The time has just flown by this month. I have scarcely had a chance to play around with beads and clay to come up with my design based on the monthly challenge here at Art Bead Scene (sorry, Simple Truth Samplers have been delayed by a holiday storm of cookies, wrapping and a flurry of family!). I do so love the deep colors of the glass in these windows. I imagine that they are very restful in person, sort of like swimming under the ocean.
I adore the colors and the random shapes in the windows. There is a really calming sense in looking at these. I noticed in the pieces that texture, like the lines of lead in the windows, is something that defined what was made. See what you think...
A pretty talented bunch we are!
Now it is your turn. If you made something and blogged about it, please add your link below. And stay tuned here for the winners of our monthly giveaways!
Showing posts with label December Monthly Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label December Monthly Challenge. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Monday, December 5, 2016
December Monthly Challenge
America Windows, 1977, By Marc Chagall, Art Institute of Chicago
America Windows, 1977
By Marc Chagall
Stained glass, 96 x 385 in. (244 x 978 cm) (overall)
Signed, each pair, l.r.: "MArc ChAgAll/Reims/1977"
A gift of Marc Chagall, the City of Chicago, and the Auxiliary Board of The Art Institute of Chicago, commemorating the American Bicentennial in memory of Mayor Richard J. Daley.
About the Art
Presented as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1977, the America Windows remain an integral symbol of the city’s longstanding relationship with the arts. At eight feet high and thirty feet across, these stained glass windows are a vast arrangement of colors of the highest intensity—bright reds, oranges, yellows, and greens—placed against brilliant shades of blue. Representations of people, animals, and items such as writing implements, musical instruments, and artists’ tools float above a skyline of buildings and trees. Artist Marc Chagall began working on his design for the windows in 1976, America’s bicentennial year, and constructed the windows as a tribute to the freedom of artistic expression enjoyed by the people of the United States. When designing the windows, he stated, “When one works, one must have a vision.” For Chagall, that vision was a vibrant celebration of humankind’s creative energy.
The America Windows consist of three main sections, each divided into two panels; together, the six panels feature imagery that honors the arts and America’s independent spirit. While there are many details throughout the windows, particular items in each panel reveal distinct themes. Reading from left to right, the first panel represents music, including images of musicians with violins and horns. A faint detail in the upper left corner suggests part of a musical score with staff and notes. The second panel alludes to painting with depictions of paint brushes, a canvas, an artist’s palette, and, in the lower right corner, bottles and a bowl of food, items that could be part of a still life. In the third panel, books, a desk, an inkwell, and an extended hand holding a pen evoke the
world of literature and expression through the written word. The fourth panel shows a bird flying over a skyline containing the Statue of Liberty, reminding viewers of America’s founding principles of freedom and democracy. (The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French, celebrated America’s centennial in 1876; the America Windows were Chagall’s gift for the bicentennial.)
The final two panels bring the viewer back to the arts. In the fifth panel, depicting the theater, a curtain surrounds the top of a stage set, framing performers, one of whom is holding a mask, and a candelabrum. The sixth, and last panel represents dance, with a group of performers, some holding tambourines, hovering near a dynamic swirling form of colors and shapes that surround a solitary figure. All six panels of the America Windows, connected by a shared skyline, create a singular scene of creative and personal freedom. Despite the identification of these larger themes of creative and personal freedom, scholars are reluctant to ascribe specific meaning to many of the details in the windows, as they may have simply been personally appealing to Chagall and not particularly
symbolic of anything related to the themes of the six panels.
All of the rich details and images found in the America Windows are portrayed in Marc Chagall’s unique and highly recognizable style. While he acknowledged the influence of the many places, ideas, and people that he encountered over his long life, often sharing and borrowing methods from Cubism, Surrealism, and Fauvism, Chagall never officially aligned himself with any particular artistic movement. His extraordinary use of color, whimsical depiction of figures and animals, playful manipulation of space and scale, and personal lexicon of motifs were all his own. Among the dominant characteristics of his work, the vivid colors of Chagall’s images are often regarded as his signature. Termed a true colorist, the hues that Chagall used impacted the impression of the scene, bringing a note of brightness to even his most somber subjects. He expressed himself and claimed to dream in color, identifying most with the color blue. “I am blue,” he said, “like Rembrandt was brown.” This dictum was never so true as in the America Windows. More here.
About the Artist
Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887 and developed an early interest in art. After studying painting, in 1907 he left Russia for Paris, where he lived in an artist colony on the city’s outskirts. Fusing his own personal, dreamlike imagery with hints of the fauvism and cubism popular in France at the time, Chagall created his most lasting work—including I and the Village (1911)—some of which would be featured in the Salon des Indépendants exhibitions. After returning to Vitebsk for a visit in 1914, the outbreak of WWI trapped Chagall in Russia. He returned to France in 1923 but was forced to flee the country and Nazi persecution during WWII. Finding asylum in the U.S., Chagall became involved in set and costume design before returning to France in 1948. In his later years, he experimented with new art forms and was commissioned to produce numerous large-scale works. Chagall died in St.-Paul-de-Vence in 1985.
Our Sponsors
Our Sponsors this month are Creative Impressions In Clay and BlueHareArtWear.
Please visit us tomorrow to see the prizes!
How to Enter the Monthly Challenge:
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You will be emailed an invite to the board within 48 hours. Accept the invite and you are ready to pin your entries.
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Create something using an art bead that fits within our monthly theme. We post the art to be used as your inspiration to create. This challenge is open to jewelry-makers, fiber artists, collage artist, etc. The art bead can be created by you or someone else. The challenge is to inspire those who use art beads and to see all the different ways art beads can be incorporated into your handiwork.
An Art Bead must be used in your piece to qualify for the monthly challenge.
***Beads strung on a chain, by themselves and beads simply added to wire or cord will not be accepted.***
Please add the tag or title DEC ABS to your photos. Include a short description, who created the art beads and a link to your blog, if you have one.
Deadline is December 30th
You may upload 2 entries per month.
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Beads only - do not post jewelry on this board. If a post doesn't fit the challenge it will be deleted.
Monthly Challenge Recap
• Please post at least one single shot of your creation on the Pinterest Board. This will be used to make a collage for the Monthly Challenge Gallery. Every creation will be added to the collage, regardless of a blog post. So everyone gets included!
Your entry must be on Pinterest 2 days BEFORE the recap to be included.
• Be sure to share with us the name of the art bead artist in the description of your photo so that if you are selected for the weekly Perfect Pairings on Wednesdays, both you as the designer and the art bead artist can get the credit you both deserve!
• An InLinkz button will be added to the bottom of the Monthly Challenge Recap post. Here you will be able to link up your blog post if you have one. It is no longer necessary to add your blog post URL to the description unless you want to. Be sure to hop around and see all the great inspiration and leave some comment love!
• The Monthly Challenge Recap with Blog Tour will be posted on December 30th.
Monthly Challenge Winners
• One prize winner will be selected at random from all blog posts added to the hop for the Monthly Challenge Recap post. So if you want to be in the pool for the second prize, be sure to use the InLinkz code at the bottom of the post to share your process and inspirations!
• Winners will be randomly chosen from all the qualifying entries on December 1st.
Perfect Pairings :: Designer + Art Bead Artist
• Formerly the Featured Designer of the Week, our new Perfect Pairings will focus on both the jewelry designer and the art bead artist.
• Be sure to point out all the art bead artists in your work in the description of the photo on the Pinterest Board. Links to their website or shop are appreciated. That way we can all find new art beads to love!
• From all the entries during the month, an editor will pick their favorite design to be featured every Wednesday here on ABS, so get those entries in soon.
• From all the entries during the month, an editor will pick their favorite design to be featured every Wednesday here on ABS, so get those entries in soon.
What is an Art Bead?
An art bead is a bead, charm, button or finding made by an independent artist. Art beads are the vision and handiwork of an individual artist. You can read more about art beads here.
***A bead that is handmade is not necessarily an art bead. Hill Tribe Silver, Kazuri ceramic beads or lampwork beads made in factories are examples of handmade beads that are not considered art beads.
Beaded beads, stamped metal pendants or wire-wrapped components are not considered art beads for our challenge.***
Monday, January 4, 2016
December Monthly Challenge Winners
Congratulations to the December Monthly Challenge winners!
1 winner was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants.
Winner of a month of advertising on ABS from the Monthly Challenge Bead category.
Our First lucky winner is Bijoux by Delphine. She has won a necklace, earring and toggle set from Creative Impressions in Clay.
Our Second lucky winner is Dawn of La Touchables. She has won a $50 gift certificate from Glass Bead Art.
Our Winner from the Bead Entries of the Monthly Challenge is Earthshine. She has won a Month of Advertising here on Art Bead Scene.
Thank you Creative Impressions in Clay and Glass Bead Art for being our December Monthly Challenge sponsors!
Winners, please E-Mail Tari, tari@claybuttons.com with your information (Name and address) so your prizes may be sent to you.
A Big THANK YOU to everyone who entered this month! We were so fortunate to have so many beautiful entries and experience such creativity from our wonderful readers.
Visit us tomorrow to see what January's challenge brings.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
December Monthly Recap
This painting picks up the perfect winter palette, soft and hazy with just hints of the spring that will come. And coincidentally, it is right on trend with the colors picked by Pantone for the coming year! Despite the quiet and contemplative colors, the angles, lines and shapes speak to a more vibrant and active scene, which I think suits the subject matter of Paris perfectly!
Come along with me and enjoy the offerings you made for this month's challenge.
Click this link to view: Art Bead Scene December 2015 Recap
As another year comes to a close, we can't thank you enough for all the support that you show to the Art Bead Scene. There is a world of amazing inspirations out there, and we are honored when you choose to come and be inspired by the art that we provide each month. We look forward to joining you on this journey of inspiration for 2016!
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
December Monthly Challenge
Paris
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, 1951
Oil on canvas, 12 7/8 x 18 (33 x 45.5)
Inscribed on stretcher 'A Rex avec toute l'amitié de Vieira' and 'à Vieira'
About the Art
Published in:
Ronald Alley, Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.747-8, reproduced p.747
About the Artist
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva born 1908 - 1992.
School of Paris painter in oils and gouache, lithographer, engraver and designer. Born in Lisbon, daughter of a diplomat. Began studying drawing, painting and sculpture in Lisbon. Moved to Paris in 1928 and attended a succession of art schools, including the Grande Chaumière and the Académie Scandinave; studied sculpture under Bourdelle and Despiau, painting under Dufresne, Friesz, Léger and Bissière, and engraving under Hayter. Married the Hungarian painter Arpad Szenes in 1930. Visited Hungary, Spain and Lisbon. First one-woman exhibition at the Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1933. The sight of the criss-cross of streets in Lisbon in 1935 contributed to her growing interest in perspective, the inversion of space, discontinuity, etc. Lived in Rio de Janeiro 1940-7, then returned to Paris. Took French nationality in 1956. Awarded the Grand Prix at the 1961 São Paulo Bienal and the Grand Prix National des Arts 1963. Has designed stained glass and tapestries, and illustrated with engravings René Char's L'Inclémence lointaine 1961. Lived in Paris and in a village in the Loiret.
***Beads strung on a chain, by themselves and beads simply added to wire or cord will not be accepted.***
Please add the tag or title DEC ABS to your photos. Include a short description, who created the art beads and a link to your blog, if you have one.
Your entry must be on Pinterest 2 days BEFORE the recap to be included.
• Be sure to share with us the name of the art bead artist in the description of your photo so that if you are selected for the weekly Perfect Pairings on Wednesdays, both you as the designer and the art bead artist can get the credit you both deserve!
• An InLinkz button will be added to the bottom of the Monthly Challenge Recap post. Here you will be able to link up your blog post if you have one. It is no longer necessary to add your blog post URL to the description unless you want to. Be sure to hop around and see all the great inspiration and leave some comment love!
• The Monthly Challenge Recap with Blog Tour will be posted on December 31st.
• One prize winner will be selected at random from all blog posts added to the hop for the Monthly Challenge Recap post. So if you want to be in the pool for the second prize, be sure to use the InLinkz code at the bottom of the post to share your process and inspirations!
• Winners will be randomly chosen from all the qualifying entries on January 1st.
School of Paris painter in oils and gouache, lithographer, engraver and designer. Born in Lisbon, daughter of a diplomat. Began studying drawing, painting and sculpture in Lisbon. Moved to Paris in 1928 and attended a succession of art schools, including the Grande Chaumière and the Académie Scandinave; studied sculpture under Bourdelle and Despiau, painting under Dufresne, Friesz, Léger and Bissière, and engraving under Hayter. Married the Hungarian painter Arpad Szenes in 1930. Visited Hungary, Spain and Lisbon. First one-woman exhibition at the Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1933. The sight of the criss-cross of streets in Lisbon in 1935 contributed to her growing interest in perspective, the inversion of space, discontinuity, etc. Lived in Rio de Janeiro 1940-7, then returned to Paris. Took French nationality in 1956. Awarded the Grand Prix at the 1961 São Paulo Bienal and the Grand Prix National des Arts 1963. Has designed stained glass and tapestries, and illustrated with engravings René Char's L'Inclémence lointaine 1961. Lived in Paris and in a village in the Loiret.
Our Sponsors
Our Sponsors this month are Creative Impressions In Clay and Glass Bead Art.
Please visit us tomorrow to see the prizes!
How to enter the Monthly Challenge:
1. You need to have a Pinterest account. Go get one ASAP if you don't have one already. It's easy, fun and inspiring.
2. Email us at absmonthlychallenge@gmail.com to get added to the monthly challenge board.
Subject: Monthly Challenge Board Request
You will be emailed an invite to the board within 48 hours. Accept the invite and you are ready to pin your entries.
3. Two ways to pin your entry to the board.
Pin your photo from the internet (on your blog, Etsy shop, etc.)
Add your photo directly from your computer
Create something using an art bead that fits within our monthly theme. We post the art to be used as your inspiration to create. This challenge is open to jewelry-makers, fiber artists, collage artist, etc. The art bead can be created by you or someone else. The challenge is to inspire those who use art beads and to see all the different ways art beads can be incorporated into your handiwork.
An Art Bead must be used in your piece to qualify for the monthly challenge.
***Beads strung on a chain, by themselves and beads simply added to wire or cord will not be accepted.***
Please add the tag or title DEC ABS to your photos. Include a short description, who created the art beads and a link to your blog, if you have one.
Deadline is December 31st.
You may upload 2 entries per month.
ENTRIES for ART BEAD ARTISTS!!
ENTRIES for ART BEAD ARTISTS!!
• Beads Makers Pinterest Board-Art beads must be created by you and fit the Art Bead Scene's monthly challenge theme. They can be made for the challenge or ones you have made before. 2 entries per month are allowed.
One entry will be picked by the editors each month for a free month of advertising on the Art Bead Scene. Bead entries have to be pinned by the 30th of the month.
Beads only - do not post jewelry on this board. If a post doesn't fit the challenge it will be deleted.
Monthly Challenge Recap
• Please post at least one single shot of your creation on the Pinterest Board. This will be used to make a collage for the Monthly Challenge Gallery. Every creation will be added to the collage, regardless of a blog post. So everyone gets included!Your entry must be on Pinterest 2 days BEFORE the recap to be included.
• Be sure to share with us the name of the art bead artist in the description of your photo so that if you are selected for the weekly Perfect Pairings on Wednesdays, both you as the designer and the art bead artist can get the credit you both deserve!
• An InLinkz button will be added to the bottom of the Monthly Challenge Recap post. Here you will be able to link up your blog post if you have one. It is no longer necessary to add your blog post URL to the description unless you want to. Be sure to hop around and see all the great inspiration and leave some comment love!
• The Monthly Challenge Recap with Blog Tour will be posted on December 31st.
Monthly Challenge Winners
• One prize winner will be selected at random from all pictures posted on the Pinterest board.• One prize winner will be selected at random from all blog posts added to the hop for the Monthly Challenge Recap post. So if you want to be in the pool for the second prize, be sure to use the InLinkz code at the bottom of the post to share your process and inspirations!
• Winners will be randomly chosen from all the qualifying entries on January 1st.
Perfect Pairings :: Designer + Art Bead Artist
• Formerly the Featured Designer of the Week, our new Perfect Pairings will focus on both the jewelry designer and the art bead artist.
• Be sure to point out all the art bead artists in your work in the description of the photo on the Pinterest Board. Links to their website or shop are appreciated. That way we can all find new art beads to love!
• From all the entries during the month, an editor will pick their favorite design to be featured every Wednesday here on ABS, so get those entries in soon.
• From all the entries during the month, an editor will pick their favorite design to be featured every Wednesday here on ABS, so get those entries in soon.
What is an Art Bead?
An art bead is a bead, charm, button or finding made by an independent artist. Art beads are the vision and handiwork of an individual artist. You can read more about art beads here.***A bead that is handmade is not necessarily an art bead. Hill Tribe Silver, Kazuri ceramic beads or lampwork beads made in factories are examples of handmade beads that are not considered art beads.
Beaded beads, stamped metal pendants or wire-wrapped components are not considered art beads for our challenge.***
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
December Monthly Challenge Recap
The painting for this month is a lot less about the color than it is about the form. I chose it for exactly that reason. But I have to say that I was quite surprised when I spied Miss Brandi's brilliant color palette. I really hadn't seen the patchwork floor or the hanging chandeliers until I saw what she presented to us. Proves that I need to look a little closer!
I loved seeing how this was translated by you. There were some really strong structural pieces created, as well as playing with the light and the dark and the soaring buttresses. Isn't it marvelous to see what so many different creative minds can do with the same inspiration? Please take a look at the following slideshow to see everyone's submissions for December.
Art Bead Scene December 2014 Monthly Challenge Recap by Slidely Slideshow
If that doesn't work, try this link: http://slide.ly/gallery/view/69f3554f0dffa6566f586e0cce91a6d6
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December 2014 Art Bead Scene Monthly Challenge Recap.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
December Monthly Challenge Color Palette
Hey friends, happy December!
This month's challenge piece is all about subtlety because there are two main colors you're going to focus on: cool grays and warm browns.
For the cool grays, you want to go as cool as you can with them. The second and third swatches from the bottom have a touch of green in them, so as you consider your designs this month, keep that in mind.
If you love gray, you can work with both warm and cool shades. With so much gray, though, consider shades of brown instead. The top swatch reads like a muted red brown (taken from the clothes), and the third swatch from the top is essentially a shade of gold (from the hanging lantern). Why go for browns? Because these are really the only colors you'll get with December's challenge.
Because of that, you can really work on a strong design this month. Think architectural influences and strong lines. I love arches, so those would be a great inspiration. If you like patterns, take a look at the patchwork floor, or the repetitive columns.
With a quieter palette this time around, what's your influence this month?
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
December Monthly Challenge
"Choir of Sint-Bavokerk, Haarlem" 1635
by Pieter Jansz Saenedam
37.1 x 48.2 cm"
Oil on Oak Panel
About the Art
Passion for the purity of light and line, so strong an element in Dutch art, is found at its most abstract in the art of Saenredam. He restricted his subject matter largely to the portrayal of whitewashed Dutch ecclesiastical interiors, which he shows stripped of centuries of medieval embellishment by the Reformation's iconoclasm, as seen in the Choir of St. Bavo, Haarlem. It was in this great church that Saenredam and Frans Hals were buried.
About the Artist
Pieter Saenredam was born in Assendelft in 1597, the son of engraver Jan Saenredam. When the latter died in 1607, he left his wife and child well provided, having invested in the successful Dutch East India Company (VOC). Mother and son moved to Haarlem, where Pieter was apprenticed to Frans de Grebber for eleven years. He continued to live in Haarlem the rest of his life, although he regularly travelled around the country to paint in other Dutch cities. Saenredam soon began focusing on architecture. His depictions of church interiors established an entirely new genre in Dutch art. He was precise in his method: Saenredam’s in situ sketches were an essential guide for his paintings. His use of perspective in his church interiors was exceptionally meticulous.
Our Sponsors
Our Sponsors this month are Stone Designs by Sheila and Firefly Designs.
Please visit us tomorrow to see the prizes!
Monthly Challenge Recap
• Please post at least one single shot of your creation on the Pinterest Board. This will be used to make a collage for the Monthly Challenge Gallery. Every creation will be added to the collage, regardless of a blog post. So everyone gets included!
Your entry must be on Pinterest 2 days BEFORE the recap to be included.
• Be sure to share with us the name of the art bead artist in the description of your photo so that if you are selected for the weekly Perfect Pairings on Wednesdays, both you as the designer and the art bead artist can get the credit you both deserve!
• An InLinkz button will be added to the bottom of the Monthly Challenge Recap post. Here you will be able to link up your blog post if you have one. It is no longer necessary to add your blog post URL to the description unless you want to. Be sure to hop around and see all the great inspiration and leave some comment love!
• The Monthly Challenge Recap with Blog Tour will be posted on December 31st.
Monthly Challenge Winners
• One prize winner will be selected at random from all pictures posted on the Pinterest
board.
• One prize winner will be selected at random from all blog posts added to the hop for the Monthly Challenge Recap post. So if you want to be in the pool for the second prize, be sure to use the InLinkz code at the bottom of the post to share your process and inspirations!
• Winners will be randomly chosen from all the qualifying entries on December 1st.
Perfect Pairings :: Designer + Art Bead Artist
• Formerly the Featured Designer of the Week, our new Perfect Pairings will now focus on both the jewelry designer and the art bead artist. Be sure to point out all the art bead artists in your work in the description of the photo on the Pinterest Board. Links to their website or shop are appreciated. That way we can all find new art beads to love!
• From all the entries during the month, an editor will pick their favorite design to be featured every Wednesday here on ABS, so get those entries in soon.
Your entry must be on Pinterest 2 days BEFORE the recap to be included.
• Be sure to share with us the name of the art bead artist in the description of your photo so that if you are selected for the weekly Perfect Pairings on Wednesdays, both you as the designer and the art bead artist can get the credit you both deserve!
• An InLinkz button will be added to the bottom of the Monthly Challenge Recap post. Here you will be able to link up your blog post if you have one. It is no longer necessary to add your blog post URL to the description unless you want to. Be sure to hop around and see all the great inspiration and leave some comment love!
• The Monthly Challenge Recap with Blog Tour will be posted on December 31st.
Monthly Challenge Winners
• One prize winner will be selected at random from all pictures posted on the Pinterest
board.
• One prize winner will be selected at random from all blog posts added to the hop for the Monthly Challenge Recap post. So if you want to be in the pool for the second prize, be sure to use the InLinkz code at the bottom of the post to share your process and inspirations!
• Winners will be randomly chosen from all the qualifying entries on December 1st.
Perfect Pairings :: Designer + Art Bead Artist
• Formerly the Featured Designer of the Week, our new Perfect Pairings will now focus on both the jewelry designer and the art bead artist. Be sure to point out all the art bead artists in your work in the description of the photo on the Pinterest Board. Links to their website or shop are appreciated. That way we can all find new art beads to love!
• From all the entries during the month, an editor will pick their favorite design to be featured every Wednesday here on ABS, so get those entries in soon.
How to enter the Monthly Challenge:
1. You need to have a Pinterest account. Go get one ASAP if you don't have one already. It's easy, fun and inspiring.
2. Email us at absmonthlychallenge@gmail.com to get added to the monthly challenge board.
Subject: Monthly Challenge Board Request
Indicate if you want to be added to the Jewelry Board, Bead Board or both.
You will be emailed an invite to the board within 48 hours. Accept the invite and you are ready to pin your entries.
3. Two ways to pin your entry to the board.
Pin your photo from the internet (on your blog, Etsy shop, etc.)
Add your photo directly from your computer
Create something using an art bead that fits within our monthly theme. We post the art to be used as your inspiration to create. This challenge is open to jewelry-makers, fiber artists, collage artist, etc. The art bead can be created by you or someone else. The challenge is to inspire those who use art beads and to see all the different ways art beads can be incorporated into your handiwork.
An Art Bead must be used in your piece to qualify for the monthly challenge.
***Beads strung on a chain, by themselves and beads simply added to wire or cord will not be accepted.***
Please add the tag or title DEC ABS to your photos. Include a short description, who created the art beads and a link to your blog, if you have one.
Deadline is October 31st. Photos are approved by our moderators, if a photo hasn't followed the guidelines it will not be approved. You may upload 2 entries per month.
ENTRIES for ART BEAD ARTISTS!!
• Beads Makers Pinterest Board-Art beads must be created by you and fit the Art Bead Scene's monthly challenge theme. They can be made for the challenge or ones you have made before. 2 entries per month are allowed.
One entry will be picked by the editors on the 28th of each month for a free month of advertising on the Art Bead Scene. Bead entries have to be pinned by the 27th of the month.
Beads only - do not post jewelry on this board. If a post doesn't fit the challenge it will be deleted.
ENTRIES for ART BEAD ARTISTS!!
• Beads Makers Pinterest Board-Art beads must be created by you and fit the Art Bead Scene's monthly challenge theme. They can be made for the challenge or ones you have made before. 2 entries per month are allowed.
One entry will be picked by the editors on the 28th of each month for a free month of advertising on the Art Bead Scene. Bead entries have to be pinned by the 27th of the month.
Beads only - do not post jewelry on this board. If a post doesn't fit the challenge it will be deleted.
What is an Art Bead?
An art bead is a bead, charm, button or finding made by an independent artist. Art beads are the vision and handiwork of an individual artist. You can read more about art beads here.
***A bead that is handmade is not necessarily an art bead. Hill Tribe Silver, Kazuri ceramic beads or lampwork beads made in factories are examples of handmade beads that are not considered art beads.
Beaded beads, stamped metal pendants or wire-wrapped components are not considered art beads for our challenge.***
p.s. If you have a blog, post your entry and a link to the ABS challenge to spread the beady goodness.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
December Monthly Challenge Winners
Congratulations to this Month's winners!
1 winner was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants.
1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries
Our first lucky winner is AnnSchroeder.
1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries
Thank you JDK Studio and Beadswede Studios for being our December Monthly Challenge sponsors!
Winners, please E-Mail Tari, tari@claybuttons.com with your information (Name and address) so your prizes may be sent to you.
A Big THANK YOU to everyone who entered this month using "Winter Landscape" by Wassily Kandinsky, as your inspiration.
We were so fortunate to have so many beautiful entries and experience such creativity from our wonderful readers.
Visit us tomorrow to see what January's challenge brings.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
December Monthly Challenge Recap
This month the landscape painting by Kandinsky shimmers with life. I love the unconventional colors of this wintery landscape. I can feel the sharpness of the air around me as the colors of the sky melt into the frosty landscape and I long to cozy up in that little cottage in the woods. I just love this painting. And I love what it has inspired you to make!
[I have to apologize for the lateness of this post... Flickr was playing mind games with me the past few days and their new format was not allowing me to access any of the photos. But today is a different story. Better late than never, right? Enjoy!]
Kelly of MackinArt has a way with seed beads. I love the way her beaded components mimic the rolling hills. The bright circles of yellow and blue are a perfect match to the swirls of snow drifts in the landscape. Read more about her inspiration at her blog, MackinArt.
Cate Van Alphen created this bead in the summer, inspired by tropical tide pools. But as beads are sometimes wont to do, they argued with her, and popped up in time for this month's painting. The colors blended in harmony to represent the fading night sky. Read more of her inspiration at Fulgorine.
Karin of Backstory Beads found inspiration in the strong lines of this landscape. The light and the color bring this a vibrancy that indeed testifies to the electrifying nature of this cold and frosty season. You must read more of her inspiration at Backstory Beads.
Kathy Lindemer at Bay Moon Designs was inspired by the cool color palette that Brandi Hussey created for us (those are my favorites!). She imagined a muted hazy sun in this landscape, either setting or rising, and made this bracelet that brings it all to life. Read more of her inspiration on her blog Bay Moon Designs.
Ann Schroeder of BeadLove picked out that little cottage in the woods as her focal. I told her that I, too, was drawn first to the house. I love the mix of brights and pastels in her necklace grounded by the darkened brass. And the
red! I picked this painting and I swear to you that I never once saw the
red in it until she pointed it out! Read more of her inspiration on her blog BeadLove.
Vintage Crab Jewelry gives us the swirling eddies of snow in these lovely earrings. These look like the frosty peaks of snowdrifts on a crisp and cold winter day.
Oksana Bevs brings all the colors of the Kandinsky to life in this lively necklace.She made the lovely focal in a glass fusing workshop and it happened to contain all the right colors for this landscape.
I am not sure if this is a sunrise or a sunset, but Miss Alice of Alice Dreaming has covered all the heavenly bases. The swirls of the components make me think of snow dogs that rise up and whip the snow in mini tornadoes in a frozen field. A serene and peaceful design! Read more about her design at Alice Dreaming.
There is something so happy and hopeful in this bracelet by Karin of Gingko et Coquelicot. I don't know if it is the sunny yellow or the way this likely jingles when you wear it. I swear I never saw the green in this painting until I spied this bumpy green glass bead in this bracelet! Read more of Miss Karin's inspiration at Gingko et Coquelicot.
I am so smitten with the little houses in this necklace by Ruby Acorn. That is what first drew me to this painting, the tiny house in the quiet woods. I can picture that there is a parliament of owls perched in those dark trees hooting the night away. And the bright flowers and pink glass drops make me think of a snow garden formed from the drifts blown in all directions and the promise of a sweet spring.
I almost missed this pretty bracelet by Susan of Lady Flowers as it beat the posting of the challenge marker in the Flickr pool! Glad I kept looking! I love it when beads that I have hoarded find a purpose in response to an inspiration, like what Susan did here with her Winter Seascape bracelet. Read more of her inspiration on her blog Lady Flowers.
I only recently was able to finish my piece for the Simple Truths Sampler Club for December and are sending them out a tad bit late, but I hope that they will inspire the members to create something special. You can read about my creation on my blog, Treasures Found.
Thank you for being a part of the creative inspiration on the Art Bead Scene each year. We look forward to taking you on a new creative journey in 2014 and hope you will join us!
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