Happy V-Day!
Today it's my turn to post a Studio Saturday at the Art Bead Scene blog, where each week one of the contributors posts about what's going on in their studio. If you leave a reply to the question on the Studio Saturday post at ABS, you enter a drawing to win something. This week the giveaway is one of my heart tiles - how appropriate for Valentine's Day!
I'm making word beads. I mentioned before that I've been inspired and challenged with using words in my work. Words have power and meaning, to communicate and to create. By saying something, we issue a new thought of idea into being, both for ourselves and for those who share in the communicating.
Today it's my turn to post a Studio Saturday at the Art Bead Scene blog, where each week one of the contributors posts about what's going on in their studio. If you leave a reply to the question on the Studio Saturday post at ABS, you enter a drawing to win something. This week the giveaway is one of my heart tiles - how appropriate for Valentine's Day!
I'm making word beads. I mentioned before that I've been inspired and challenged with using words in my work. Words have power and meaning, to communicate and to create. By saying something, we issue a new thought of idea into being, both for ourselves and for those who share in the communicating.
I couldn't actually go on the ABS Bead Cruise, some of you may be lucky enough to go, but I did sign up to be a sponsor. I'm making some beads to send as prizes. This little tubular bead isn't quite finished yet, but it has words wrapped around it. Do you see the words 'harbor' - 'dream' - 'stop' and 'sails' - I wanted to have some inspiring nautical words in honor of the cruise.
Enjoy your special day, I'm off to bake some strawberry muffins and make some hot tea for sipping.
3 comments:
I like it. I admire what you are doing with the incorporation of words into your work. I struggle with using words in my own work. I think it's because I'm more of a visual thinker.
This may sound way out there, but I believe words are magic. Words create reality, because people will perceive reality according to the way it is described.
You're right that words are powerful. Sometimes I start with the words and other times I let the image tell me what it's expressing. I have a shabby book I've been cutting out phrases for the glass soldered pendants - often I'll find a phrase and let the image find me. An example is one I clipped that's sitting on my desk - "a blue handkerchief" - one of these days the image will appear to go with it.
And it's true, we describe reality with words, and the description alters how we receive the world.
Thanks!
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