May Monthly Challenge Sponsors: Allegory Gallery & Mary Harding Jewelry

We have two very talented artists as our wonderful sponsor for the May Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month!

Allegory Gallery

Andrew is donating in everything pictured above valued at $95 Andrew Thornton of Allegory Gallery creates handmade jewelry, jewelry components and unique art at his studio in Ligonier, Pennsylvania

"We are a creative space that's one part bead store, one part jewelry boutique, one part fine art gallery, and one part gift shop. The aim of Allegory Gallery is to promote artisan craftspeople, inspire the community to explore their creativity, and act as a focal point for classes and artistic education in the area."

Andrew is donating in everything pictured above valued at $95 which is made up of freshwater pearls, recycled sari silk ribbon, vintage seed beads, Czech glass, a strand of labradorite, vintage plastic, polymer clay by me, waxed Irish linen, and a luxury bead blend, for the Jewelry Pinterest board winner. 

Visit Andrew on Facebook, Etsy, Twitter, Instagram, Andrew's Blog and Allegory Blog.

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Mary Harding Jewelry

Mary Harding is one of the editors here at Art Bead Scene. Mary creates wonderful pieces of nature from clay in her Canton, New York studio. Her clay components can be seen in many pieces of jewelry made by her and many other jewelry makers.
Mary's recent work involves gathering the timeless and enduring plants of the pastures of Northern New York and channeling them to create ceramic pendants, beads, buttons and toggle clasps, marks a fresh and imaginatively interpreted fusion of styles and material embodied in her colorful renderings of these resilient beauties. This direction has made it possible for her work to be included in the Folk Gallery of the Traditional Arts in Upstate New York museum in Canton, New York.

Mary is donating the a $50 gift certificate for the Monthly Recap winner.

Visit Mary at her Website, Blog, Etsy, Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.

Bowl of Fruit, Violin and Bottle by Pablo Picasso

Submit photos of your wonderful Jewelry creations using one or more Art Beads here. Submit photos of your wonderful Bead creations here.

This Month's art has many different elements that can be used for inspiration:  abstract images, fruit, violin bottloe, orange pink teal and neutral tan colors.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this month's challenge! 

**IMPORTANT** Please remember to put MAY ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  Pinterest doesn't keep Pins in the order they are posted.

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 

***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

May Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

Our Wonderful sponsors for the May Challenge.
We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month!

Marsha Neal Studio

Marsha Neal Minutella of Marsha Neal Studio creates fabulous ceramic beads, buttons and jewelry components. I love Marsha's work! I have had the pleasure of meeting Marsha. She is such a wonderful person. Buy her beads, you need some!!

Marsha Neal Studio is located in Hockessin, Delaware.

Marsha is donating a $50 gift certificate.

Visit Marsha on Facebook, Etsy, Website, Pinterest, Instagram, and Blog.

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Moogin

Mindy Macgregor of Moogin creates wonderful Lampwork Beads. I love the beautiful colors and designs. These need to be in everyones bead stash!

Moogin is located in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Mindy is donating a $50 Gift Certificate .

Visit Mindy on her Website, Etsy, Pinterest, and Facebook.

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Submit photos of your wonderful Jewelry creations using one or more Art Beads here.

Submit photos of your wonderful Bead creations here.

On a Shaker Theme by Charles Sheeler. This Month's art has many different elements that can be used for inspiration: abstraction, architecture, linear design, geometric shapes, perspective, houses, doors, windows, blues, burgundies, greys and tans.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this month's challenge! 

**IMPORTANT** Please remember to put MAY ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  Pinterest doesn't keep Pins in the order they are posted.

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 

***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

May Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

Our Wonderful sponsors for the May Challenge.
We will have 3 Lucky Winners this Month!

B'Sue Boutique

Brenda Sue Lansdowne of B'Sue Boutique offers quality jewelry making products. With her roots in antiques, she offers vintage components that make your designs shine!
B'Sue Boutique is located in East Palestine, Ohio.

Brenda Sue is donating a $50 Gift Certificate.

Visit Brenda Sue at her Website, Facebook and Facebook Group.

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Gardanne Beads

Anne Lichtenstein of Gardanne Beads creates wonderful lampwork beads and enameled components. The variety and beauty of her work will give your designs the "Ooo, Ahh" factor!

Gardanne Beads is located in Rochester, New York.

Anne is donating a $50 gift certificate.

Visit Anne her at Etsy, Facebook and Blog.

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Gaea Handmade

Gaea Cannaday of Gaea Handmade makes fabulous ceramic beads, pendant and jewelry components. Using different clay bodies and glazes her designs and techniques will put the wow in your designs.

Gaea Handmade is located in Ojai, California.

Gaea is donating a $50 in Artisan Beads and components.

Visit Gaea at her at Website, Blog, Facebook and Etsy.

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Submit photos of your wonderful Jewelry creations using one or more Art Beads here.

Submit photos of your wonderful Bead creations here.

Untitled by Augustin Lesage has many different elements that can be used for inspiration: geometric quality, repetition of elements, curve linear, purples, pinks, greens, yellow, orange, red, tan/browns and spirittuality. 

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 

**IMPORTANT** Please remember to put MAY ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  Pinterest doesn't keep Pins in the order they are posted.

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 
***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

May Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

Our Wonderful sponsors for the April Challenge.
We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month!

Tesori Trovati

Erin Prais-Hintz of Tesori Trovati creates one-of-a-kind pieces and jewelry components. She uses everything from precious gemstones, artisan crafted beads and findings to found objects from foreign lands or close to home. Each piece is unique in style, color and texture and is a treasure found just for you.

Erin is donating a donating 3 Simple Truths Pendants worth $50.

Visit Erin at her Etsy Shop, Website, Blog, and Facebook.

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5 Fish Designs

Krista & Karl Tseu are the wife and husband team behind 5 Fish Designs who make wonderful lampworked beads and sculptures. Krista works mainly in Italian Glass creating focals and bead set. Karl works in Boro glass making beads and sculptures.
Their beads would look great in your designs!

Krista & Karl Tseu is donating 1 bead valued at $50.

Visit Krista & Karl on Facebook, eBay and their Website.

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Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.

Capriccio Padovano by Bernardo Bellatto has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: Water/River, Architecture, boats, sky, clouds, mountains, shades of blues and yellow ochre.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 

Please remember to put MAY ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 
***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

May Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

Our wonderful sponsors for the May Monthly Challenge. 

We will have 2 lucky winners this month.

Gaea Handmade

Gaea Cannaday of Gaea Handmade creates beautiful Beads, Pendants, Buttons, Jewelry Components and tiles.  Her designs and style are uniquely Gaea, using wonderful glazes plus different clay bodies. Let her create something special for you!

Gaea is donating a $50 gift certificate.

 Visit Gaea on her website, etsy, twitter and Facebook.

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Mo Martin Creative Glass

Mo Martin of Mo Martin Creative Glass makes wonderful glass beads, pendants and animal sculptures.  Beautiful craftsmanship and a great addition to your creations!

Mo is donating a $50 gift certificate.

Visit Mo on his website, Blog, Pinterest and Facebook.

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Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.

Vase with Flowers in a Window by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: flowers, flowers, flowers, insects, shells, landscapes, reds, yellows, windows and a vase.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 

Please remember to put MAY ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 
***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

May Monthly Challenge Prizes

Our wonderful sponsors for the May Monthly Challenge. 

We will have 2 winners this month.

Gardanne Beads

Anne Lichtenstein of Gardanne Beads creates beautiful lampworked beads. Along with her lampworked beads, Anne creates enameled beads and components. They are all so wonderful with many possibilities!

Anne is donating a grab bag of enamel, glass and mixed metal components worth $50.

Visit Gardanne Beads at her Etsy shop, blog and Etsy shop #2.
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Chinook Jewelry

Melissa Essenberg of Chinook Jewelry creates fabulous pendants and jewelry components from porcelain clay. All are hand formed and stamped with designs to enhance their shape. We are so thrilled with the popularity of ceramic clay items being used: buttons, pendants, components and of course beads.
Melissa is donating the items shown above worth over $50.

Visit the Chinook Jewelry on her website, blog, BeadShowTravel website and blog #2.

 Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.

Cache-Cache (Hide and Seek) by Berthe Morisot is lovely impressionistic painting with many different elements that can be used for inspiration, texture, color, female forms, mother & child and couture.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 

Please remember to put MAYABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 

May Monthly Challenge Prizes

This month we'll have one lucky winner for the Art Bead Scene's Monthly Challenge.

Lynn Davis of ExpeditionD has donated a heart pendant made from polymer clay and a pewter wing pendant. Lynn creates wonderful artifacts that are perfect for your beautiful creations

Visit Lynn at her, blog, Lynn Davis etsy, and ExpeditionD etsy.

Heather Wynn has donated a "live bravely" pendant made from polymer clay with a silver leaf charm and and a "if my words had wings" polymer clay pendant. Heather also works in silver and is a jewlery designer.

Visit Heather on her website and etsy. 

Off Center Productions has donated two porcelain handbuilt door pendants inspired by the doors of Nagaland. Off Center Productions is a two person studio of Joan Tucker and Lana Weed creating one of a kind items in porcelain.

 Visit Joan and Lana on their website, blog and Facebook. 

Get your Art Beads, Art Buttons, Art Charms or Art Pendants out, start creating and enter this months challenge! 

Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.

"The Juggler" painting by Marc Chagall has many different elements that can be used for inspiration, bright bold color, contrast of color and imagery of the characters.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the painting for this months challenge!