Spiral Weave Bracelet

This past year I have flown a lot!, both for business and medical reasons. On one of my many trips to Santa Barbara to see doctors post surgery, I had the time and opportunity to try my hand at bead weaving. This was very theraputic in calming my nerves and helped make the travel enjoyable, although a little tricky with beads rolling around my lap on the airplane. I never have time to do projects like this, so it was a fun excuse to create something just for the heck of it. The inspiration for this design comes from Nancy Compston who teaches at the Bead Company near LA. Her work is fabulous! This design is a spiral weave pattern with beads added for texture near the clasp. My contribution to the design is the magnetic clasp which makes the bracelet easy to put on. I glued seed beads around the edge of the clasp to hide the metal of the clasp.

Spring Rabbits

With Spring arriving I thought I would post a picture of a paper mache rabbit I made a few years ago. I love Easter decorations featured this time of year and anything decorated with bunnies and rabbits. This one isn't exactly an Easter themed rabbit, but with some pastel colors and accessories you can imagine how you might use the idea to create a holiday collection. This figure is made with celluclay which is really fun to sculpt with and it dries rock hard (I'm not kidding, you could bounce this off the sidewalk without breaking it). Most of the time I am making smaller pieces like jewelry, but once and awhile get a chance to make a larger piece like this.