27 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Jewelry design, beading, Maggie Roschyk, creativity, inspiration, needles, art bead, bead embroidery, jewelry designers, Heidi Kummli
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Last summer a friend of mine traveled across Europe. She sent all sorts of photo and email updates, "I'm in France, check out this cafe." "London is wonderful." "You have to come to Ireland!" But the one that really got my attention, "I'm glad I bought an iPad...
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Back in the early 80's my grandfather took up acrylic and oil painting. My grandmother assured me he always had an artistic streak, but it was a chance flip of the TV remote that inspired him to venture down this new artistic path. Although my grandfather has never muttered the phrase, "happy...
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I hate being photographed or, worse, filmed. Although, I don’t mind it if I’m spinning with my fire troupe, because it’s easy to look cool while spinning fire ( left ) -- well, unless you burn off your hair or singe your eyelashes. And, yes, I have experienced both (and let me warn you: melted mascara...
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Editors' Blog
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Theresa D Abelew
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Thu, Feb 24 2011
Filed under: Filed under: teaching, creativity, video, March 2011 issue, mentoring, apprenticeship, chain mail projects, chain mail, education issue, video tutorials, comfort zone, instructional videos
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Everyone has the desire to create; it’s part of our DNA. People will say, “Oh, I’m not very creative or artistic.” If you talk to someone who says, “I can’t draw” you will find out that maybe her creativity lies elsewhere. I don’t have the talent or skill sets to carve wood, but I can stitch together...
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The power of subtraction In my last blog I wrote about how stress and "the tyranny of the Now" can hinder the creative spirit. I shared my personal challenges with impending deadlines and feelings of being overwhelmed. Then I asked my good, gentle readers to post comments about their creativity...
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As I bead, I tend to focus on technique and construction. It’s only natural, I suppose, since as an editor my focus is on these aspects of each project. I often ask myself several questions. How is this made? How can we best explain how this piece is made? How can this piece be made better? I tend to...
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It’s a busy time of year here at the Bead&Button office. As usual we’re working on several issues at once, and we have the Bead&Button Show coming up. When I’m this busy, I usually have trouble finding the time to bead. Fortunately, since I’ve made the effort to set time aside to bead, I’ve been...
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We’ve opened a new Forum on BeadAndButton.com for participants in the joint ISGB-Bead&Button project Convergence: Contemporary Jewelry Design with Art-Glass Beads. It's not really meant to be an administrative space for questions about the process. If you are involved in the project, please be...
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Editors' Blog
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Ann Dee Allen
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Fri, Oct 24 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Button, Bead&, Button Magazine, lampworked beads, jewelry competition, Bead Dreams, jewelry design, Button Show, beadwork, jewelry, inspiration, trends, BeadAndButton.com, competition, Creativity, International Society of Glass Beadmakers, beading competition, Behind the scenes, lampwork, glass beads, art glass beads, color palettes, ISGB, bead news, Larry Scott, choosing materials
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If you like polymer clay jewelry, chances are you've seen work by Ford Forlano ; that is Steve Ford and David Forlano, with Maryanne Petrus-Gilbert doing metalwork. We first featured Ford Forlano's work in "A Rarefied Medium," an article by Ronna Weltman ( September 2006 ) about A-list...
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Editors' Blog
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Kristin Sutter
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Fri, Sep 19 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Art Jewelry Magazine, creativity, jewelry, polymer clay, jewelry makers, videos, artists, jewelry-making, Youtube, made-by-hand, behind the scenes, handmade, Ford Forlano
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Now that fall is upon us and school has been back in session for a few weeks, I’ve noticed more stories about the role that art plays in education . The authors of a study on arts education stress the importance of preparing students for the 21st century workforce by involving them in the arts. In particular...
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A while back, I was given a quilt kit with all the precut fabric to make a wall hanging. I’d never quilted from a kit before, but when I started assembling my wall hanging this weekend, I found that I still felt creatively challenged making a preconceived work of art. Though the design and color scheme...
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In case you haven't noticed yet, we have the button bug here at the magazine. We've been to the National Button Society convention and now we're ready to celebrate Count Your Buttons Day on October 21. In honor of button day, we are creating a piece of button jewelry made in round-robin fashion...
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Last week I wrote about being haunted by a particular necklace. I like to think that haunting is an important aspect of creativity. Allowing your mind to linger on a design — or even an element of a design — and letting it simmer on the back burner gives you a chance to let it soak in. Percolate. Compost...
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Editors' Blog
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Tea
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Tue, Sep 2 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Button, jewelry design, beads, December Bead&, buying beads, Creativity, August Bead&, shopping, Sherry Serafini, August 2008 Bead&, Linda Rettich
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