tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post7890188752577774343..comments2024-03-28T12:37:52.778-04:00Comments on Art Bead Scene Blog: Inside the Studio with Mary HardingHeather Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03555102264780529839noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-73142924016274430662014-07-05T14:50:41.651-04:002014-07-05T14:50:41.651-04:00wonderful post Mary and lovely beads! For myself, ...wonderful post Mary and lovely beads! For myself, beading is a meditation of sorts, where I find the concerns of the day dropping away as I work with my beads, needles and threads. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-74619518536351375792014-07-05T08:32:52.462-04:002014-07-05T08:32:52.462-04:00Thank you for sharing. I like the colors of these ...Thank you for sharing. I like the colors of these beads. My favorite part of creating my earrings is taking a special bead like yours and searching for the components and beads to go with it for that special pair of earrings. <br />Sometimes the beads will sit there for awhile before the right parts come together. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11190509500417450524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-19007897440348267622014-07-05T08:13:05.301-04:002014-07-05T08:13:05.301-04:00I love this! Thanks for sharing! My favorite part ...I love this! Thanks for sharing! My favorite part of this journey is working with and manipulating various metals. There is so much you can do to make them unique! It is definitely meditative to me. Next up on my bead adventure...working with clays. I have dabbled a bit with polymer and I, too love the feel of it in your hands. Great work!Bucci Handmade Jewelryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213767912572414294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-6010752021117124372014-07-05T07:47:09.380-04:002014-07-05T07:47:09.380-04:00If I could make beads as lovely as yours are, I w...If I could make beads as lovely as yours are, I would definitely, like the process of bead making the most. Alas, I can't so I have to say that creating with beads is what I enjoy the most. I love finding the perfect fit of beads. As I am starting to make my own clasps and links, I am finding joy in that. I can make exactly what fits into the design.baymoondesignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176264557341209150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-30549823345586592752014-07-05T07:28:10.631-04:002014-07-05T07:28:10.631-04:00Mary, your work is divine and so inspirational. I...Mary, your work is divine and so inspirational. I have to say with what experience I have in clay, there is not one step that I don't enjoy about making beads and components. The hardest part for me is coming up with a design and when I find one that works, it's such a joy. <br />Blessings!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12332536589545014207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-14950244799161735322014-07-05T06:25:56.610-04:002014-07-05T06:25:56.610-04:00When I am enameling,the process needs to be neat a...When I am enameling,the process needs to be neat and clean and somewhat repetitive so I would have to say I love the product more. When the powered glass melts in my kiln into that shiny colorful surface, it's magic to me! Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175921037585169420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-56541724086607821072014-07-05T02:14:02.616-04:002014-07-05T02:14:02.616-04:00Absolutely when I "play" with clay! Firs...Absolutely when I "play" with clay! First time I ever touched the stuff I thought- "where have you been all my life!"<br />I had to smile when Marybeth mentioned gourds - I too love gourds!Terri Del Signorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425316258931594932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-48310268901672319832014-07-05T01:57:39.725-04:002014-07-05T01:57:39.725-04:00I do love seeing glimpses of the artistic process,...I do love seeing glimpses of the artistic process, especially ceramics, as my Mum is a potter and I am so familiar with the steps (albeit on a larger scale!). As for me, I love the process of designing a piece, picking out beads and putting them this way and that until I get the look I want. Sometimes that extends to the making too, sometimes it doesn't ;-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-79451376885853187702014-07-05T00:17:05.312-04:002014-07-05T00:17:05.312-04:00Fun new beads! And I love that one of your tools ...Fun new beads! And I love that one of your tools was a pair of earrings. <br /><br />To answer your question, I think it depends on my mood what process I enjoy the most. This may sound goofy, but some days I really enjoy just sitting and making a bunch of bead units on wire or eye pins... it's something that I can just get in the zone with and it's relaxing. <br /><br />Some days it's embossing and/or etching a ton of stuff with the Big Kick and then playing with different combinations of the Vintaj patina paints. There are so many fun combinations of colors and it feels like you can't really mess it up... it just may turn out a little differently than you expected.Sarajo Wentlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742024924082041494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-33677867466886270562014-07-04T23:26:47.659-04:002014-07-04T23:26:47.659-04:00Wow! Amazing colors and shapes on this page! Eve...Wow! Amazing colors and shapes on this page! Everything you touch...whatever medium you choose-is always so beautiful! I find myself "in the zone" when I play with wire. Every once in a while, I stand back and have an "aha" moment when it all comes together. I rarely preplan, but sometimes, I sit for an hour just staring at the beads contemplating what it wants "to become". Most times, I leave the bench so satisfied! It is such a good feeling when that happens.<br /><br />Love your work!!!Patti Vanderbloemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899971311953499881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-88910396764017782242014-07-04T22:57:28.836-04:002014-07-04T22:57:28.836-04:00Thank you for sharing your creative process, you a...Thank you for sharing your creative process, you articulated the feeling of being in "the zone" so well! For me, gourd carving is my current favorite process. When I forego the power tools and only use my knives, scrapers and sandpaper to shape a piece of gourd, I feel connected with the distant past, when primitive tools were used to create decorative objects, fetishes, totems. I love the colors of the gourd, the feel of the soft/hard organic substance as I carve, scratch, scrape and sand. I even enjoy the somewhat acrid smell of an opened gourd. I feel physically strong during the process, yet delicate patterns can appear. It is a wholly sensual experience, and I love it! When I'm there, yes, life is holy and flowing through me like it does at no other time.Marybethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643749326699747538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-5361924849335492232014-07-04T22:23:30.286-04:002014-07-04T22:23:30.286-04:00Gorgeous beads, fun tour and great question. I had...Gorgeous beads, fun tour and great question. I had to smile as you described dabbing the paint with your fingers. Reminds me a bit of what I do. I call it the tinkering phase; my hubby calls it the stinky phase.<br /><br />I adore patina work. When I happen upon a new recipe I rearrange the vinegar or ammonia or salt or LOS or water...they all add something in terms of color. That's how I found a stunning purple patina that looks brilliant with heavily textured copper.<br /><br />It's the 'What if I...?" question that I love so much.<br />haezzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16645330911551171795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-35105680732138415002014-07-04T22:15:58.027-04:002014-07-04T22:15:58.027-04:00Thanks for sharing your process of turning clay ma...Thanks for sharing your process of turning clay magically into beautiful beads. Love the colors.<br />For me it is the process of taking a length of fine silver wire, forming into a shape for fusing and then watching the dance between the metal and torch flame. Then the flow of metal .... a zen moment, and the fun of final forming and hammering ~ bliss!sandi mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936873481818244101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-28759725964553961902014-07-04T19:20:57.856-04:002014-07-04T19:20:57.856-04:00What a great post - and a great question, Mary. I ...What a great post - and a great question, Mary. I am really going to have to think about that one. Like you, I also bead-weave from time to time....there is something wonderfully meditative and almost hypnotic about stitching with beads that I do love. But I also love designing and creating new pieces when stringing - I love the mental and emotional buzz I get, bringing seemingly incongruous components together to create something new; something that will hopefully be more than the sum of its parts....it is hard to know which one of these activities I like process of the best!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254291271007836270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-596215691963602472014-07-04T18:26:42.290-04:002014-07-04T18:26:42.290-04:00One of my favorite steps is taking newly baked pol...One of my favorite steps is taking newly baked polymer beads off their stringers and sorting the different batches. After all that time mixing colors, executing a cane or other effect, and shaping beads... they're finished and ready to become jewelry. Very satisfying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-77358977178148501692014-07-04T14:30:53.064-04:002014-07-04T14:30:53.064-04:00I love digging thru my beads to come up with that ...I love digging thru my beads to come up with that perfect combo that conveys what I am trying to get across.Shai Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625514249141386180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-26524921682556685792014-07-04T11:39:45.820-04:002014-07-04T11:39:45.820-04:00Your beads are fabulous! Thank you for sharing you...Your beads are fabulous! Thank you for sharing your process. I love searching for the perfect beads to complete a piece of jewelry. And sometimes they work and other times they don't. My husband thinks I stress too much about the beads but I want each piece to be perfect.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545020113679133121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157095593736922566.post-89122065045162358832014-07-04T11:07:30.067-04:002014-07-04T11:07:30.067-04:00Your new beads are beautiful! I always have such ...Your new beads are beautiful! I always have such mixed feelings about making jewelry because nothing ever comes out like I see it in my mind. Reading about bead and component making always makes me appreciate all the work that goes into it, but I never thought it would be something I like. But recently when I went through all the steps of taking raw wire and shaping it into clasp and links, aging it, cleaning it, tumbling it and sealing it, I had a wonderful time. It was relaxing! I was in a zone. I think that is going to be the process I love best as I learn more.Ann Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911194722202501782noreply@blogger.com