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Ivory Coast - II

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Summer has arrived...

Tue Jun 30, 2009, 1:14 PM
  • Mood: Optimism
  • Listening to: Space Music
  • Reading: Bead n Button for Spring
  • Watching: The Illusionist
  • Playing: Animal Crossing for DS Lite
  • Drinking: diet green tea
and everything is lush and green. It's hard to see the forest for the trees and that's a good thing:)

I'm going to make this installment short and will promise to write again later this week when I've had the time to take more images of my latest creations, but for now...

I wanted to post the images of a piece I've just completed. This bracelet will be going to one of the special people in my life. My sister Linda. She is one of six sibblings and has been supportive of my works for, as long as I can recall. She, along with the help of my sister Patty and sister-in-law Michelle, will be gathering the masses this fall for my next "trunk show."

I wanted to show appreciation to my sister in creating a gift that is one of a kind and more to her liking, as far as it being a classic color palette, in comparison to the bolder creations of this past spring. The bracelet is a structural cuff and similar in style to those I posted in February, but with softer neutral qualities. It was created using seed beads of various sizes, drops and Swarovski pearls.

Enjoy!** And stay tuned for more to come.

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"The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past with the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive."
- ALAN WATTS

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I was born with the desire to create and cannot recall in the years past when I was not making art in some way or another. While my choice of medium tends to change along with my interests, for the moment I am venting my desires through the creation of limited edition jewelry.

I have some formal training in pottery, drawing and painting, and textile work... though I would have to argue that most of what I know and practice today is self taught. I would consider myself moderate in talent when it comes to fine art and I am thankful for the basics which it taught me regarding it's history, equation and balance, texture and color theory. I house a small collection of books on art, technique, nature, and photography which seem to provide an endless source of inspiration for me when ever there is a need to be inspired. Note the themes in some of my collections...

I pride myself on trying to remain open to new ideas, materials, and techniques when it comes to my art works and crafting and while I have the use of my eyes, my hands, and my mind... will forever be creating something new.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: East Coast, USA
  • Interests: Music, the arts, photography, alternative lifestyle
  • Favourite movie: Nightmare Before Christmas, Interview With the Vampire, Pride & Prejudice
  • Favourite band or musician: NIN, AFI, Linkin Park, Enigma, 30 Seconds to Mars
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock, World, Ambient, Light Jazz
  • Favourite artist: Georgia O'keefe, M.C. Escher, Gustav Klimt,
  • Favourite poet or writer: Eric Lustbader, Anne Rice, Stephen King
  • Favourite photographer: Ansell Adams, Gilles Berquet, Alexander Steele
  • Favourite style of art: Symbolism
  • Operating System: OSX
  • MP3 player of choice: Ipod
  • Shell of choice: Crab
  • Wallpaper of choice: Celestial Digital Artwork by Greg Martin
  • Skin of choice: I like the one I came with.
  • Favourite game: Tetrisphere
  • Favourite gaming platform: Gamecube
  • Favourite cartoon character: The Gromble
  • Tools of the Trade: Fuji 4.5 digital, Micrografics Picture Publisher

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Thanks very much for the recent :+fav:.
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thanks for the :+fav: :)

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Thanks very much for the :+fav:, Georgeana.
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Kat

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A very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to you.

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Thanks for the fave Georgeana, I'm glad that you liked the pic, :kiss: SB.
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Thank you for the fav on "The Players 3"

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