When I got up this morning I was feeling a little better about them. They looked a little better in the sunny light of early morning. I was getting ready to rush out to my studio and make more beads so I could try some other combinations to improve the color. And then I thought what if.....? I went to my wire box and got out some new to me antiqued copper wire from Kabela Design that I had picked up at a bead show last month. And I started wire wrapping the beads and putting them together and all of a sudden I was feeling really happy, excited and delighted with my new beads and new colors.
The moral of this story for me is never judge a bead out of context. I should know this by now but I am forever forgetting this wonderful quality of beads--the way they change color depending on what they are next to.
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Thank you for stopping and have a great day. We have SUN today in the Northeast. Yeah!!
Mary, I think they look absolutly stunning combined with the wire
ReplyDeleteNice Mary! I was looking at a kiln for ceramics yesterday and I saw awww you better get your Lampwork straight lol! Lovely beads Mary xx
ReplyDeleteMary, pretty beads and so lovely with wire. The blue one with the little speckles is a pretty glaze too. I agree with giving them time to appreciate them before discarding them.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're happy with them now Mary, I like both colors very much and what you've put together so far is wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteI definitely like them!
ReplyDeleteI agree completely. I often come back to things that I've set aside for months and thought just why did I think this is so awful. But glazes are like that. You just never really know if a new one will meet your expectations. I quite like that brown. It plays nicely with other colours.
ReplyDeleteI quite the colors...very earthy. And they are so gorgeous wire wrapped.
ReplyDeleteHi Mary, you could never make anything that looks bad i love the colors and copper is my fav wire to work with!! p.s. Jack made our great yesterday thanks for all the well wishes ttfn L:)
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you feel better about them now! I loved them by themselves but the way you put them together is also fantastic. Yay for beady ingenuity. Enjoy the sun! :)
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you continued to work with them! I thought at first glance they looked lovely, but I can understand when the image in your mind doesn't meet up with reality it's disappointing. I love the wire-wrapping, especially the addition of the wire-wrapped fiber. Very pretty, Mary!
ReplyDeleteMary, what a gorgeous piece....just love the rustic look. :-)
ReplyDeleteDitto!
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