Artyzenworld

5 Beads

2007-03-30T06:36:00.000-12:00

I made these beads today.....they're are layered .....in each case,base beads encased with two different colored transparents....with squiggles in white on the surface:)...there are more in the making:)!

Aspirations:)!

2007-03-28T18:15:00.000-12:00

My bead is a bead in the making.
Every bead begins with a basic core…which is then surface embellished to add color and texture….and finally,it is encased-to enhance the magic that has thus far been created and to keep the treasures within protected.
The clear glass spiral is the motion of the molten glass frozen eternally….and sybollically, also the bead’s aspiration to keep evolving…the glass,the bead and the artist can go as far as they choose to…
This aspiration is echoed in the Silver wire wrapped frame pendant that houses the bead and becomes a part of the necklace strung with Smokey Topaz,Swarovski bicones and Sterling silver nuggets.
The process of Metamorphosis for the bead continues even as it moves on now from being a glass bead to a finished piece of jewelry to being a piece of adornment that has been consciously chosen by a connoisseur to enhance how she/he would look and feel when it is worn…and it is all positively connotative.The journey continues as the piece then graduates from being a piece of jewelry to an heirloom being passed from one generation to the next and on….changing and redefining the life stage of the bead at each step.
Details:
Length of the bead:1.6” approx.
Pendant measurement: Frame(sans bail):1.2” x 2” approx.
Total length :2.2” approx
Length of the necklace:18.5” approx(sans pendant)
The finished piece incorporates a handmade focal bead, sterling silver wire and nuggets and clasp,faceted Smokey Topaz nuggets and 4mm Swarovski bicones

Fairy Tale Flourishes

2007-02-02T02:31:00.000-12:00

Once upon a time,I dreamed of making my own jewelry....so I would get components and beads from the market and put them together,proud of "making" my own necklaces and earrings....then,I discovered a whole universe of "handmade" beads and components and jewlery.....it beckoned...and I responded....believing firmly that the Universe would share the creative bounties with me too....

Gradually, with books and the net to my rescue,I began learning more and evolving...and began getting connected with artists wherever on earth they are:)....literally:)!

I learnt how to make my own lampwork beads from Jeri Warhaftig,and with Polymer clay from Emi Fukushima.....and now,I've learnt how to make my own Fairy Tale flourish Wire pendants frm Matthew Nix.

It's a blessing and privilege to have learnt these skilss and incorporate them in my work to create things I love more with each passing day:).

I'd love to hear from you on them:).

Thank you:)!

Dream Swirls

2007-01-27T18:06:00.000-12:00

This is one of my series of essentially handcrafted jewlery series....the focal point is a silver foiled handmade glass bead that dangles proud on an interesting handcrafted silver wire chain....with labradorite nuggets that smile mysteriously in the light to embellish:).

Enido and Enibacus

2007-01-10T05:35:00.000-12:00

The Enido is a wire wrapped (sterling silver) quartz donut jazzed with a handcrafted (sterling)silver chain embellished with black tourmalines and swarovski rondelles and bicones.....and onyx drops....

The earrings are entirely handcrafted....wrapped with silver wire and embellished with swarovski bicones and rondelles and onyx drops.

This one oif Eni Oken's creations that I have been looking at for a long ,long time...and then I got the tutorial...and here we are.....I call this the Enibacus.

This is an entirely handcrafted piece...made with sterling silver wire....and embilleshed with superior quality aquamarine rondelles.The handcrafted silver chain has aquamrines and silver tube beads.

Many Eni Wraps

2007-01-03T20:47:00.000-12:00

This is my first wrapped cabochon(a Mahogany Jasper) wrapped a la Eni Oken's gorgeous tutorial:).

Thank you,Eni and all ye artists who enticed me into wire wrapping:).

Do give me your feedback on this 'coz I have many more pretties waiting to be jazzed up...and I'm hooked to wire wrapping right now:).

Also,please visit my website and tell me about it: www.artyzenworld.com

Thank you;)!!!

Blushing Beauty

2006-12-05T06:03:00.000-12:00

A stash of pearls interspersed with tiny glass beads....accented by a sterling silver pendant with Rose Quartz dangles......that's what pretty girls are made of:)!!

Sunshine

2006-11-26T05:32:00.000-12:00

Morning Glory

Morning Glory....handcrafted glass beads in handcrafted sterling silver earrings:)

Sunshine

Here's a pair of earrings handcrafted all the way except for the beads and the charms :)....Wire wrapping's my new obsession...addictive and healing....There's lots to explore....and I am at it:)!!

My First Eni Piece

2006-11-22T05:22:00.000-12:00

I stumbled across Eni Oken's site when I was looking for wire wrapped jewelry sometime back....and then I saw members at the Bead and Button forum showing off beautiufl projects they made following her tutorials that they'd bought.....and I wondered if I too should take the plunge and splurge....afterall,I'd learn something new and interesting:)!.

I am so glad I did.

This is the first of all the gorgeous piceces I am going to create following the tuts I've downloaded frm Eni's site....and have fun:)!!

Pearls and crystal

2006-11-17T05:34:00.000-12:00

This is commissioned work for a friend,who's wearing adress the same colors....jazzed up with sequins:)!

I've used Sterling silver,Swarovski s,seed beads and dyed pearls here.

I toyed with ideas a whole day before the elements I've used started talking to me...and here we are:)!

All things bright and beautiful

2006-11-08T04:20:00.000-12:00

These bracelets have been made with special beads.....special because they are thebest of the beads that yearned to have flowers embedded in them....I tried...and I tried....but the "a-ha" moment has yet to come....

Thank God for small mercies....and since I love them just the way they are,I decided to treat myself to two bracelets....with all the jazz and sparkle I could add for joy:)

Hope the real florals happen soon enough too:)!

Element Bead

2006-10-16T05:49:00.000-12:00

I made this bead following Kim Fields' tutorial in Cindy Jenkins' Beads of Glass.....layers upon alyers of colored glass.....melted pulled and stretched to create magic patterns on the bead surface....

Ribbon Dreams

2006-10-13T05:49:00.000-12:00

Here's jewelry that's happened just like I visualised it.....the lampwork bead was made in my latest batch....and then I worked out an adapted version of the netted bead rope to jazz up the bead.....besides my precious focal,the necklace incorporates sterling silver findings and swarovski s..it does sit pretty 'round the neck:)

Cornucopia

2006-10-08T05:53:00.002-12:00

These earrings have been handcrafted using some of my newest lampwork beads....It is a dream come true to be finally making earrings with my own beads.....they incorporate 92.5 sterling silver,swarovski crystals...and at times fire polished czech beads....besides my glass beads....made with lots of love:)

Cosmique

2006-10-06T05:48:00.001-12:00

I wanted to make something special with a bead that's so close to my heart...... worked a bead rope in right angle weave...and added some Bali Silver....and here we are:)!!

For Anjali

2006-10-05T03:06:00.000-12:00

My friend went on a splurging spree in the first bead shop she walked into in the US....sure that I'd transform all that she picked up into wearable pieces of jewelry,she handed me a packet ...

Everything got made the way she'd have liked it...except 3 varied sets of beads she wanted to be strung together....

The beads and I had brainstorming sessions....conferences...monologues....to no effect....until yesterday when they woke me up at 2.00 am to tell me what they wanted me to do with them:)

And...here we are:)!

The beads are happy,I am happy....and I hope my friend is,too:)!!

Polka Dots

2006-09-30T04:55:00.000-12:00

Handmade glass beads and sterling silver.....

Egyptian Sunset

2006-09-26T05:50:00.000-12:00

Pink Opals and sterling silver...with Swarovski's.....

Transient Forever

2006-09-26T05:48:00.000-12:00

Feels really nice to have finally figured out how these beads are made....the first one passed on...causing terrible heartache...but tremendous learning and insight...and here are two more beads....made the same way....

Egyptian Dawn

2006-09-26T02:44:00.000-12:00

That's Pink Opals and sterling silver:)......I picked up these Opal (cheeselets)! a little while ago,fascinated by what they'd ask me to use them as...and here we are:).

Besotted:)!

2006-09-21T22:00:00.000-12:00

Russian Coral fringe earrings finally:)!!!

I've been wanting to learn the technique and make these kind of earrings for a very long time and I am glad I finally sat down to it...and do I love making these:)!

These two pairs of earrings incorporate sterling silver earhooks and japanese glass beads...

I'm sure I want to make a few more pairs soon enough:),even though they are very labour intensive and therefore time consuming...but,they are worth every bit....

Crowning Glory

2006-09-17T05:40:00.000-12:00

Two pairs of my glass beads I've put together as earrings using sterling silver:)....these are a part of the work I intend putting up at a show soon:).

Ode to a glass bead

2006-09-16T05:50:00.000-12:00

This is the most beautiful bead I've ever made so far........loved it all along...even as I was making it....it was inspired by an artist in "1000 Glass beads"....I just had to make it....and thankfully,it all got done the way it should have.....with a treat from God:)!....look at the gorgeous gravity swirls all around the bead....and I kept my fingers crossed....as I kept it in the fibre blanket to cool...hoping I wdn't find it cracked when I pulled it out....went to check it out after two hours...thought it had cooled well enough.....turned it around.....feeling really proud of myself...and happy that i actually did get this far.....took two pics...and it started cracking( what's the right term...I know thermal shock caused it...and now,I'm wiser for life about letting big beads cool in their own time....may it's soul rest in peace....and be it blessed for the joy it brought unto me!Amen:)!

3 beads and a note

2006-09-04T06:16:00.000-12:00

Here are three beads I made last night...been wanting to make these kinds for a long time....and am so glad I've finally begun doing so....hope to have many more to share here soon:).

Thank you for looking.

(Handmade glass beads, with Moretti glass)

Pinque

2006-07-11T07:01:00.000-12:00

Pinque's my new favourite:)......with pearls dyed a pretty pink being jazzed up with 3mm clear swarovskis,a faceted Rose Quartz nugget,some swarovski rondelles,sterling silver and glass beads....

Sugar'n Spice

2006-07-01T06:26:00.000-12:00

Aloha!!Here's a necklaceI've made recently using a lampwork bead I made,along with glass beads,4mm Swarovski bicones ,rice pearls and sterling silver. I quite like the way it shimmers in light:)....sunlight,did I say?

Paisley Swirls

2006-06-16T06:51:00.000-12:00

Glass beads made these last few days...let's see how they dictate being embellished:)!

Dew drops in my garden

2006-06-03T04:08:00.000-12:00

The little pink dots on the green beads look so much like dew drops on fresh, green grass...I made a whole bunch of them....and then,I added some dyed pearls and faceted amethyst beads to create my dew eyed dream garden full of blooming lilacs:)

Charmed Blues

2006-05-11T00:32:00.000-12:00

Here's a bracelet I made today,using glass beads I made a little while ago...embellished with Bali silver beads,crystals,bezeled rainbow stone and glass nugget charms,sterling silver spacers and clasp.

Summer Sparkle

2006-05-08T05:18:00.000-12:00

Summer Sparkle's a single strand necklace to be wound around the neck as liked...made with pistachio green Swarovski bicones and faceted beads and japanese seed beads in light green and gold...and a sterling silver clasp..all strung on tiget tail( the colors come alive in proper light...these are scans)...and then there's a pair of earrings using sterling silver,Swarovski crystals and glass beads to give the necklace company

Curves Galore

2006-05-02T07:41:00.000-12:00

Enamelled copper wire,my own lampworked beads and Swarovski crystals....these are a few of my favourite things:)

Pista Fiesta

2006-04-27T00:10:00.000-12:00

Hola!Here's a handmade bracelet made with handmade beads:).....wire wrapped after spending hours on the net looking for guidance and tips....

Proud to present my first wire wrapped bracelet that promises to sit pretty on any happy wrist:).

Summer Joy

2006-04-26T05:13:00.000-12:00

This is one of my favourite lampwork beads made in April.....just wanted to keep it simple and subtle:).

That's a lampworked bead,jazzed up with chinese knots and wire wrapped hook and eye on a happy silk cord:).

Rosary

2006-04-25T04:31:00.000-12:00

I've made this 108 bead rosary for a friend's grandma:)....she wanted one as soon as she saw just one of these beads a few days back...so I made another 107....and here the rosary is:)

The Third Eye

2006-04-23T08:45:00.000-12:00

This is my first commissioned pair of earrings,made with glass beads I've made for a very dear friend in the UK:).

Each bead has 3 identical sets of dots,one of which can be seen in the pic...the embellishments are sterling silver.

These are just two of a huge batch of beads I've made this month....and almost all of them have agreed to elt me transform them into wearable art.So keep watching this space:).

Cheers and have a great day:).

Lampworking

2006-04-21T06:31:00.000-12:00

The basics of lampwork beadmaking.:
Lampworkers use a torch to melt the tips of glass rods, then wind the molten glass around a mandrel, a narrow stainless steel rod.
Later, when the bead is removed, the space occupied by the mandrel becomes the hole used to string the bead.
Glass cools from the outside in and the outer layers shrink as cooling takes place. Bringing a bead out of the flame and leaving it in the open air allows the outside of the bead to cool rapidly around its molten interior. A stress point develops between the cool, shrinking glass and the hot center. The stress can cause a bead to crack, either immediately or at a later time.
Beads Should Be Kiln AnnealedTo prevent cracks, beads must be annealed then slowly cooled. The best way to do this is in a kiln, where temperatures can be closely regulated. The beadmaker anneals, or "soaks" the beads to make sure that all glass within them is the same temperature.
The soaking temperature is high enough for glass to flow on some molecular level, but not so high that the bead ends up in a puddle on the kiln floor. After annealing, the artist begins to reduce the heat in the kiln, taking several hours to bring the beads to room temperature.
This process produces glass beads with less stress, so they're less likely to crack. Very small glass beads are sometimes slowly cooled between layers of insulation. It's not the same as annealing, but the process is usually successful because the small amount of glass in tiny beads cools at a more even rate.

Source:http://jewelry.about.com/cs/glassbeads/a/buying_beads.htm

My lampwork treasures

2006-03-29T18:24:00.000-12:00

These are my favourite lampwork beads....turned into pendants with earrings to give them company.

I wasn't sure of how I could use these beads when I made them,a few weeks back...I've been carrying them with me,looking at them now and then.....and today.they spoke to me....telling how they wanted to be decked up!

And here we are.

If they tell you they wanna be with you,and if you choose to listen to them, do contact me at artyzenworld@gmail.com

Cheers:)

Summer Shimmer Collection

2006-03-26T14:21:00.000-12:00

These are part of my Summer Shimmer Collection.....handcrafted with love...

Cleopatra's Needles

Sterling silver,Swarovski rings and bead crystals

Magic Blues

Sterling silver and Swarovski bead crystals and cubes

Purple Rain

Sterling silver and Swarovski bead crystals and cubes

Shimmer Berries

Sterling silver,Swarovski rings and bead crystals

Shimmer Treats

Sterling silver and Swarovski bead crystals

Please write in at artyzenworld@gmail.com for prices and shipping information.

Handcrafted Silver Jewelry

2006-02-17T11:33:00.000-12:00

This is one of my favourite Art Clay Silver pieces:).....embellished with faceted tourmalines.

Artyzenworld endeavours to create one-off pieces...each meticulously handcrafted and spruced up with vibes of creative felicity....special pieces for special people:).

For personalised handcrafted jewelry, do write in at: artyzenworld@gmail.com

2006-01-25T06:32:00.000-12:00

Dear God:)

Thank you tonnes for great work happening:).

Bless us all:)