It's Party Time-Bead Soup Party That is....
Today is the big reveal for all the hundreds of participants in this fall's Bead Soup Party! I'll try to make my post short because I know there are many other artists to visit...
A quick shot of the soup I sent out to my wonderful bead partner Patsy Evins.
When I first found out I had Patsy for a partner I was both excited, and a little scared. She is such an amazing glass artist, I knew it would be hard to send her something special. Her glasswork is like none I have ever seen...the depth and color she achieves with glass and a flame are nothing short of magical. I've collected art glass-both beads, sculpture, and marbles for the last 12 years-and nothing I've ever seen compares to her work. So when I opened my bead soup and found this treasure chest of handmade glass art, I about dropped....
I wish I was a better photographer-it is hard to capture all the beauty in this glass...
I was challenged to create something that both suited the beauty of her handmade beads, but was also wearable-and "me." I was so happy that I was able to create earrings, a bracelet, and a necklace-
Earrings...
Bracelet...
Necklace!!!
I really wanted to capture my Piscean Nature-my love of the water, and my love of nature-a few of my own charms and pearls-and some beautiful Sari Silk-and now I have an heirloom piece of jewelry that I will cherish for years to come. Thank you so
much Patsy for such a splendid Soup Mix! I can't wait to see what you made!
And to continue on the Party Trail...please visit these wonderful artists who also participated in this fall's Bead Soup Party...and also a huge thank you to Lori for hosting, organizing, and keeping us all updated-you really did an outstanding job---hope you have a vacation planned after all this! light and love
amanda
The Hostess, Lori Anderson and her partner, Manuela Wutschke
Ooooo what great pieces you made Amanda! You guys both sent each other some spectacular components and you definitely did them justice
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Darn...I lost myself for a minute in your necklace!! Amazing work, and I've drooled several times over Patsy's work!
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Oh, I can't see the photos, but I'll try again later tonight or possibly tomorrow.
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Isn't it amazing you and your partner both did beach themes! I love you dangly bracelet and the brass with it.That fish amongst the blue sea is a stunner. Beautiful job.
jenni
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Oh the earrings are cute!
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What an unique style! I love them!
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Oh Dear
You did a great job...I love the colorcombination and the bracelet is my favorit;o)
Greetings from switzerland
Sabrina
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Really, really fun! I love what you did with the sari ribbon to give it "your" look!
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Wow! That is a very impressive necklace! A beautiful fish swimming up an exotic river. I love the bracelet (my favourite of the three) and the earrings too.
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Wow. Just wow. That is one helluva statement necklace, and you know what? I love it! You got the sari ribbon to really make it an 'ocean' piece, and it works without being busy. Amazing stuff
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Gorgeous bead goodies you received! I love, love, love what you did with all of those beads. I espeically love that necklace, it sure is a show stopper!
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What stunning designs, I love the bracelet especially, that starfish is very cute.
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I love the very oceany feel of all of your bead soup pieces!
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Wow, Amanda, I'm in awe of that necklace!!!! A lovely job you did with your bead soup!
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I just wanted to say, wow! The pieces you made are just stunning. You did a great job using Pati's beads. I would have never been able to come up with something like that. Fabulous!
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The ocean is right outside, and I love those Earrings!
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What gorgeous bead soup love what you made with it!
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Hi Amanda! A great soup for a great artist! I do admire Your work and those are no exception
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Wow! BEAUTIFUL!!! Such a dear collection!! I love everything!!
Cilla
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What a wonderful dramatic piece you came up with. It looks as the fish is really swimming in the sea. Great job!
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Very creative depiction of the water. You really jumped into the theme of your ingredients.
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Wow! what a treasure trove! Love the way you made the fish bead swim in your silk bib. Gorgeous!
Enjoy the hop,
Emanda
http://artemisiastudio.blogspot.com/2011/09/bead-soup-reveal.html
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What a lovely set. You blended both styles harmoniously, and that blue waterfall of ribbon on the necklace is so dramatic! Great work.
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Yes, the soup you received was just divine! (Of course, what you sent was just as beautiful!)
I love all of what you created. The simple earrings are the most "me". But, that necklace had me gaping at the computer screen and leaning in for a better look. It's an underwater paradise. There is no way I would have some up with something so amazing. You really rose to the challenge of those fab beads!
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GORGEOUS work! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the necklace especially. It makes me feel like I'm underwater with fish and seaweed and I just love it. You did your "ingredients" justice!
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I HAVE to get some sari silk to play with now, several people have used it but none as creatively as you. That piece is stunning!
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wow Wow WOW!!! all are so beautiful but the necklace is a showstopper! Gorgeous and creative!
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You did such an amazing job with your super mix of beads - love, love the bracelet and earrings especially....and your ribbon on the necklace reminds me of course of the moving sea
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Stunning pieces!
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That necklace is stunning! I really, rally love how you used the silk ribbon and set off those wonderful beads from your partner! Just jaw-dropping!
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I absolutely loved what you created. So nautical and fun. The use of the ribbon and the color....wonderful!
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very pretty, love the earrings and the colour combination you used
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That bib style with all the sari is GORGEOUS!!! love that bracelet and those earrings too!
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Amazing! I just love this necklace. The flow of it, the colors, everything about it is beautiful!
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I am SO sorry for being late -- today our internet provider decided to crash. My stress level is through the roof, to say the least! They're still working on it, but it's like dial-up.
WOW but you nailed this. I wish I could have done something like this with my lampwork but I tell you, I'm still stumped. (Even embarrassed, to tell you the honest truth, to show what I made when I see what so many of you have made). Patsy IS a great lampworker -- I've had the honor of seeing her work in person, both made into jewelry and in bead form!
I love your piece -- awesome.
I hope you'll participate again!
Love, Lori
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Wonderful! You have created several terrific pieces of wearable art. I love Patsy's lampwork, I've been a fan for years. I like your use of color and texture and movement. The bracelet is my favorite. Thank you for sharing your artistic process with us. Cheers!
Lori
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I LOVE the necklace. I love you added fabric for contrast in textiles. Its amazing and your partners beadwork is stunning.
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Awesome pieces, great pendants and so creative.
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Your soup is amazing! Beautiful work on your pieces!!
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Wow, the blue fabric just brings out the colors in those beautiful glass beads! Love your creations...absolutely stunning pieces!
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awesome!
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That is a great set. I love the texture and movement. Nicely done.
Melissa
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Wow what a gorgeous selection you received. I absolutely love everything you have made but my faves are the earrings and bracelet. Well done!
Karyn
Australia
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They are all wonderful. The bracelet is really fun. but that necklace is to die for. It just looks like something floating in the water. Wonderful job with your soup.
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Amanda, I love that necklace it is amazing the blue silk ribbon really looks like water with all the little sea creature and that beautiful glass fish. The bracelet and earrings are also amazing. All are very pretty.
Therese
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Beautiful creations, well done!
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What a great collection of beads you sent and recieved! I LOVE LOVE LOVE that bracelet.
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Beautiful and very unique!
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All the pieces are beautiful, but the necklace is just stunning. Bow down, bow down.
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oh, you got a Patsy fish, how lucky!!! The bracelet is fantastic, a treasure bracelet.
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I love everything you made, the earrings are something I would wear for sure. Your necklace is such a conversation piece, every time I look at the picture I see a different little hidden gem. Well done.
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It's nice to see you overcame your fear with no problem and turned out some really gorgeous nautical pieces with those amazing ingredients! Nice work with the net effect on the fish necklace. I would think that could be challenging.
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Your pieces are so cool, very creative!!!!
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WOW !!!WOW!!! WOW !!!
those beads are drop dead gorgeous!
I LOVE your creations !!!
The Sari silk sea is AWESOME!!!!
Perfect home the Fabulous
fish and jellyfish !!!
Great Soup !
m.e.
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I've been a huge fan of yours for quite some time, so I was really eager to see what you were going to be able to pull together. This is fantastic. It's like a waterfall for your neck. Congratulations on such a gorgeous piece!
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Wow, I love what you have done with your soup. the necklace reminds me of what a mermaid would be wearing were she to come out of the water. I love it.
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Gorgeous! Love how you've used the fibers to simulate water!
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All three pieces are just gorgeous! I love the addition of the fiber to the necklace. Nicely done!
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What you created is absolutely outstanding and completely spectacular!! Great job!
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Wow! The soup you sent and received are both gorgeous! And your necklace is fabulous with the sea blue ribbons as a backdrop for those stunning glass beads and oceanic charms.
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You did such a great job with you soup! I especially love that cool bracelet!
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Beautiful colorful fish soup! Love your unique way of using the silk with the focal and charms.
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What an amazing treasure trove you had to work with, and what a lovely job you did with it all! I really like how you managed to infuse so much of yourself into the final pieces, particularly the necklace. A coral reef is the perfect way to gather them all into one.
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I love that cascade of ultramarine - very beach, but with colour and verve. Great use of materials in all the pieces, but especially the necklace.
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All that gorgeous glass is showcased so week in your designs! Well done!
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Oooh! I adore the blue ribbons necklace - and what lovely beads you had to work with! Fantastic pieces.
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First of all, your photography is great. Secondly, you did the beautiful glass pieces justice by your simple, but rich designs.
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Oh! My! Goodness! This is what I call a delicious soup!! Love your use of fiber in your stunning necklace. Superbe, really.
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What a stunning set. You had some wonderful beads to work with and you took it to new heights. beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Cherrie
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Really beautiful....Truly reminds me of the sea. Such a cool feel to all the pieces.
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I love the simplicity of the earrings and how they balance out the rest of the pieces
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I really love the beachy/seaside theme! The silk really pulls it all together. Amazing pieces!
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All I have to say is - WOWSER!
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Beautiful! I love what you did with the ribbon!!!
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SO lovely!! Those glass beads are really incredible, and I can't think of a more perfect setting for that grand fishy than swimming through a cascade of blue silk. Excellent work
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Those are really cool earrings! I love all the visual interest in the bracelet. I think you really captured your vision well. Great job!
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Amanda your soup ingredients were gorgeous and what you created with them was outstanding.
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Amanda! you made a mermaids treasure! I can see it on a siren, sea spray, and seaweed all around. So lovely!
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*Drools on Self* ..... just plain goegeous.....
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Love your pieces, beautiful!
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Wow wow wow!! Gorgeous pieces! I adore those messy wrapped pearl drops (oh how I wish I could do that). And all of that ribbon - beautiful!! great work and great soup that you received and sent!! Lucky girls!
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Amazing. That necklace is just stunning.
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It looks like you stole those pieces right off a mermaid.
Just wonderful!
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Definitely a Piscean collection... and absolutely stunning! Each of your pieces has things I love... the starfish dangles on the earrings, the wonderful details on the bracelet and the incredible flowing sari tendrils in the necklace. You certainly did justice to those beautiful glass beads.
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Gorgeous! Patsy makes some really amazing pieces and you have turned them into jewellery magic. Love the watery fronds
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I love your work, Amanda! I think your photography is stunning, and the designs captured the beauty of the beads perfectly- well done!
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That is seriously a rockin' piece. Love her beads and what you did with them. I am going to have to make a piece inspired by yours, STUNNING!!!!
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::dropping to my knees in awe:: Oh My. This is *Luscious*. All of it. Wow.
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Love your bracelet and earrings, and that necklace is a work of art!
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That necklace is to die for, and the earrings and bracelet compliment it perfectly - just beautiful!
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The soups that you and your partner swapped are both fabulous!! I love the colors of all 3 pieces, but my favorite creation has to be the earrings. Love those swirl beads with the caps and the stars.
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Love that seaweed explosion of a necklace! You really did have some gorgeous glass to work with. Everything came out beautifully
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Great job... I love the fiber on the necklace but I also adore that bracelet!
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Ok these pieces are amazing! I love the way you used the silk in the necklace! SO creative! And that bracelet is just... sigh-worthy... love love!
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Love your soup and how you used it.
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The Sari fall is so unique! I have never seen something like that. Well done!
Ambra
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Truly lovely, Miss Amanda! I love the way the fish is tangled in the blue. Makes me want to reach out and touch it! The little earrings and bracelet are my favorite. You made this soup yours! That is some tasty soup! Enjoy the day!
Erin
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Wow-really cool collection! That is one of the most unique necklaces I have seen. Very creative. Well done. Both of your bead soups are fantastic-really amazing assortment of beads!
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WOW! I love it all! I esp. love the earrings and bracelet! And what you did with that necklace ..you are one creative lady! Soup-er job.
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Lovely jewellery! I really like the ribbon "waterfall" you made for the fish necklace. And the colours are beautiful. Great job!
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Be. Still. My. Heart. I love what you did with the sari ribbons on the necklace - it is inspired and luscious and oh-so-yummy! I think adding those little starfish charms plays off Patsy's starfish lampwork bead in just the right way. The bracelet and earrings are a perfect complement to the necklace - you totally rocked your soup, Girl!
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Just getting around to sampling more "soup". Love your designs. And your blog is cool too.
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