Saturday, September 17, 2011

Bead Soup Blog Party - the Big Reveal!

Back in August, 300 plus jewelry making friends signed on for a bead soup blog hop organized by Lori Anderson. We were assigned partners with whom we exchanged beads and created an item of jewelry with said beads. Well the big reveal day has finally arrived and I can now show you my top secret project. These are the beads sent by my partner Dana Johnson Jones.....


And here's what I did.....
I like to use neck collars because they have good "bones".....in my previous life, I was an architect and can't seem to get away from designs that are somewhat structural. The fall-ish bead colors inspired me to create an October Wreath neck piece. Since the piece does not need a toggle, it ended up layered over the focal and wired in place. If you look closely, the other end of the toggle is used as a design element on the "wreath", along with more bead soup pieces. And finally, I wrapped some coiled wire thru it to create a "vine" effect. What do you think?


Thank you Dana and Lori, I had a blast!
rs

59 comments:

  1. gorgeous!what an ingenious way to use the clasp.

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  2. Wonderful! You have created a terrific piece of wearable art. I like your use of color and texture. I also love the way you coiled the wire to represent the vine. Thank you for sharing your artistic process along the way. Cheers!
    Lori

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  3. Neat how you wrapped around the neck collar!!

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  4. I LOVED the last Bead Soup Blog Tour. Makes me wish I had a blog so I could participate, but I will be content with viewing the wonderful tour. Love the necklace you made!

    Diane

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  5. The coiling is so very interesting. Love the way it creates yummy texture!

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  6. OMG, I absolutely love this! And I have clasps like those but in pewter and the way you used it over the shell is brilliant. Such great inspiration and thanks for being part of the hop!

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  7. Love the detail and and how you tied everything together so wonderfully around the focal. Really stunning finished piece!

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  8. Beautiful creation...nice use of the clasp in front of the pendant! Nice job!

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  9. Oh that's a wonderfull necklace - I like the way you focused on the focal bead!
    Greetings, Michi

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  10. What a beautiful piece! I love the way you used the toggle as an element of your focal.

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  11. I love your creativity, this is a very original piece of wearable art - love it.

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  12. How flipping clever how you used that toggle!!!! I love it! Never would have thought of that. And the rest -- divine. A wonderful, creative piece. Fabulous.

    I hope you'll join me next time! The badge and dates will be posted tomorrow, the 19th!

    Love, Lori

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  13. Really beautiful! I love the elegance of the necklace.

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  14. What a beautiful piece! You really did your soup justice. I love everything about this necklace. Awesome!!

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  15. Lovely! I really like the way you embellished the focal with the closure! We’re all being pushed outside our comfort zones — with amazing results!

    Enjoy the hop,
    Emanda
    http://artemisiastudio.blogspot.com/2011/09/bead-soup-reveal.html

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  16. Very nice Eva! I love how you incorporated the clasp and the vine effect is great!

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  17. Love what you did with the clasp! I also love the fall colors in your goodies! Wonderful piece!

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  18. Lovely colors and I am always interested in special findings. Great looking clasp!

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  19. I love the wire coiling you included in the design! Nice composition!

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  20. I like how you combined the focal and the clasp!

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  21. Stunninpg piece..love the coiled additions ( I am trying that for the first time..must work out how to do it with a drill as your say) I would have loved to see your piece up closer..it looks like it would be far more intricate than your photo reveals.
    jenni

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  22. Beautiful. I like the way you used the toggle with the focal and the other end wired in to the side (wreath) of the neckpiece. Lovely fall colors.

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  23. I love all you have cooked up with your soup. Nice job with the design.

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  24. I love your necklace, just beautiful!

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  25. I too like the structural collar idea - absolutely beautiful work on the focal and the wire surrounding it!

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  26. I love the Sand Dollar focal piece and how it works with the fall colors. Great Job

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  27. Eva you did a wonderful job with the beads I sent to you. I would have never thought of putting the toggle on the mother of pearl shell. I had so much fun with the design of my beads and just love it all can't wait to wear it out. Thanks Again Eva and Lori....

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  28. Wonderful! A really beautiful necklace! Really lovely fall colors...

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  29. What a unique and lovely piece! I absolutely love how you used that floral clasp with your focal.

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  30. I love how you adapted the collar to this challenge, and the way you incorporated the clasp is genius!

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  31. Nice work using the toggle as part of the pendant! Very creative.

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  32. You received such a lovely fall mix....and how very cool the way you attached those beads to a neck collar - my mind wouldn't even go there - I am amazed....the toggle on top of the focal is a really beautiful piece! Wonderful work!

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  33. I really like how you layered the toggle on the focal for more interest. It is a pretty piece. I definitely get the Fall feeling you were going for. Excellent job!

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  34. Love it! Very cool and unique design. Wonderful autumn colors, so pretty!

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  35. How clever! I guess no one ever said the toggle had to be used as a toggle!

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  36. Gorgeous, so different and I love what you have done with the focal bead and the findings previously known as the toggle. Beautiful!

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  37. Really pretty piece and really creative use of that toggle. You'd never know it wasn't meant to be part of the focal or maybe it was:)

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  38. So pretty. lovely color palette. You did a great design! I love the unexpected use of the toggle. Soup-er job!

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  39. I love how you but the clasp on top of the focal! Brilliant! What an elegant and lovely piece- beautiful job!

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  40. Eva, I love your necklace it is beautiful!
    Therese

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  41. Beautiful! I really like your style, working with collar bases and coiling vines. The colours are lovely too: I like how the MOP lightens up the autumn colours. Great job!

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  42. Great idea to put the toggle over the mother of pearl.

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  43. Love the structure, love the wire coil tendrils around all the beads and the clasp as part of the focal. Wonderful Soup!!

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  44. I love the clasp as part of the focal. Your wrap technique looks great here, too!

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  45. Still making the rounds and tasting all the bead soups. :)Your bead and wire work is fantastic. I really loke the way you repurposed the clasp. Great job.

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  46. Such a gorgeous necklaces and so your style.
    Love it!

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  47. You chose a great way to use the clasp and I love how the coiled wire crambles over the necklace.

    Ambra

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  48. I think this is brilliant! I love the structure of the collar and the combination of colour and texture... it has such a lot of interesting detail! Nice touch using the toggle as a decorative element on the focal.

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