Bead Journal Project – March’s Chaste Moon
April 25, 2008 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Home & Living
March’s Chaste Moon
For this month’s Beaded Journal Page, I had the work do double duty. There was a challenge in one of my favorite forums (Bead Arts forum) to create something “hidden in plain sight”. I chose to work braille words into my journal page, using a different size (but same color) beads. Here’s the explanation for the piece:
You can find links to more of the Bead Journal Project’s participants on Robin Atkin’s blog.
You can also click on “Bead Journal Project” under “categories” in the right-hand sidebar of Jewelry & Beading to see the past nine months’ beaded journal pages.
Intriguing!
Thanks, Shayla! My first idea was to do a design that only showed up if you were red/green colorblind, but since no one in my family is…what would be the point? LOL!!
So very clever, Cyndi! Your page is beautiful as always . . .
Kathy V in NM
Kathy, you are so kind! thank you so much
I love it! What an inspiration, and a great way to show us where the raised letters are! You are so clever…. every month I look to see what you are going to do this month with your moon!
It looks like a serene moon too. What a nice way to do the page and make it special. I love the way the page shimmers with the waviness of the lines of beads.
I thought it was awesome even before I read about the braille! Just wonderful, Cyndi!
Oh wow, I totally love that piece ! It looks great, with the dots like black currants, and the braille message is a wonderful idea and very moving !
Thank you so much, everybody! The largest beads are black iris pearls, the Braille dots are size 8/0s and the majority of the beads are 11/0 delicas. It does have a lot of shimmer due to the gold and a smattering of silver-lined blues. The fabric underneath has the swirled pattern on it, and I just pretty much chose a piece with the look I wanted and followed it in beading…can’t take credit for that!
Cyndi this is beautiful. You’ve got a lot of work in this piece and your time and patience shows. I also like the Braille writing on it. Awesome, keep creating.
Joni
It was actually hard to know when to stop, Joni
Beautiful Cyndi! (Double entendre intended.)
I love the idea of hiding the message in Braille.
The swirls look very Van Gogh “Starry Night”.
I LOVE Starry Night! Thanks so much
It shows!