tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post7309816874364245920..comments2024-03-19T03:20:57.495-04:00Comments on Art Bead Scene Blog: Studio Saturday In True ColorsHeather Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03555102264780529839noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-92117756794238042532010-09-06T12:53:11.805-04:002010-09-06T12:53:11.805-04:00It seems I don't see my work as others do. It...It seems I don't see my work as others do. It seems when I'm not quite satisfied with a piece, that's the one people comment on! BTW, I love your spiral rainbow! And I love using color in different ways. Thanks for sharing your insight and your work with us.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987646262310129909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-39209579220716872922010-09-05T20:42:42.957-04:002010-09-05T20:42:42.957-04:00I find that I'm often frustrated/disappointed ...I find that I'm often frustrated/disappointed in my mastery of the PROCESS and forget that the product may be quite lovely anyway! I get tunnelvision ;-( Some of my favorite work has come from mixing mud colors with their vibrant parents!Ediehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470776235720058630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-4799175658304442262008-07-26T12:29:00.000-04:002008-07-26T12:29:00.000-04:00I love working with polymer clay because of the li...I love working with polymer clay because of the limitless to the wonderful color combo's I can discover .I try not to be so critical of my work but other people love my beads and pendants while I struggel with the, "I think it needs something more",thats why I love your work I suspect . Wonderful colors in your spirals,Peace , DEBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-4471387812566026712008-07-23T13:47:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:47:00.000-04:00Creek Hiker,You're welcome! Just remember it when ...Creek Hiker,<BR/><BR/>You're welcome! Just remember it when you're not making sales - it may be hard but many beautiful things go undiscovered - just because no one's found them yet doesn't mean they're not beautiful! :-)<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-13819875891011441402008-07-23T13:45:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:45:00.000-04:00Hi JJ,What you're saying is it's good to stay open...Hi JJ,<BR/><BR/>What you're saying is it's good to stay open and experiment. Maybe if you can't experiment in your regular medium, experiment in another one. I agree! I draw in pastels sometimes. They're so colorful yet so tactile. I love to get my hands into the color and smudge it around - like you're doing with the poly clay. It's fun and gets you thinking a little differently or seeing something maybe you hadn't seen before or even helping you to see yourself as others see you. Cool!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your thoughts, JJ! <BR/><BR/>Colorfully yours ;-)<BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-67176789780318145242008-07-23T01:26:00.000-04:002008-07-23T01:26:00.000-04:00Cindy, Thanks for the encouragement! I so apprecia...Cindy, Thanks for the encouragement! I so appreciate it! I like what you said... I'm just undiscovered!CreekHiker / HollysFollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987597104795294851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-43184300049423507532008-07-22T15:20:00.000-04:002008-07-22T15:20:00.000-04:00Cindy -It's really funny that you asked about colo...Cindy -<BR/><BR/>It's really funny that you asked about color--and all these other lovely folks have great comments that are helpful--I'm going through some color exploration myself!!<BR/><BR/>I had the typical..."make what you love even if no one will buy it" philosphophy, but then I realized, if I listened to my friends and family--whether they have good taste in my mind or not--they always had ideas that opened me up to new combinations. So, to try to expand myself from generally monochromatic designs that I tend toward, I've been taking classes in stained glass and polymer clay that have really let me explore mixing colors in new and really inexpensive ways!! I love the freedom of clay...if I hate it when I'm done, I can throw a few bucks away and start with many lessons learned!!<BR/><BR/>I'm starting now to see my work and myself the way others do...and I like it!!<BR/><BR/>JJJen Juddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095850447720521341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-41237008496835403562008-07-21T19:33:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:33:00.000-04:00To All Commentors:I'm so impressed with the though...To All Commentors:<BR/><BR/>I'm so impressed with the thoughtful and insightful comments from each and everyone - you've all said amazing things! I seem to have lost the ability to be well spoken in any way so I'll just say<BR/><BR/>You guys are so COOL! You ROCK! YAY!<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-16563866876207907852008-07-21T19:28:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:28:00.000-04:00Hi Deon,Thank you - I do love vividness in color a...Hi Deon,<BR/><BR/>Thank you - I do love vividness in color and in life! Why else would I over use the "!" :-) I agree, it's important to be open and versatile and I work on it by challenging myself to do something different. I never liked orange because I had too much of it from growing up in the late 60's early 70's - Brady Bunch orange and avocado green. Brown bleechhhh!! But I started with a yellow orange then moved into liking the orange so I think colors can grow on you. So you start to love different colors for what they offer - then it shows in your work. <BR/><BR/>I agree that if we love what we do others are pleased with the results too. I'll keep the spirals spinning! :-)<BR/><BR/>Like you said, be yourself and do what you love then we'll have lived a good life :-)<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-64661443008576037962008-07-21T19:22:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:22:00.000-04:00Thank you for commenting, Creek Hiker! Don't let t...Thank you for commenting, Creek Hiker! Don't let the fact you may go awhile without a sale as evidence your beads are ugly! Think of it this way, the right person hasn't seen your beads yet! So don't think your work is ugly, think of them as "undiscovered" - you know they can't sit at a soda fountain counter and be discovered like Lana Turner but they will be discovered! They're ready for their close up now! :-)<BR/><BR/>Don't lose faith - keep at it! :-)<BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-33230369268527554872008-07-21T08:22:00.000-04:002008-07-21T08:22:00.000-04:00Hi Valerie C!*blush* thank you! :-) What you're n...Hi Valerie C!<BR/><BR/>*blush* thank you! :-) What you're not seeing is how I'm pushing myself too - I keep reading and trying different color combinations, I go into my studio and pick out rods and try to match them or coordinate them with fabrics, other rods, frit, paper, paint, on and on but at the same time can I achieve what I'm trying to in the glass - it's work and I have soooooo many "garbage beads." Sometimes I think I have more garbage beads than good beads! LOL! Keep challenging yourself but don't give up your favorites! :-)<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-85646197509229087942008-07-21T08:17:00.000-04:002008-07-21T08:17:00.000-04:00Hi Anonymous!Thanks for commenting - you make a pa...Hi Anonymous!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting - you make a particularly good point with the"two eyes theory!" I made beads for three years but I started about 10 years ago and there was a feeling in the glass world then that you had to "apprentice" for about a 3 year period and then sell your beads. That's not true any longer. After two years of beadmaking, you can go out and sell your beads - go for it!<BR/><BR/>Good luck! Keep melting that glass :-)<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-77379987576106437642008-07-21T02:43:00.000-04:002008-07-21T02:43:00.000-04:00Cindy, I love your colorful work. I love vivid co...Cindy, I love your colorful work. I love vivid colors myself, but I push myself to use colors that are hard for me to work with. Yellow is a difficult color for me to work with, but when you use yellow, because you like it, it works for you and therefore I like what you do with it. I also do many custom orders and orders for galleries and people like a variety. Not everyone likes the same colors I do, just the same as not everyone likes the same style that I do, therefore it helps to ve versatile and still be satisfied with the finished piece. I try to see my work as I think other people will see it, especially for the custom orders. I know the style and colors the customer likes and work with that in mind. I do beadweaving, but all art is a very personal expression of the artist, so to see it as others view it is difficult. I make what I love, and others seem to love it as well. For me, making something because I think it will sell is not being as creative as if I make it because I love what I make. I think personal satisfaction of your work is very important concerning creativity. My passion for beading is what keeps me going, and when others love it it just makes it that much more satisfying and energizing. I believe that if we love what we do others will be pleased with it as well. How we express our art is what attracts people in the beginning and our art reflects our personality. We can't be, and shouldn't try to do, something we are not. Just be yourself and do what you love! Keep those spirals spinning - they're great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-46051103547777657782008-07-21T02:04:00.000-04:002008-07-21T02:04:00.000-04:00I am certain people see my work differently than I...I am certain people see my work differently than I do. I often get really down, certain I must make the ugliest beads in the world because I can go months without a sale. <BR/><BR/>But then I do a show or go to a glass meeting and I get such great reactions. <BR/><BR/>I do know that I can't worry about what will sell. When I try to make what I think will sell, I start to feel like a cog in a machine and never want to fire up the torch again!<BR/><BR/>So I now have a nice collection of beads I like and I'm making more jewelry.CreekHiker / HollysFollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987597104795294851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-53590572910601862972008-07-20T17:53:00.000-04:002008-07-20T17:53:00.000-04:00Hi Donna,Thanks for taking the time to comment. Or...Hi Donna,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking the time to comment. Orchid is a great color - I bet your quilts are just gorgeous! We have our favorites, it's always good to push ourselves to work in other colors for that reason.<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-64394020089556037592008-07-20T17:49:00.000-04:002008-07-20T17:49:00.000-04:00Hi Gaela,YAY! Yellow lovers unite! I love green to...Hi Gaela,<BR/><BR/>YAY! Yellow lovers unite! I love green too - when I first got married, I choose a light green for a bedroom and I swear my mother almost hissed! LOL! Amazing what reactions colors can bring out in people, huh? <BR/><BR/>Thank you for loving the spirals! Love the enthusiasm! :-)<BR/><BR/>I agree, it's impossible to really see yourself as others see you - but sometimes I'm so far out of the ball park! I'm surprised what sells sometimes and what doesn't. I love my painted beads and they haven't been a great seller for me but I love them anyways!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting!<BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-64395612351523050502008-07-20T17:26:00.000-04:002008-07-20T17:26:00.000-04:00Hi Aussie Jo!I agree about color becoming a memory...Hi Aussie Jo!<BR/><BR/>I agree about color becoming a memory - didn't I just reply to Barbe about my father and how he loved red? I think of my Dad when I see red and every year on his birthday I buy a big box of chocolate covered cherries (his favorite candy) and hand them out to everyone I see. I tell them to say happy birthday to my Dad. It puts a smile on their faces and I know it would make Dad happy too. It's a nice way to remember him - not in a sad way but with red and his favorite candy!<BR/><BR/>So color does tell a story and it is a memory in my "story of red." So interesting! I never really thought of it that way - such a great point!<BR/><BR/>I love Sharon B's idea! Thanks for mentioning it - definitely going over there to check it out!<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-39809175640632114402008-07-20T17:05:00.000-04:002008-07-20T17:05:00.000-04:00Hi Barbe,Oooo - I LOVE red! My Dad was a red lover...Hi Barbe,<BR/><BR/>Oooo - I LOVE red! My Dad was a red lover, all his cars were red, his jackets were red, his hats were red - even his favorite candy was red! Red suits you! Thanks for the compliment on color - what would we do without it?! Thanks for the comments!<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-61065675886356369482008-07-20T16:25:00.000-04:002008-07-20T16:25:00.000-04:00Cindy Everytime I see your work you always have so...Cindy <BR/>Everytime I see your work you always have something new and innovative in the way you use color. I wish I could be like that. I find myself not only going back to the same old colors but when I buy new beads on-line and then look at my cart I find that my color choices are the same old thing through out. I have been making a conscious effort to use and buy different colors and types of beads. It feels like i'm stepping out of my comfort zone but when it is done, I seem to have surpirsed myself. I never ever see what others see in my work. Thank God for that or I would never sell anything. LOL <BR/>I don't really think any of us see what out customers see. <BR/>Keep on beading it's good for the spirt and soul. I think you will be fine!!!<BR/><BR/>Valerie C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-6339057347459985982008-07-20T11:55:00.000-04:002008-07-20T11:55:00.000-04:00Hi Emma,I love blue too - blue and yellow are perf...Hi Emma,<BR/><BR/>I love blue too - blue and yellow are perfect together wink! I use alot of blue, especially aqua but I feel I have to defend yellow a bit because it's such an underrated color. Blue is a wonderful color!<BR/><BR/>Funny about potential customers thinking your Mom is the artist - in my house, people assume my 16 year old is the artist and he is. Smile! Sometimes it's good to have others weigh in on your work especially if you're overly critical of yourself but sometimes it isn't so good if they dont' think you're the artist! LOL!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your thoughtful comments!<BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-9802882104593448082008-07-20T11:07:00.001-04:002008-07-20T11:07:00.001-04:00Hi Kerri,I don't think being too critical ever rea...Hi Kerri,<BR/><BR/>I don't think being too critical ever really goes away but I'm learning to let go of it. I let others look at my work and if they like it, I'll sell it. Stay with it, you'll learn to let go of it! :-)<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-194482074023907492008-07-20T11:07:00.000-04:002008-07-20T11:07:00.000-04:00Hi Kerri,I don't think being too critical ever rea...Hi Kerri,<BR/><BR/>I don't think being too critical ever really goes away but I'm learning to let go of it. I let others look at my work and if they like it, I'll sell it. Stay with it, you'll learn to let go of it! :-)<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-25616279562929951912008-07-20T10:45:00.000-04:002008-07-20T10:45:00.000-04:00Imaginina,A whole house painted beige?! Wow - that...Imaginina,<BR/><BR/>A whole house painted beige?! Wow - that's a very subdued color palette isn't it? I'd definitely have to add pops of color in that house! LOL!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting - everyone one is full of such interesting perspectives!<BR/><BR/>CindyCindy Gimbronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625146240609776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-89202333718994438062008-07-20T10:15:00.000-04:002008-07-20T10:15:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing your experience, ideas and insp...Thanks for sharing your experience, ideas and inspiration. Cindy I have been making beads for over 2 years and have not tried to sell any. However, I recently showed some of my beads to others in a beadmaking class. They told me to get busy and sell something. You are right it is good to have others look at our work because they can give us a different perspective. In some careers this is called the two eyes theory. In other works one set of eyes reviewing a project is not enough. Thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-66347780228484972692008-07-20T08:32:00.000-04:002008-07-20T08:32:00.000-04:00I love the spiral rainbow bead! I love orchid in ...I love the spiral rainbow bead! I love orchid in any color: lilac, orchid, light purple and orchid. I also love orchid. But I never use it in my jewelry because it limits me. So I use it in all my quilts. Yes, every one.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634498624984264574noreply@blogger.com