Sunday 20 July 2008

Purple Graces

My first day alone at home!!!!!! :-) My poor son has been home from kindergarten for the last 3 weeks!!!! and today finally his eye infection had cleared up, so I quickly dropped him off and even more quickly got back so I could finally take pictures and post my new piece!!!!  Amazing how much one can get done with no distractions :-) 

I've been working on this piece since the EtsyBeadWeavers' August challenge was announced - Art Deco!!!Thank you Staci from PinkPoochDesigns for this wonderful theme choice.    So, as my son was home for almost 3 week, and I had a houseguest for almost 6 weeks....  I found myself hiding in my bedroom, which would explain this purple mood I'm in... my bedroom walls are a rich plum colour... no wonder all I could think of is purple!!! :-) anyway... here is my latest piece - Purple Graces - I made loads of those circle , actually 6, to get the correct proportion of size difference between the 3 circles... which is brilliant because I'm supposed to make 6 gifts for the teachers at my son's kindergarten for the end of year.... and now I have 2 pendant made for them... one I've decided to put up for sale at a later stage, also like this they won't all have purple necklaces :-)

Purple Graces

 purple graces 01 copy    purple graces 05 copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I still have a few purple things in my mind that I need to get out, but as I am now back in my living room with the bright lights and walls, am looking forward to working with some different colour combinations!!! Not that I don't like purple... it's just time :-) and because I find it incredibly difficult to photograph purple!!!!  This one didn't come out too bad, but I have a piece that I made about a month ago, similar to this one, but much smaller and less geometrical, and I don't know why but I've taken hundreds of photos, and either it's out of focus or the colours get so distorted they almost look luminescent... it's just not working out...  I'll just have to keep that pendant for myself! :-)

11 comments:

  1. Triz - I love this pendant/necklace and of course I love purple. This is a great entry for the Art Deco challenge. YOu are always so creative!

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  2. Every now and then you have to keep one for yourself! Lovely work, as always.

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  3. Purple lover or not, it's gorgeous!

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  4. I love how this necklace turned out! It's exciting to see the first pieces for the Art Deco challenge trickle in. :) (okay, so yours is the first finished one I've seen so far) I just finished mine today, so hopefully tomorrow I can photograph and list it.

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  5. Hi Triz

    I love your work and wondered if you might be interested in showcasing your work over at BeadersShowcase.com?

    The site is just for artists to showcase their work, but you can include a link back to your site to attract visitors.

    I realise this comment is not suitable for your blog so please do remove it. Just couldn't find a direct email address.

    Must ask if you wouldn't mind mentioning the site on your blog if your find it interesting.

    Anyway, hope to see you showcase there sometime.

    Thanks
    Jeff Pritchard

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  6. Great lovely new work Triz!!!
    I'm happy that Ethan is fine now!!!

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  7. Absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful work!

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  8. Marvellous work like always .....

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  9. Wow again -- your pieces always amaze me! Just beautiful!

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  10. Gorgeous purple and lucky kindergarten teachers!

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