torsdag 23 december 2010
onsdag 22 december 2010
What is CHRISTMAS all about and my ICON collection
I do have a big collection of real Icons painted by an Icon-artist living in the north of Sweden
I got to know her on an art exhibition where I was also showing my paintings...
We started a long friendship back then in the 90-ties and I did buy several of her beautiful artwork.
She has been learning the technique from an icon-painting monk and using the way to make them as have been done for 1000 years. That is a lot of work with preparing the wood with textile sort of and then using egg-tempera the old way of painting and real gold is used a lot!
You can not paint what You like...Only those special icon pictures can be painted. I was going to give it a try but the way of starting out with the dark colors and than adding the light is opposite of the way I work so I made my own way...not real icons...and those I made are given away...
but I do have some paintings with motives of Mary and the Son
First picture is my first Icon and she told me she worked on it for HUNDREDS of hours!
very very veeery ...heavy this one on a big thick piece of wood
This is my favorite (I think) a special orde from this Icon picture I found in a cataloge from Greece
Jesus with wings ..very unusual and pretty...also more pastel colors as not from Russia
on this wall many from my collection
And finally mother Mary the best painting I ever made so far .......also big 40 inches high on thin wood and crackle effect. A church was interested in buying this one but today I am glad they were a bit short of money as they were rebuilding..:)
So What is Christmas all about ?
We do not have the Thanks Giving holiday over here so Christmas is a time to be grateful
- To try and celebrate LOVE and THANKFULNESS (does that word exist in engl.?)
- To share what You have with others
- And to forgive
- To remember that we are all the same wonderful souls trying to live good lives here on earth
So I want to thank You out there in cyberspace- who I never meat irl - for bringing light into my life with nice comments (hint) beautiful artwork and tons of inspiration for my creative soul !
Thank´s!
and I wish You a very MERRY CHRISTMASBirgitta
måndag 20 december 2010
Art Bead Scene monthly challenge DECEMBER
This months challenge did speak to me in a wonderful way with the TWO gorgeous paintings
by John Anster Fitzgerald
I decided to make some jewelry with this inspiration and first out was this necklace were I tried to paint with my beads to make the painting STORM in wearable form
a closer look at the pendant i made from porcelain
then I created those earrings with gorgeous lamp-work beads and my own soldered hoops
and with those on ABS blog I was Featured Designer of the Week .......
Here's what Art Bead Scene editor Jennifer Heynen had to say about Birgitta's piece...
"I love all the textures that are included in Birgitta's earrings. They are absolutely lovely."
As I do love those paintings so much i am going to make a line of jewelry with this faerie theme
I do have some ceramic I made waiting for me :)
...read more about the challenge HERE
torsdag 16 december 2010
The HEART for today
My dear cat Anton is a very loving spirit as long as I do not use the brush to much on him.....
He has the longest and most hard to keep up fer I ever saw in a cat and I did have a bunch (Persian)
When I work in the studio he likes to be in my lap - not a good idea as he is getting very big - soon 9 months old..
my chair is really whining out loud when he tries to jump up and sit behind my head on top of the chair.....
well the HEART is physical also!!
he has a NOSE with that shape I did not see before so clearly :)
He has the longest and most hard to keep up fer I ever saw in a cat and I did have a bunch (Persian)
When I work in the studio he likes to be in my lap - not a good idea as he is getting very big - soon 9 months old..
my chair is really whining out loud when he tries to jump up and sit behind my head on top of the chair.....
well the HEART is physical also!!
he has a NOSE with that shape I did not see before so clearly :)
söndag 12 december 2010
CLAY-PLAY
It was very fun to test different glaces and oxides last time I could get a little space in Kia´s kiln / about 50 pc.
I made a few of different colors to test and some angels and beads in just white porcelain fired twice as they are and those I loooove really ...most of the experimenting turned out ok so i know a bit how to go ahead with the lot waiting......the thing that does not work for me is decals...now for the second time as I use stonewere glace may be they need higher temp to burn ? well I will try again...from this colorful lot I got the pendant to my "Storm-necklace" ....abs dec. challenge..
lördag 11 december 2010
The Messy Beaders' Club ( who would not belong there??)
Almost everyday my intention is to clean out the space and some days i do but then when I start to create i get a lot of stuff out of my drawers and closets and even put some boxes on the floor eeeewwwww
hm....The words from A. Einstein on top of the page *The messy Beaders* club is a bit comforting though....read it HERE
and even if i do have veeeeeeeeeery much (I started out buying wholesale as I helped some friends start a bead shop in town 2005) I can still find almost anything in this lot...
I do sell beads but at the moment I do not put any energy into that and my bead shop at Etsy is empty
but Im planning to do something about that next Year as i also started to make my own parts more and more
I will also sell some of my handmade creations for jewelryat the moment I can move the mouse for the computer :)
fredag 10 december 2010
onsdag 8 december 2010
Painting with beads
I made a new piece of jewelry for the ABS december challenge
were I tried to capture the colors and structures and feelings from this painting that was given for inspiration
and here is my painting in beads and fibres
And here is a link to the December Challenge
Is it Christmas all ready ??
I got a package from my supplier of stones yesterday
and I felt like a child on Christmas eve
They do have so many wonderful beads tisdag 7 december 2010
Mina Kissemissar
Tänk att Anton hjälper Bibbi med pälsvåden
inte illa / GULLIGT och lyckades fånga det på bild
Bibbi har problem med sin tunga så det kan behövas
11 år gammal och ganska smutsig i pälsen då hon även får vara ute i trädgården på sommarenBibbi does get some help with the cleaning
Featured Designer of the Week at Art Bead Scene : NAN EMMET
My friend at Etsy shop * Spirited Eart* with her own ceramic pendant and beads here in this pretty necklace
I do have a drawer full of her beautiful beads!!!!
just waiting for me to create :) THANK´S NAN !!
Link to the post is HERE
just waiting for me to create :) THANK´S NAN !!
söndag 5 december 2010
A wonderfully wintery treasury by Wondrousstrange designs
I really wanted to show the hole treasury here but it would not work :(
so I give You a link and a picture of my earrings included
As allways when picked with those artistic eyes of Dorcas it is a lovely collection!
and this is a picture of my latest purchase from her Etsy shop (just hours ago) as I could not resist this key
I think You can easily see why :)
here is a link to her SHOP
fredag 3 december 2010
Golem Design Studio Design Contest
Golem Design Studio make wonderful detailed ceramic beads in gorgeous vivid colors
On their facebook page they have a design contest
I just sent 3 pictures of jewelry I made with their beads in . You can go there and vote for me :) by clicking like on my items! go there : GOLEM DESIGN STUDIO
those are my pieces : one necklace with earrings matching and a bracelet
for the love of Tulips
Out of the jungle
Du kan alltså rösta på mig i denna tävling hos Golem Design på facebook genom att klicka *like* knappen på mina bidrag .... för att gå till deras sida klicka här GOLEM DESIGN
bidragen finns just nu nedtill på sidan till vä...
New at ABS : December Challenge
Something to consider indeed......
lovely paintings in hot red colors to find inspiration from this one is so gorgeous!
The Storm, John Anster Fitzgerald
to read more click HERE
torsdag 2 december 2010
Todays Jewelry
I made this soft winter colored necklace today trying to make something nice with this unusual soft pink porcelain focal 60 mm long
I tested with some silk ribbon first but that did not turn out the way I wanted..so it ended up with lovely hand cut deer skin in off-white and some nice pink beads from Nan Emmet + rose gold wire
måndag 29 november 2010
Taking pictures for the Etsy shop
Today I managed to take some pictures inside ..close to a window as I can not be in the garden-room at the moment............ or i can be there but it is so much snow on that roof and outside the slide door so it is too dark at the moment
I took some pictures of this Talisman key necklace with a gorgeous text bead ( love and trust) special made for me by Elena on Etsy
and she also made the connector with HARMONY in polymer clay
This is a rather long piece
and quite a statement necklace ...........so one of my friends came by and fell in love with it .........
so it was sold before the listing ............
and she needed a pair of earrings also to really show of :)
so she choose those with also special made beads for me by Claire at Stillpointworks
I do love to use handmade beads !
and I did take some more pictures so there is still some jewelry to list :)
I took some pictures of this Talisman key necklace with a gorgeous text bead ( love and trust) special made for me by Elena on Etsy
and she also made the connector with HARMONY in polymer clay
This is a rather long piece
and quite a statement necklace ...........so one of my friends came by and fell in love with it .........
so it was sold before the listing ............
and she needed a pair of earrings also to really show of :)
so she choose those with also special made beads for me by Claire at Stillpointworks
I do love to use handmade beads !
and I did take some more pictures so there is still some jewelry to list :)
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