The Muse is Strong

It's been a particularly productive few days for me!  A couple of lovely bracelets and a necklace have willed their way into existence.  The bracelets are more of my wings and horns experiments but on a much more user friendly scale.  These are made out of a combination of dark bronze/22 k. gold beads and a plethora of my current dark walnut lined obsession.  They're absolutely stunning and shiny.

The necklace is a culmination of many years of beading and designing and I think I've fallen in love with it!  I just love this particular combination of bronze and gold with a few rose hex beads for extra shimmer and depth on the third layer.  The strap is completely made of bronze colored beads and seems to give the whole necklace a metallic grounding that's very current yet a little edgy.  Fun!

Koi Bangle

I finished it today!  This has been an exploration into the wings and horns ideas presented in Kate McKinnon and Jean Power's new book Contemporary Geometric Beadwork.  I'm learning these fun, new techniques because, at this point, I think I would do just about anything to win the heart of Kate McKinnon.  Her blog is so inspiring.  Really, I was just introduced to her book and blog about a month ago and I feel like I KNOW her.  I'm really not a freaky stalker, really, but her writing and thoughts are like comfort food for my soul.  I just love her!  See for yourselves:

http://katemckinnon.wordpress.com

http://beadmobile.wordpress.com/

See these little horn thingies on the bottom and top rows?  They have so much potential!  I'm just beginning to learn how to make them and I can't wait to play with the design, make something just really extraordinary. I'll keep you posted!

In the meantime, you can pre-order your copy of this book too to learn these fabulous techniques!