tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90232196963631759742011-08-02T23:33:50.944-07:00Artful Beads Studio and Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800106244878119166noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023219696363175974.post-91941077668143145682010-08-10T16:01:00.001-07:002010-08-16T17:27:31.331-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mrFf9-oNhKQ/TGWdVY-EbII/AAAAAAAAADc/4BfEjaLdUf8/s1600/ThisAndThatPendant.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504979110335900802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mrFf9-oNhKQ/TGWdVY-EbII/AAAAAAAAADc/4BfEjaLdUf8/s200/ThisAndThatPendant.jpg" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I admit it, I've never written a blog before. And I admit it, I don't even know where to begin, so I'm just going to start typing and see what happens.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">I've been pondering this for a few weeks now...how do I write about a piece I've created? What do I talk about? Well, I suppose I can start with the basics...I love green. I love brown. I love mixing metals. I love asymmetry, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">contrasting</span> textures, and bringing a diverse selection of components and segments together into one, unified piece. I love long necklaces that I can layer up with shorter necklaces. I think all of that comes through <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">emphatically</span> with "This and That."</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mrFf9-oNhKQ/TGhCDOdTPXI/AAAAAAAAAEc/sFICP2tjUSk/s1600/ThisAndThatBeadChain.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 232px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505723167648464242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mrFf9-oNhKQ/TGhCDOdTPXI/AAAAAAAAAEc/sFICP2tjUSk/s320/ThisAndThatBeadChain.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;">I can also talk about my inspiration for this piece. This is where things get a little funny for me. The thing is, when I design a piece like "This and That," it just "happens". I don't plan, I don't sketch. I just sit down with the ideal artist's palette...a pile of beads, some bits and pieces of chain and cording, maybe some wire, and tools. Then I just go. I find that if I spend too much time actually thinking through a project, it stymies my creative process. So, as a rule, I prefer to "do," not "think." And that's exactly what I did with "This and That."</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mrFf9-oNhKQ/TGhCsoleMyI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Xcj1F8BUHo8/s1600/ThisAndThatFull.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505723879036695330" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mrFf9-oNhKQ/TGhCsoleMyI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Xcj1F8BUHo8/s400/ThisAndThatFull.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">My hope for this project is that it will inspire others to let themselves go, to <strong><em>NOT</em></strong> think through a piece, and just move forward with it as the piece dictates.</span><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">And, interestingly enough, that's what just happened with this blog.</span></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">~Amy</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9023219696363175974-9194107766814314568?l=artfulbeadstudio.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Artful Beads Studio and Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10800106244878119166noreply@blogger.com34