Azurite - copper mineral
Fashion Colorworks 2015 Jurors
Hooked on Peacock colors - Monica Vinci
Mastering bead jewelry miniatures - E. Markovski
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December, 2014
Happy 2015 Year!We believe 2014 has been such a great year for you, for your families and for your loved ones. We hope it only continues getting better and better! Thank you to all for your support and your sweet and encouraging compliments, we take all of them to heart. Dear friends, we wish you all the best! Read in the December issue: info@mylovelybeads.com.Best regards, MyLovelyBeads.com Team
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Azurite - copper mineralAzurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits, it has been known since ancient times. The blue of azurite is exceptionally deep and clear, and for that reason the mineral has tended to be associated since antiquity with the deep blue color of low-humidity desert and winter skies. The modern English name of the mineral reflects this association, since both azurite and azure are derived via Arabic from the Persian LAZHWARD, an area known for its deposits of another deep blue stone, lapis lazuli ("stone of azure"). Azurite was used as a blue pigment for centuries. Depending on the degree of fineness to which it was ground, and its basic content of copper carbonate, it gave a wide range of blues. It has been known as Mountain Blue or Armenian Stone, in addition it was formerly known as Azurro Della Magna (from Italian saying). When mixed with oil it turns slightly green. When mixed with egg yolk it turns green-gray. True lapis lazuli was chiefly supplied from Afghanistan during the Middle Ages while azurite was a common mineral in Europe at the time. Sizable deposits were found near Lyons, France. It was mined since the 12th century in Saxony, in the silver mines located there. Azurite is used occasionally as beads and as jewelry, and also as an ornamental stone. However, its softness and tendency to lose its deep blue color as it weathers limit such uses. The intense color of azurite makes it a popular collector's stone. To help preserve the deep blue color of a pristine azurite specimen, collectors should use a cool, dark, sealed storage environment similar to that of its original natural setting. |
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Fashion Colorworks 2015 Jurors
Patrick Duggan.
Patrick Duggan lives in Sydney, Australia. Having
creative siblings, from the early age of 10, Patrick
started being creative with knitting. Always looking
for that perfect creative expression, Patrick has
successfully tried his hand at drawing, painting,
sculpture and not until his late 50's discovered
beading and in particular beadweaving. Very passionate
about his weaving, Patrick has won awards in Australia,
gone on to exhibit his work in galleries, works as a
teacher of beadweaving at a leading Jewelry School in
Sydney and recently began tutorial writing his patterns.
Blog: patrickduggandesigns.blogspot.com.au
Marsha Wiest-Hines.
Personal adornment and expression of character through
clothing has been a life-long interest of Marsha
Wiest-Hines. She has been creating wearable art for 40
years in the form of theatrical costumes for the stage,
competition clothing and jewelry for ballroom dancers,
and most recently, beadwoven jewelry and accessories.
She was born in Montana, and earned her BFA in Design
and Technical Theater at University of Montana, and a
MA in Costume Design from Purdue University. She lives
in Minneapolis with her husband Carl, where she has
worked as a draper, tailor, designer, and costume shop
manager at the Guthrie Theater and Minneapolis Children's
Theater.
Blog: hauteicebeadworks.blogspot.com
Anneta Valious.
Anneta Valious was born and raised in Moscow. After
graduating from the Moscow State University, she
married and moved to France, where he lives with his
family in the city of Nantes. Beads came into her
life in 2007, quite by accident, but gradually
creating jewelry literally become a way of her life.
Impressed by creativity of Israeli jewelry designer
Dori Csengeri she fell in love with soutache
embroidery. At that time soutache technique was
little known, there was no literature and tutorials
and you had to learn by yourself. But this did not
stop her, on the contrary, gave her a certain
excitement.
Blog: pivoineperles.blogspot.com
Eva Maria Keiser.
Eva Maria Keiser originally from Vienna, Austria,
currently resides in Boise, Idaho, USA. In 2000 bead
art was serendipitously introduced, complimenting a
multi-generational heritage of needlework. The medium
of beads added a new dimension of texture and light
refraction. Her passion for architected structural
design was renewed from witnessing the grandeur of
European masters.
Blog: keiserdesigns.blogspot.com
Patrizia Tager.
Patrizia Tager was born in Italy where she lived till
the age of 12. At the age of 12 her family moved to
London (UK) where she attended school and college.
She graduated with a B.A. Hons. in Fashion Design.
After college Patrizia moved to Israel, where she
resides today. Her interest in beadwork was ignited
after attending basic beadweaving classes at a local
bead shop.
Blog: triz-beadingmania.blogspot.com
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Hooked on Peacock colorsMonica Vinci is a bead jewelry artist from Italy. Maybe that is the reason that her jewelry is so bright and cheerful? Monica has been crafting since her childhood and has tried lots of different techniques - crochet, knitting, embroidery, etc., but only making jewelry from beads became her real passion. We're glad to have Monica in our newsletter, welcome, Monica! Monica says, "At an age of 5-6 years I already made simple tools from a shoe box and cotton thread that my mom used to crochet. I've made bracelets to all my friends. When I was a child, my mother and my grandmother taught me to crochet, knit, embroider and build Sardinians baskets. During my pregnancy I loved working with beads - first with Swarovski elements, then I learned peyote stitch, then bead embroidery, soutache embroidery, macrame... Whether simple or more elaborate creation, I make my jewelry trying to reach perfection and taking care of the smallest details. That is my moto for everyday life! During the night my brain "processes" designs and when I get up and draw a draft, I decide which technique to use though I love all of them. If I have to choose my favorite it is definitely bead embroidery. I like working with gradient colors and my beloved ones are all shades of gold - up to brown, and cream and all shades of silver, black and white. I also love all "peacock" colors - that is my passion! I use any types of beads in my creations and I'm always interested in trying new shapes because they stimulate my imagination. My favorite creation is definitely the Peacock Set, my first bead embroidery. It was a real challenge when I worked on that item because I'd been keeping an idea of such a design in my mind for a long time but all bead embroidery "gurus" told me that it would be impossible to achieve what I wanted. I couldn't think of anything else but realized I have to learn that technique. I'm a pretty aspiring person, and having taken a pen and paper I started drawing my peacock, just like it was in my thoughts and... Done!!! When the "gurus" I mentioned above saw my "peacock" they exclaimed: "You are a monster!" While beading the earrings for the set I wanted to combine different techniques, bead and soutache embroidery, even with the shibori silk ribbon..."
Full article by Monica Vinci
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Mastering bead jewelry miniaturesBorn in the former Soviet Union, Elena Markovski lives in Germany. Though she learned beadweaving with other crafts together many years ago, she fell in love with it in 2009. Since that, Elena has learned many bead techniques and made jewelry, especially she loves designing tiny brooches and pendants. We believe you'll like Elena's story and her jewelry! Elena says, "My love to arts and crafts was born in my early childhood. When I was 5, I learned to knit; when I was in first grade, I myself learned crochet by books. In my list of hobbies there are leather crafting, felting, tapestry embroidery, cross-stitching, sewing and more. I always liked to draw, and our apartment was nicely "decorated": walls, furniture, cloths, books; I even painted my own body. No wonder that in the 10 years my mother brought me to art school. After graduating from high school, I went to the Ural College of Applied Arts in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region. My passion for gems comes from there, and a book of Pavel Bazhov's tales "Malachite Box" is still my reference book so far. I'm very grateful to the wonderful college teachers that have developed and strengthened my creative qualities as a sense of harmony and spatial imagination. It always helps me in any field related to creativity, whether it's fashion, interior or jewelry design. After graduating from college, I worked as an painter in the puppet theater, where my skills and knowledge acquired in school were supported by practice. I don't remember when I first got beads into my hands. Perhaps it was my mother's scattered Czech glass beads necklace. I was very happy when my mother allowed me to collect beads on a string and demonstrate my creative inclinations. I didn't just string beads of that necklace but combined them with others! Then there were the baubles and bracelets for my classmates, who were my source of materials bringing me their mother's beads in transparent boxes. My passion wasn't permanent at that time: there was no literature and good materials, and gradually beading has come to naught at this stage of life. In 1998 (the Soviet Union had already collapsed) I moved from Kazakhstan where I lived to Russia. When I was on my way to a new place of residence I had a transfer in Moscow (there was a big gap between trains) I didn't miss the opportunity to stroll around the capital, I accidentally bought a book on beading in the underpass. Unfortunately, I don't remember the author and the book was poor in general: lots of photos of the simplest items, some of them had quite an unfinished look, "raw" patterns, which I have refined by myself later on. But thanks to this book, I drew attention to the beads resulting in that I created my beaded topic. Because it was a long time ago, no photos have survived, but the topic remained in the memory with the feeling that when I walked in a topic in the city I was hearing the following: "Look! Is that made from beads???!!!" People didn't even try to hide his delight. Thus a new stage in my spiral "bead" of life began..."
Full article by Elena Markovski
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Upcoming eventsExtraordinary Beads Exhibition
January 5 - March 1, 2015 Artist: Zoya Gutina • Admission: Free • Info: 804-261-2787 The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen offers residents and visitors in the metropolitan Richmond region an unparalleled opportunity to experience the arts, entertain new ideas, develop a new talent, and experience first-hand, all the best this community has to offer. |
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