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Sooke Fine Arts # 3

The third piece that got accepted into the Sooke Fine Arts Show. A viking knit bracelet and necklace accented with my boro beads. Earrings to match. I love the colours in these beads. It's a really eye catcher of a set! 

Sooke Fine Arts #2

This is the second of three pieces of mine that got accepted into Sooke Fine Arts Show. I am still in a bit of a daze about getting three pieces in!

This is a copper back plate that's been heated over and over and over to get pockets, hills, valleys and holes! The front is sterling silver, hand sawed by me. I love this piece (a lot!) and hope you do it!

Sooke Fine Arts Piece #1

I am really excited and honoured to have three piece accepted into the Sooke Fine Arts show. This is one of my boroscillicate pods capped with one of my beads caps and on a hand fused chain (made by me!).

The other two pieces that got accepted will be revealed over the next two days ......................

stay tuned!

2 x 3 exhibit

I got to see a picture of the collaborative piece going in the 2 x3 exhibit at the Facere Gallery in Seattle. I sent the beads and artist Micki Lippe (silversmith) did the piece. I was really excited about this exhibit, being a silversmith myself I was really curious to see what other artists did with glass beads. I really like the eclectic style of the piece. One piece goes to the gallery, and each artist gets a piece, hence the name 2 x 3 (two artists three pieces). I cannot wait to see the other work at the show, I'll be attending the show during my trip to the Gathering!

Start each day

What's Inspiring Me?

I've joined a blog hop with the Jewelry Artisans Community. Our theme was "What's inspiring you now?". 

I've been working in bright colours lately and that question made me sit down and think, "what IS inspiring me?". My garden is starting to bloom so that may have something to do with it. My large peony has already bloomed and my smaller one is just starting. My lupins are all bright splashes of colour, I planted them last year and have fell in love with them. I want a whole field full of them!

Along with my bright colours I've been doing a whole lot of cartoon or "fun" character theme'd beads. The Alice in Wonderland blog hop/challenge really got me thinking about different theme's to work in. The Mad Hatter bead set in my etsy is a fun one!

I have several friends who play Angry Birds and the characters are so much fun I decided to tackle a few of them.

So if I was to answer the question "What is inspiring you?" I'd have to say my gardens and a previous blog challenge.

Check out some of the other bloggers posts on this topic!

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/blog_post/JewelryArtByDawn/8726/blog_carnival_-_what_s_inspiring_me_now_

http://j3jeannesjemsjewels.blogspot.ca/2012/06/june-blog-carnival-and-boho-bliss.html