Saturday, March 29, 2014

Soup Mail Received

After two trips through the mail, the bead soup I created for my BSBP partner (Arlene Dean of a glass bash) is finally in her hands!  While my package was in transit from my home to hers, she heeded the call to help out family in another state.  So, when she realized how quickly the reveal date will be looming upon her, she enlisted her family back at her home to forward the package to where she is staying.  I'm relieved that she finally has it!

So, here's a photo of the entire soup I sent:


As you can see, I was thinking in terms of burgundy reds, purples and gold.  I included: some yardage of silk ribbon that is dyed in purple to red gradations with sparks of gold thread, there is some yardage of both a grey color and a red tone of bamboo cordage, some gold tone chain, french ear wires, 2 brass filigree pieces, some czech glass beads in vials - in tones of red to lavender, yellow gold, and purple to black, the beads on strands are - one strand of large teardrop shaped purple agate, the next row are round purple and rose colored marble stone beads, some clear glass teardrops, two strands of faceted crystal beads that have burgundy/magenta sides, a strand of rose colored faceted crystal beads and a strand of gold colored freshwater pearls, and handmade components of polymer clay flower blossom headpins, a fan shaped dyed tyvek focal, a polymer fan shape with donut clasp, and a handful of rustic polymer disc beads.

Here's a shot of the handmade components:


 The first pieces I made (and which set the tone for the color scheme) were the flower bud shaped headpins which I made using the tutorial from polymer artist Lillian de Vries, her lovely blog is called "at the clayground".  You can find her tutorial for these flower beads here.  Here's an up-close look at those flowers:



My partner had commented that she really liked my tyvek flowers and shells.  So I had originally intended to try something new, in creating a dyed tyvek flower surrounding one of these polymer buds.  Well, when it was finished, I wasn't as happy with it, so I decided to make her one of the shell/fan shaped pieces, sticking to a color scheme of burgundy/magenta/pinks and purples with accents of gold.  Here's the final focal that I created using cut, formed and heat fused upcycled tyvek that was hand dyed:



I wanted to make some polymer beads in the same tones of the flower blossoms, so I made these rustic shaped discs in the same hues and added gold to their edges:



And finally, the clasp I made in a polymer fan shape with a donut connector in the same color tones as the flower blossoms too.


I really loved this soup and wanted to keep it for myself, but I am afraid my funky style will prove to be a challenge for my partner.  When we began our dialog, she didn't give me any information on the types of things she likes, and her blog doesn't really give me much to go on either... she just said that she doesn't like to provide too much information so that she can have a challenge.  So, I made and curated a soup that I would love to receive. So far, my partner has said that she really likes the flower headpins, but not much else about it.. so hopefully those pieces will provide enough inspiration to figure out how to utilize the rest of the soup ingredients.  I gather that my style and my partner's style are likely quite different and I believe that using the both soups will prove to be a challenge for us both!  Anyone who knows me, knows that I love the creativity that comes from a challenge, so I am really looking forward to both my creating and seeing what my partner makes of my funky collection to her.  The reveal date is May 5th, so be sure to check back to see what everyone in the Bead Soup Blog Party has created!


4 comments:

  1. Oh she's way wrong here.. I must not have made myself clear when I talked to her the first time. I am beyond PLEASED and the challenge will be to use it not want to horde everything. Those Head pin's though are totally amazing and while I really like the Fan and the other focal, I keep fondling the head pin's going "my pretties, OH yes you are ... MY pretties. Maybe I should have looked at everything else first?? LOL

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    1. Thank you Arlene! :) I'm glad you are happy with your soup! I can't wait to see what you do with it! :)

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  2. Beth, those beads you made are spectacular. I would pick you as a soup partner anytime! I'm particularly interested with the tyvek piece. I have some and have not ventured into trying it out yet. I'd love to know how you made that piece.

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    1. Thanks Line! :) The tyvek technique of dying and heat fusing is something that I came up with oh, maybe about 5 years ago, can't remember when... About 2 or 3 years ago, I made a tutorial for both the tyvek flower shapes and the tyvek fan and heart shapes, which you can find here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/onemoreuse?page=2 This particular tyvek pendant is just a slight variation of my basic shell-shaped tyvek tutorial... I have tons more shape ideas that I want to do in the dyed tyvek, I just haven't gotten the time to experiment... soon I hope! ;)

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