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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Dark Lady - a mixed media bead embroidered necklace
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Orinoco Flow - a mixed media bead embroidered necklace
Orinoco Flow
My daughter pointed out to me that this piece uses several very primitive symbols, like concentric circles and jagged lines, which often represent watering holes and the rivers that connect them. So I picked Orinoco Flow as the name. It has turquoise, amazonite, and pearls, and gold wire along with the glass beads.
If you'd like to see a couple of process shots, visit the link!
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Tuesday, March 09, 2021
Blossoms of the Moonlit Waves - a mixed media bead embroidered necklace
Are they flowers or are they sea creatures? Maybe they are both, as the name suggests! Made from sugilite, charoite, Swarovski crystals, seed beads, and pearls.
If you'd like to see all my process shots, visit the link!
Copyright 2021 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Midnight at the Oasis - a mixed media bead embroidered necklace
Midnight at the Oasis
"It's midnight at the oasis, send your camel to bed," sang the incomparable Maria Muldaur. My friends and I used to howl with laughter as we sang along! Now I find myself nostalgic for the song if you can believe it.
This bead embroidery necklace uses complicated clusters of graduated stacks of seed beads to create the texture. The photograph just doesn't show how dimensional it is.
If you'd like to see all my process shots, there's a three-part post on my blog that starts at the link.
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
Phoebe - a mixed media bead embroidered necklace
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Thursday, September 03, 2020
Fossils
I got this great polymer clay cabochon set from Sherri Kellberg, BeadazzleMe. I thought I just needed a push to get back into making things, and this seemed to do it. I am trying to set aside some creative time when I'm not working on or obsessing over the food pantry and meals program.
Further instruction on making bead embroidered pieces can be found in Every Bead Has a Story, where the first chapter is free to download.
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Monday, August 10, 2020
COVID-19 update
Some of my friends - around the US and around the world - have probably wondered why I've stopped posting new work. Here's why:
I run a food pantry and a weekly dinner for the food insecure, lonely, and marginalized people in my community. With the covid-19 crisis, my work there has increased a higher percentage than I can even figure out. I've been eating, sleeping, and breathing Stone Soup Kitchen Ministries. It has left no vacant brain space for making new art right now.
As an introvert, I would have liked nothing better than to hunker down and just make things. But that wasn't in the cards. I've been put in a uniquely privileged position to be able to do this, and I thank you all for understanding that it is the most important thing to me right now.
Some day in the not TOO distant future, I hope to be able to create art again.
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