Monday, November 19, 2007

maple leaf glad rags

the grand maple tree at my studio is a magnificent golden honey yellow.
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some detail photographs of another new necklace and earring set for the more fire glass holiday show.
this one with autumn colors.
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the focal bead is one of my favorites and is almost 1 1/2" long -
i made it with a base of dark ivory, it has light silver plum ends, lots of raku frit and silver foil.
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i may have used every style of bead in my horde - freshwater pearls, ceramics, smoky quartz, bone...
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gold leafed ceramic and a scarab.
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another glass bead, this one cloudy red rolled in raku frit with some gold leaf.
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a bead that is a polished cross section slice of an antler.
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amber, citrines and a giant pea green freshwater pearl that looks like a bird foot.
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sorry it's a little blurry.
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matching earrings and a very boring full view of the necklace.
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even though there are thousands of leaves still on the maple there is an incredible 6" carpet of fallen leaves on the driveway and front stairs.
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2 comments:

Steph said...

Beautiful tree and gorgeous set ! I love your lampwork beads!

lotusgreen said...

i really like the gold leaf