It seems like I don't do a lot of beading just for the fun of it anymore. Everything that I make is either to sell, to use my beads from Artbeads, or to fill a spot in my wardrobe. But this ring was created just because I saw the pattern and I wanted to try to make a ring. I used five colors of Delicas, and by colors I of course mean "shades of olivine." The sad thing is this is probably not even close to all the shades of olivine I have. I added some 2mm Swarovski crystals in olivine to the edges and the center, because I felt like the design needed some embellishment and if I'm going to wear a giant cocktail ring, it should have some sparkles.
The pattern was posted on Facebook to promote Geometrics by
Dustin Wedekind and Kate McKinnon. I'm pretty excited about the book, I think it will probably be just about everything that a bead book should be, and it's being written right here in Tucson!
Speaking of things made in Tucson, on the lefthand side of my blog you will now find a Kickstarter link for Autopsy Bears. This morbidly adorable (adorably morbid?) project is the brainchild of my dance teacher Fonda and one of her friends. I've already made my pledge and I
really want my bear, so if you'd like to support some crazy Tucson artists, please consider singing up to be a backer.
Did you pre-order the book? Can it still be pre-ordered?
ReplyDeleteEither way, it's a cool ring. It looks like snake skin.
Neat ring! Maybe it's because I'm shamelessly watching Mega Python vs. Gatoroid on Syfy, but it reminds me of snake skin!
ReplyDeleteSaraBeth, pre-orders are still available. I'm going to order mine this week!
ReplyDeleteAquariann, I forgot to include the name in the post. It's called the Deadly Venomous Olive Sparkle Snake because it reminded one of my friends of a snake head, too :)