7th Annual Bead Soup Block Party
2nd Reveal
This is my very first Bead Soup Challenge.
My partner for my Bead Soup Challenge is Julie Bowen of Autochthonous Evolved. She is and educator, a talented Lampwork Artist and a very talented jewelry artist. If you click her name you can see what I sent her and what she made.
Our styles are quite different. I am earthy and organic and her style appears to me to be more bright, colorful and somewhat whimsical. Thus the fun begins.
Here is what she sent me and what I added.
She sent me some lovely handmade lampwork by her in button clasp shape, long bead, headpins and rondelles, Chalk Turquoise, Charoite, dragon fly charm and pewter clasp.
I added a sueded leather jacket to recycle into the piece, pewter spacers, links from Joannes new Urban Warrior line, some of my own lampwork ( although not made by me ), peanut beads, seed beads, 4 ply waxed linen, faux beach glass, copper spacers, resin chips from a recycled necklace, matt Black Onyx rondelles, copper chain and clasp. I also added some metal that I etched and antiqued.
In my design I had a hiccup the silver pewter clasps toggle she sent me broke....but I felt I kept in the rules framework as I used the button as a clasp in one of the pieces.
It is funny how the most challenging bead.....the long lampwork produced the bracelet I liked the best. I have been on a bit of a bracelet binge lately.
I have been playing with this new shape of bracelet. It is very sexy on.
So lets talk about bracelet number 1 first.
This was my first time I have ever etched metal. I was thrilled with the shape of the etching and how it played with the petals of the flowers, stems and the black lines on the lampwork rondelles.
The copper really helped tone down the shinny black of the lampwork. Black is typically not a color I work very often in. Adding matte Black Onyx lent to some taming of the shinny black.
This bracelet above is actually the 2nd design I did with that long lampwork bead. I had to put aside the whole project for a couple of weeks. When I pulled it out again. I completely ripped it up and started from scratch.
I struggle with bright and shinny colors so I decided to recycle into this bracelet to help get the creative flow going. This was actually the first design I made with the beads. Recycling is one of the things I do when I am in a creative slump. When I started jewelry design I had little inventory & money to invest. I had to get creative with what I had, this brings me back to the source of where it all began for me.
I am in love with the utilitarian almost military feel this bracelets has. I cut the trim off of a sueded leather jacket and used them as spacer bars.
The asymmetry of the metal spacer bars gave the bracelet some interesting dimension.
I am really pleased with how both of my bracelets turned out. I didn't get to use all the beads she sent me but I feel I definitely accomplished my goals of adding my aesthetic to this challenge and designing some jewelry with some innovative creativity.
You can find more of Kristin Oppold designs at YaY! Jewelry on Etsy.
You can also follow her latest creations on Facebook.I think it is a pretty amazing event that Lori Anderson has put together, pairing jewelry artists around the world.
To see the lovely pairings of many artists around the world please follow the links below.
Agata Grygiel
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Ali McCarthy
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Alice Craddick
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Amy Severino
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Ana Krepel
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Andra Weber
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Andrea Glick
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Andrea Trank
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Anitra Gordy Boyers
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Annette Rivers
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Anu Tuppurainen
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April Grinaway
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Audrey Bélanger
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B.R.Kuhlman
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Barbara Bechtel
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Barbara Mason
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Becky Pancake
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Beti Horvath
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Billi RS Rothove
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Bobbie Rafferty
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Brandi Burdick
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Candida Castleberry
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Carol Dillman
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Carolyn Gebert
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Carolyn Lawson
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Caron Reid
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Catherine King
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Cathy Jakicic
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Chandra Merod
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Charlene Jacka
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Cheri Reed
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Cherrie Fick
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Cherrie Warzocha
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Cheryl Brown
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Cheryl Dunham
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Cheryl Foiles
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Cheryl Gangle
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Chris Eisenberg
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Chris White
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Christina Miles
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Christine Hansen
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Christine Murrow
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Christine Stonefield
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Cindy Ritchie
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Clare Etheridge
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Cory Tompkins
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Cris Peacock
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Cynthia Abner
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Debbie Rasmussen
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Debi Levine
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Deborah Brooks
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Deborah Read
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Debra Behrends
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Dorota Żerańska
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Elaine Robitaille
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Elsie Deliz-Fonseca
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Emma Todd
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Erin Guest
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Evelyn Shelby
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Evie and Beth McCord
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Francy Inman
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Ginger Bishop
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Gloria Allen
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Hajer Waheed
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Hope Smitherman
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Ilenia Ruzza
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Ilona Hegedűs
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Ine Vande Cappelle
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Jackie Ryan
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Janine Lucas
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Jean Peter
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Jean Wells
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Jeanne Steck
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Jelveh Jaferian Johnson
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Jennifer Cabic
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Jennifer Reno
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Jennifer VanBenschoten
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Jenny Davies-Reazor
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Jenny Kyrlach
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Jenny Robledo
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Jessica Brower
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Jill MacKay
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JJ Jacobs
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Jo-Ann Woolverton
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Joanne Tinley
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Johanna Rhodes Nash
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Judy Robinson
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Juli Cannon
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Julia Gerlach
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Julie Bowen
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Julie Panusis
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K Hutchinson
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Karen Martinez
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Karen Vincent
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Karen Williams
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Karin Slaton
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Karyn Bonfiglio
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Kat Douglas
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Kate Dufour
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Kate Mulligan
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Kate Richbourg
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Kathleen Gallant
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Kathleen Lange Klik
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Katie Nielsen-Nunez
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Kay Bolton
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Kayla Potega
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Kelli Jacobson
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Kelly Patterson
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Kelly Ramstack
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Kiersten Kern
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Kim Sparks
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Klaudete Koon
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Klaudia Tóth
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Krista French
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Kristin Oppold
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Kym Hunter
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Lana Kinney
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Laura Guenther
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Lauren Fenty
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Leah Curtis
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Lennis Carrier
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Linda Murphy
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Lisa Johnson
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Lori Anderson
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Lupe Meter
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Lynn Jobber
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Mandi Effron
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Marcia Dunne
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Margareta Saari
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Megan Milliken
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Marie Covert
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Mary Ellen Parker
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Maryse Fritzsch-Thillens
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Megan Milliken
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Melissa Meman
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Melissa Mesara
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Michaela Pabeschitz
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Michelle Tucker
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Mimi Gardner
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Mischelle Fanucchi
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Monica Phillips
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Mowse Doyle
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Nancy Boylan
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Nancy Dale
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Pat Haight
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Patina Queen
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Patty Miller
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Pia Kaven
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Rebecca Anderson
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Rose Johnson
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Roxanne Blanc
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Sarah Goode
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Sarah Singer
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Sarah Strover
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Shalini Austin
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Sherri Stokey
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Sherry Baun
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Sheryl Stephens
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Silvia Sernicola
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Solange Collin
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Stacie Florer
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Stacy Alderson
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Stephanie Haussler
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Stephanie LaRosa
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Sue Burleigh
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Susan Bowie
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Susan Kelly
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Susan of Libellula Jewelry
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Susan Sheehan
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Suzanne Fragiacomo
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Tammi Sloan
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Tammie Everly
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Tania Hagen
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Tania Spivey
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Tanya Goodwin
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Tanya Wiles
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Tari Kahrs
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Terry Carter
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Theresa Buchle
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Tiffany Smith
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Tina Holden
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Tracey Nanstad
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Tracie Dean
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Tracy Bell
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Tracy Kruse
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Veralynne Malone
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Veronica Campos-Hallstrom
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SO awesome, Kristin! I LOVE what you did with them. Completely unique and stylish. I do like how my beads forced you a little out of your comfort zone because I think they took you to an amazing place. So well done!
ReplyDeleteMy blog will be coming later today!
Cant wait to see it!!! So glad you like what I did.
DeleteI already love your bracelets and these are no exception! SO clever to use leather pieces as spacers!
ReplyDeleteThese are seriously cool bracelets! Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteBoth are so unusual and totally stunning!
ReplyDeleteUhm, WOW. Love the two bracelets and thanks for sharing the process of how you created them. Stunning pieces!!!
ReplyDeleteThose bracelets are awesome! No other word for it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great inspiration for us lampworkers! A beautiful soup, Kristin. I favourite the second bracelet - it has a very unique charme, I never saw a piece like that so far!
ReplyDeleteI think the first bracelet is my favorite. I love what you did and that wrapping....wow...I can only dream of that...lol!
ReplyDeleteLove your bracelets - very unique!
ReplyDeleteSo creative! Awesome!!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful bracelets. I would have known they were yours anywhere....your style is so unique and so personal to you. Love them. Etching is something I simply have got to try and soon. Oh yes, I have all the stuff.....but again, that's what I'm good at -- getting the stuff. Actually doing it is another thing. Great job!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA Jean you an me are 2 peas in a pod. I dont have everything. It really is very easy and I wish I would of tried it earlier. I would say this though do a bunch of things at once as it is quite the chore getting it all out and set up. This was my first attempt.
DeleteOne thing I forgot to say is that I would of etched it a little longer than I did. I think I did about 50 minutes. I think I would of done an hour or a little more.
DeleteVery creative use of your soup, the blue trapezoidal bracelet is stricking
ReplyDeleteI love both of the bracelet. You really rocked them.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I love your sexy bracelets, very unique!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I love both bracelets, the one with the bead focal is also my favorite!
ReplyDeleteThe first bracelet has stolen my heart. Nice, big pieces like these are right down in my alley :)
ReplyDeleteso so inventive braacelets!!!!im impressed!
ReplyDeleteRefreshingly creative
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy and admire your style! Just started etching myself and am having a blast with it. These bracelets are great :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. I predict that I will be doing some more etching in the future!
DeleteWow, I love how you infused your earthy organic vibe into these bright beads. The cuffs are fantastic and I'm loving the metal components knotted with the blue cord in the second piece. Awesome soup!
ReplyDeleteBlushes from your nice comments on the internet!
DeleteIncredible and striking designs. Love the geometry in these and the urban flavour, very cool
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE the bracelets! Chunky, well thought out mixed media pieces always bring me joy (hello etching, just perfect ;) Great work!!! xo
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! It was so fun.
DeleteThese are very creative and beautiful bracelets. Excelent work!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bracelets, I love the first one.
ReplyDeleteLove these bracelets! Very unusual designs!! Bravo.
ReplyDeletekathy
Nicely done!! Your bracelets are beautiful!! Love the etched metal pieces on the one bracelet. I am just new to etching on metal...so much fun! What an awesome way to display the focal bead!
ReplyDeleteOh, I forgot to thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment...thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou betcha...as we say in Minnesota!
DeleteOh yes, misson accomplished for sure! I can't say I could choose one over the other, they are both so fresh and unique. I think the etching - those lines - so perfect for the lampwork. the suede sideways on like that oooooh I like it! Love how industrial it feels
ReplyDeleteWow! Bracelet #1 - yay for sure! Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteI love them...just LOVE them. I can't get over how creative some people can be☺
ReplyDeleteI love what you did with the long lampwork bead! Who'd a thunk?
It has to be my fav, but the other one is a little bit of genius with the suede!
It was quite overwhelming at first but the vision came through....OMG you have to go see what my partner Julie Bowen made. I love her Diva Punk Rocker Girl Necklace. I am so impressed.
DeleteI love your bracelets, Kristin! (Of course, I always love your stuff, so that shouldn't be much of a surprise!)
ReplyDeleteThose are incredibly interesting bracelets.
ReplyDeletelove what you did with your soup...wow...
ReplyDeleteYou are one amazing designer. I would never think of that. You have taken the work cuff to new places. I truly think I will be saying I knew you when in the near future. Your sense of style and ideas are out there I must say but that is what could make you famous. I can see your designs in high fashion magazines. What is your next challenge??
ReplyDeleteCherrie you are so kind!!!! I don't have another challenge scheduled...sometimes it is hard to do those, get some jewelry off for publication and keep your shop fresh. The balancing act that is my life and many others. I wish I had more time to educate myself as I feel I am just scratching the surface. I still haven't done any cold connections yet!!!!! My next plan.
DeleteWauw.. these are really special!
ReplyDeleteHey Kristin! You made some serious design leaps with these beads! You really made them express you, without losing their individuality. Great work! Don't know if you got to bee my BSBP7 partner Jennifer Reno's work using one of your Jasper pendants. Go look! http://jenrenjewelry.blogspot.com/2013/04/time-for-bead-soup.html#comment-form
ReplyDeleteooooo I have to go look!!!!!!! I am about 1/2 way through the hop...my arm gives me issue when I am on the computer to much....I will go check!!!!
DeleteThe long bead is Perfect in that design !
ReplyDeleteI may "borrow " that idea :)
Your etching turned out wonderfully
I adore both bracelets!!!!
I think I felt like that shape kind of put me in a box. I started a necklace with it but looked at and said. You know this isn't spectacular. I had to ask myself, do I want to just make something or make something spectacular. I put the whole project away for many weeks. I have been playing with this shape of bracelet for a month and knew I wanted to etch to and then it just came together. I will never look at that shape of bead the same again. In fact I have been out looking for more to remake this bracelet with different etching etc....it is very exciting to put a new spin on something that has been around for a decade.
DeleteUnique, creative and very beautiful designs. I love all of them.
ReplyDelete~urban eclectic with a bit of spring...beautiful are these pieces you have created...much love light and blessings~
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing! Love them!
ReplyDeleteLaura
Your designs are soo unique.. I would soo wear these.. Awesome work.
ReplyDeleteBetween Julie's soup and your add-ins, you came up with a great mix of materials that give such life and texture to your designs. Love the spontaneity - my, but you have wonderful creative instincts. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!!!!!! Julie was an awesome Bead Soup Partner. She is very generous.
Deletebeautiful bracelet, I especially love the 1st, but they are both stunning!
ReplyDeleteI'm on the 3rd reveal, partecipating for the 3rd time... what fun BSBP!
ciao dall'Italia
I am sure I will be hopping some of that one.
DeleteWhat unusual bracelets I like the lampwork bead it has worked really well in the first on!
ReplyDeleteJackie
I LOVE these bracelets!!!! So cool.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you were able to stay true to your style. The sign of a good designer! Great job - very cool pieces.
ReplyDeleteThese are definitely some of the most unique pieces I've seen! I never would have considered using either the long lampworked bead or the metal, ladder-like spacers in bracelets, but you totally made them work! Truly original designs, and so beautifully photographed, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen
DeleteWow the copper etched bracelet is to die for! It's so your style and you did a great job incorporating the soup! Always admire your creations Kristin! You are one talented artist!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kumi!!!!
DeleteLove your bacelets! My fav is the 1st one!
ReplyDeleteYou say that you struggle with bright colors, but your designs with this palette are great. That first one especially catches my attention. I like the combination of your tastes with your partners. It's kinda where my tastes meet.
ReplyDeleteLove the design of both bracelets!
ReplyDeleteGreat work! I love the bracelets! I never thought about recycling like that!
ReplyDeleteI am in love with those bracelets!
ReplyDeleteThose have to be some of the most unique bracelets I have ever seen and I can't decide just which one I like better. Love them both!
ReplyDeleteaaaww thanks so much!!!!
DeleteVery cool! Modern and artsy! I love how your imagination works :-)
ReplyDeleteTotal awesomeness girl - total awesomeness!! I love both designs,..it would be hard to choose a favorite but the first one would look really cool with what I'm wearing to my jewelry arts meeting tomorrow night! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Shel!!!!!
DeleteYour stream of creativity runs strong and deep! Great work. :)
ReplyDeleteBoth of your bracelets are very unique. Good job using your soup.
ReplyDeleteYour designs are stunning! I love the etched pieces with the focal lampwork bead. Beautiful bead soup!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful bracelets. You were very creative. I love them.
ReplyDeleteBig, bold, beautiful bracelets! I love the geometric strength of the second one in particular.
ReplyDeleteYour designs are really wonderful. I really love the second one with those really spacer bars and the blue suede...such a fantastic idea!
ReplyDeleteI also want to say how sorry I am about your mother. I'm sitting here bawling..what a sweet and wonderful post to her...so nice to see all the photos you included. Kind of a tough read for me..I lost my mother & aunt to cancer and have been watching my new son-in-law fighting lymphoma for a year and a half now. Horrible disease.
Aw thanks Patricia so nice to know that one isn't alone in their grief. Also thank you for your nice compliments!!!!!!!!
DeleteThe blue one looks so futuristic =) I love your design.
ReplyDeleteIt does have a futuristic edge doesn't it.
DeleteGreat work, love your way of designing the bold beautiful bracelets, very unique. And the use of these colors... ♥gorgeous!
ReplyDeletethank you!!!!
DeleteLove both bracelets. They are very unique. The first bracelet is a great inspiration for me as a lampworker. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
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