The assignment for this week of the workshop (Finding Your Voice –Sylvie Lansdowne on Facebook) was to take a photograph and make a bead. The exercise was to emphasize that inspiration is everywhere. While this sounds simple, my first reaction was that there was only snow outside everywhere. Mallory, also in my workshop group, mentioned the same thing. No, I did not have to photograph something outside, but I stubbornly wanted to.
So I photographed the snow. We have had a lot of melting of this snow this past week, so it is not exactly pretty right now. In fact, it was downright dirty and pitted.
Melting Snow
Here is my bead, which I think has lots of possibilities. I actually like it the way that it is. I used ivory and silver to give the base a dirty snow look. Originally, I was going to place trapped air bubbles in the white circles, but when I poked the indents to do that, I sort of liked the effect they way that it was. So, I stopped.
Glass Lampwork Bead - Inspired by Dirty, Melting Snow
I think I caught the essence of dirty snow, don’t you?
February 9th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
I think you made the dirty, pitted snow into a very pretty piece of glass! I like the blue impressions on the ivory, Rosemarie.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Thank you Angie!
February 10th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
That is pretty darn cool, Rosemarie! I love the circles – very bold, powerful with the concave white centers. And the cream color of the bead with its brown squiggles – definitely captures the essence of the natural patterns dirt forms as it melts into the snow.
February 17th, 2009 at 8:54 am
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February 19th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
thanks for the comment! we certainly are on the same wave length with the dirty snow beads – yours is gorgeous. i have about 16 of mine now – time for a necklace. your blog is lovely.