I am so excited about sharing with you 2 really cool projects I have been working on.
First, I Finished My LAMPWORKING BEAD TUTORIAL! Yea!!!
I finally finished my tutorial and I am getting wonderful feedback about it! The tutorial ended up over 70 pages with lots of information and two bead demos. There was a tremendous learning curve for me, but I’m over the worst and plan on working on my 2nd tutorial right away. I’ve already had requests for the 2nd tutorial. Each tutorial builds upon the previous tutorial so I keep telling everyone to really learn this first tutorial.
Take a minute and go HERE and read all about the tutorial! I am sooo excited!
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Lampwork Apple Blossoms are Here!
Rich and Delicate Apple Blossom. © Patsy Evins Studio
Boy, has this flower been a challenge! I started my Apple Blossom journey by taking pictures of the flowers. You don’t realize how something looks until you take a slow, up close look at it. And I sure was amazed! Apple Blossoms are Beautiful!
To really study something, you need to draw it. So I did! That gave me even more time to get acquainted with my flowers. It’s like time slows down and you really take in all the details. Did you know apple blossoms have fuzz on most of the stems. Amazing, again!
Then I picked a few flowers and pretty much took them apart to understand how the flower comes together and grows.
Love the Burst of Energy these Blooms have. © Patsy Evins Studio
I then placed some Apple Blossoms next to me and started torching. Oops, let’s back up a minute. As I was drawing my Blossoms, I took notes. Notes about the amazing pinks they were, how delicate they were, how the spent blooms looked like miniature fireworks, the way the buds grow out of the branches and the gnarled look of where the blooms joined the branch.
This last step is the most important because it’s how I felt. And that’s part of my creative soul touching nature’s soul! It’s what makes you and me artists.
Apple Blossoms with Leaves. © Patsy Evins Studio
These Apple Blossoms are more Fine Art Forms, that I think should be put under glass and displayed. Each one took hours to make; to get the luscious pinks, the delicate feel of the petals and the exuberant burst of sparkle like the last hurrah of the Blossoms! But wait… I see little apples forming! Amazing! I feel the Apple Blossoms beckoning me onward to my next discovery of her!
I hope you take a minute or two to really fall in love with a flower. You will marvel at nature’s unbelievable talent to make every moment a joyful experience just for you!
Single flowers and Buds. © Patsy Evins Studio
I love what a friend, Vera, said about life…”Life is like a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” And yet, that vapor carries in it millions of droplets of overflowing love from all creation!
These are individual Apple Blossoms with center holes and stamens and buds on copper wire. © Patsy Evins Studio
What inspires you to create your beads or jewelry?
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I’m working on some different Apple Blossoms this week, and I have one in the kiln that I am really excited about! I’ll pick the Apple Blossom Giveaway Bead and show you soon!!!
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Patsy: These are absolutely incredible and beautiful. You took my breath away. I am having a great time working with your tutorial!
Looking forward to part 2
Hugs,
Beth
Patsy: These are absolutely incredible and beautiful. You took my breath away. I am having a great time working with your tutorial!
Looking forward to part 2
Hugs,
Beth
These are stunning!!
I wish I could make sth like that.
I could create with it, though
:))
These are stunning!!
I wish I could make sth like that.
I could create with it, though
:))
What inspires me to make my jewelry? Nature’s unbelieveable talent and the gorgeous colors all around.
Do I research the subject? Well, yes, of course – but if the glass wants to go a different direction, I just go with it.
Glad I bought the tutorial as I’m looking forward to improving my work – especially making those gorgeous flowers!
What inspires me to make my jewelry? Nature’s unbelieveable talent and the gorgeous colors all around.
Do I research the subject? Well, yes, of course – but if the glass wants to go a different direction, I just go with it.
Glad I bought the tutorial as I’m looking forward to improving my work – especially making those gorgeous flowers!
WOW – the Apple Blossoms are spectacular! I can’t wait to see them in your shop!
WOW – the Apple Blossoms are spectacular! I can’t wait to see them in your shop!
What inspires me when I make lampwork beads? colors and shapes
What inspires me when I make lampwork beads? colors and shapes
I am inspired by Nature and Music when I work. They each bring to mind colors and textures. :)
I am inspired by Nature and Music when I work. They each bring to mind colors and textures. :)
My first comment is that the apple blooms are beautiful and the perfect pink.
My first comment is that the apple blooms are beautiful and the perfect pink.
On ETSY, my favorite bead is your snowflake.
On ETSY, my favorite bead is your snowflake.
Absolutely stunning Patsy. Well done!
Absolutely stunning Patsy. Well done!
My favorite ArtFire bead is “Glass Lampwork Bead Flower – Pink Purple Bearded Iris”
My favorite ArtFire bead is “Glass Lampwork Bead Flower – Pink Purple Bearded Iris”
I love glass. It is so pretty from the smallest seed bead to gorgeous lampwork creations such as yours. And I believe yours are at the top of everything I’ve seen.
As a child I use to play with marbles not like boys did where they would game and gain and lose marbles. I would get mine out and just look at them and then put them back. they were so pretty. In fact some of my boy cousins wanted to play marbles with me and I would only do it if I got my own marbles back. And of course they weren’t enthusiastic about that.
I love glass. It is so pretty from the smallest seed bead to gorgeous lampwork creations such as yours. And I believe yours are at the top of everything I’ve seen.
As a child I use to play with marbles not like boys did where they would game and gain and lose marbles. I would get mine out and just look at them and then put them back. they were so pretty. In fact some of my boy cousins wanted to play marbles with me and I would only do it if I got my own marbles back. And of course they weren’t enthusiastic about that.
I don’t make lampworked beads. I enjoy the work of those who do make them.
I don’t make lampworked beads. I enjoy the work of those who do make them.
Thanks for all the wonderful comments!
I’ll have to take photos so I can put these Apple Blossoms on Artfire. I want to enter the Apple Blossoms in a competition coming up. I’ll need to take photos for that, too, before I sell them.
The techniques I used on these beads are the same I will be teaching in my tutorials. :)
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments!
I’ll have to take photos so I can put these Apple Blossoms on Artfire. I want to enter the Apple Blossoms in a competition coming up. I’ll need to take photos for that, too, before I sell them.
The techniques I used on these beads are the same I will be teaching in my tutorials. :)
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I don’t make beads myself – I use other’s beads in the jewelry I make. I am inspired by nature(esp. the colors) & by other artist’s work & by my own imagination . I will research a project if I feel it is warranted (esp. when it comes to gemstones). The apple blossoms are very beautiful!
I don’t make beads myself – I use other’s beads in the jewelry I make. I am inspired by nature(esp. the colors) & by other artist’s work & by my own imagination . I will research a project if I feel it is warranted (esp. when it comes to gemstones). The apple blossoms are very beautiful!
I am inspired by nature, music, a dream.
It could be anything really that triggers it off -including any form of art…
I am inspired by nature, music, a dream.
It could be anything really that triggers it off -including any form of art…