I received my package of Humblebeads from Heather Powers last week!
Oh Boy! I lucked out big time!
What a gorgeous pile of beads! I have no idea how to start. Usually I am a fan of the mental sketchbook....you know look at beads, day dream for a week about possible connection points, pull out all possible findings and whip it together. I don't think that approach is going to cut it this time. There are just too many beads and too many possibilities! I am going to have to actually take out a piece of paper. GASP! Ha! Whenever I grab the sketchbook I am reminded of why I never thought I could get anywhere as an artist when I was a youngster.
How could a person make art when they can't draw worth a darn?
A ha! The mental sketchbook was born. I discovered that my brain makes it's own drawings... and I can follow them just as well as an actual drawing. Sometimes I feel like an engineer. I'm always working out a construction project, be it wearable or be it with wood and nails.... Laying on my pillow planning my next big project into the night. ;-)
On second thought, I think I may arrange the beads in different ways and photograph the options and pick out my favorites before I put it together.
What about you? Do you sketch out your designs? Do you have a design method??? A plan of action?
PS--I blogged about the bead soup blog party on the beads of clay blog today. What's in the soup?--http://beads-of-clay.blogspot.com/2010/05/whats-in-soup.html
wow these are a crazy wonderful bead soup..you could make lots of pieces out of these..love heathers work..
ReplyDeleteOh yeah...you did luck out. Heather makes gorgeous things. I know that this will be great soup to sample! I might want a second helping!
ReplyDeleteI do sometimes sketch. I bought a great pocket sketchbook that I carry in my purse but don't use as much. I think I need to start doing this daily. I am, however, having to sketch my designs for my show becuase of the sheer number and the compressed time I have to get it all done. Maybe I will share some of them on my journey! Thanks for the inspiration!
Enjoy the day!
Erin
Wow she sent you a whopper load! Really wonderful things you can do! So much room for more than one necklace!
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful! Oh, the possibilities.
ReplyDeleteI like to lay them out and play first. Then I try different layouts and leave/come back to them several times. Eventually I end up with something that I really like. In fact, my soup ingredients are sitting on my work table as we speak! :)
WOnderful, your soup is wonderful! regards Stefanie
ReplyDeleteThose are AWESOME! You lucky girl!
ReplyDeleteAwesome beads!
ReplyDeleteI can't draw worth a hoot, so I would never start if I had to sketch. I did try sketching for a while but it made me restless. I was too impatient to find out if my ideas would work, mainly because I needed to see everything in real life to check the scale. Instead, I lay them out on my work table and rearrange for my "sketch."