tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211031132024-03-07T19:43:23.309-05:00belvedere beadsbelvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.comBlogger1795125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-29716926232966800712019-03-31T09:18:00.001-05:002019-03-31T09:20:02.116-05:00Making Spring - 10 Robin Paintings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Making spring happen.<br />
Ten 10"x10" oil on canvas paintings.</div>
belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-37610189451205302352019-03-24T09:35:00.000-05:002019-03-24T09:36:01.348-05:00Robins to the Power of 10<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ten 10"x10"<br />
Let's work some sympathetic magic in the studio.<br />
Ten robin paintings to banish this endless winter we're having here in Upstate New York.</div>
belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-89332255343902330302019-03-17T08:28:00.001-05:002019-03-17T08:28:37.146-05:00A Little Piece of Chicken<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Day #1 of a new rooster painting.</div>
belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-65192885944005534262019-03-11T17:55:00.002-05:002019-03-11T17:55:28.885-05:00Gingko Leaves :: Day #1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just started some of the dark green under painting.<br />
Look at all that stupid snow out my window.</div>
belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-31438035278402646152019-03-09T23:35:00.002-05:002019-03-09T23:38:45.539-05:00And So It Begins - - Again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Getting started on some new paintings.<br />
A quince, ginkgo leaves in the grass, a rooster and possibly white peonies.</div>
belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-77034149962769142612019-03-03T21:46:00.000-05:002019-03-03T21:47:33.538-05:00New Earrings - Nancy Valle Beads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Earrings with hammered sterling silver & ceramic art beads.<br />
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I made some things today just for myself.<br />
That almost never happens.<br />
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Earrings with hammered sterling silver, ceramic art beads and found shell fragments.<br />
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I have a fantastic stash of ceramic art beads by Nancy Valle.<br />
They're hoarded in a special jar. I pawed around in that jar today and made myself some earrings.<br />
Her beads are just so gorgeous and wild, they're like fossils and ancient relics.<br />
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I love, love the ones below that she imprinted with little leaves of parsley.<br />
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These are for a bracelet class at the local bead store <a href="http://www.letsbead.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: red;">Let's Bead</span></u></a>.<br />
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-22965035138000165042019-01-16T12:31:00.001-05:002019-01-16T12:31:43.427-05:00Devil Baby<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The last oil painting of 2018 - 'Devil Baby.'<br />
oil on board 4"x6" unframed<br />
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-37788210007225429312019-01-11T23:18:00.002-05:002019-01-11T23:18:21.979-05:00Winter's Light<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-30665838104629783752019-01-08T10:42:00.002-05:002019-01-08T10:42:54.465-05:00Red Apples & White Clover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-68789767160493970022019-01-06T15:12:00.000-05:002019-01-06T15:12:52.910-05:00Because I Needed Bead Release...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I needed bead release. <br />
So I got all this beautiful, new glass because I wanted the free shipping deal.<br />
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-10139050311713048022018-12-11T12:05:00.003-05:002018-12-11T12:06:21.756-05:00Little Clucker<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-52590958818914331132018-12-10T19:30:00.001-05:002018-12-10T19:31:30.395-05:00Craftacular!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-91278589581862684282018-11-27T11:09:00.002-05:002018-11-28T00:13:16.150-05:00Wreck the Halls<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-28626464624144997042018-11-26T20:48:00.000-05:002018-11-26T20:48:02.026-05:00A Little Party Never Killed Nobody<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-59186231607991690112018-11-12T00:11:00.002-05:002018-11-12T00:33:20.087-05:00This Chicken is Cooked<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-83370335537075444712018-10-28T18:33:00.003-05:002018-10-28T18:33:48.340-05:00First Day of Necklace Season<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One has a beautiful, old French half penny.<br />
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I love collecting all the old bits of chain.<br />
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Details from four paintings I am working on.<br />
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-26320291705916753412018-10-22T18:20:00.005-05:002018-10-22T18:20:58.234-05:00Indian Corn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When I was a kid I wore Indian corn necklaces.<br />
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With a big needle, some dental floss and shucked colored kernels little me stabbed, and strung myself fall necklaces.<br />
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Using various corals, ocher, topaz, tomato soup, purple red and other colors of glass rods I torched lots of little seed beads.<br />
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I wired them together with 18 gauge jewelers bronze wire in a classic rosary chain.<br />
Each little piece of wire wound into an 'S' with pointed round pliers.<br />
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I made it just large enough to slip over my head just like my childhood necklace. <br />
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Few things make me as happy as 'new' furniture.<br />
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-28814367603294724932018-10-18T21:27:00.001-05:002018-10-18T21:31:30.103-05:00How To Build A Frog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belvedere beadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019698675519745627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21103113.post-61613425587551705012018-10-15T20:44:00.000-05:002018-10-15T20:45:31.038-05:00Silvery Crow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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