I took my 3 classes with NanC Meinhardt last weekend! I had so much fun, learned so much, and took so many notes, I needed a week just to process everything. I also wanted to do 3 shorter posts of each day than one giant post. Here is the beadalicious-ness from Day 2 (Saturday April 24, 2010):
The Museum Bracelet was the project of the day. I beaded 15 inches of Right Angle Weave for homework! I decided to add copper to the base, but it looked funny with only 1 option of copper bead. So, I ordered some shiny and color-lined copper beads to throw in the mix, and I was much happier with that.
My Museum Bracelet Workspace
Bead Embellishing vs. Encrusting
*embellishing- decorating a surface area of beadwork with beads
*encrusting- decorating an area of beadwork while changing its shape and form
Intuitive Beading vs. Structured Beading
*intuitive- you make decisions about design and color choice etc. as you go along
*structured- you make design and color choice decisions at the beginning
museum bracelet progress by the time class ended
Breaking out of the Colorbox
“Don’t force yourself to break out of your colorbox,” NanC told us, “even Picasso had a blue period.” Well when I decided to break free (from purple), it was because I wanted to. I did still choose colors I was attracted to (copper and turquoise). At the same time, Marilou mentioned that the ugliest colors could evolve into the most innovative and creative pieces. She had a goal for “fearless use of orange” and suggested I try something like that. Well, I decided to find the middle ground on this one. It’s ok for me to fearlessly use orange, unless its a piece I plan to wear myself!
Progress after working 4.5 hours more on Monday morning
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Your bracelet is beautiful..great job
Thank you for all your lovely comments, Megs!
Beautiful!! Your beading work space looks a lot like mine! Except I think mine is messier! LOL
My space isn’t usually that neat to tell you the truth! LOL