Found object jewelry by Jan Turner Bell
September 14, 2009 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Beading, Mixed Media, Other Bead & Jewelry Sites, Wearable Art
You know how as soon as you throw something out, you figure out how you could have used it for jewelry?
Not that I think Jan Turner Bell would have thrown out this shed deer antler or the wonderful arrowheads that she used in her mixed media necklace (it also doubles as wall art), but she did make at least one person almost pass out when she told him what she was going to use them for!
Jan lives on a farm that has been in her family for over a hundred years. She has a great support system in her family, …read more
Artist Profile: Bernadine Stoopman
April 24, 2008 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Artist Profiles, Beading, Designing, Mixed Media, Wearable Art, Wire
Artist: Bernadine Stoopman
Location: Brisbane, Queensland (East Coast of Australia)
Websites and Blog:
Bridal Jewellery & Hair Accessories by Bernadine
Designs to Love: Bernadine’s gallery
Handcrafted Jewellry & Special Occasion Creations
Hooked on Wire blog
Bernadine, your work is so unique. How do you describe it?
Inventive and inspired are probably the first words that come to mind when describing my wirework.
What is your creative process like?
Sometimes I pull bits and pieces out of my storage boxes to see what goes together but that’s not always successful for me as I don’t have an unlimited collection, so I leave it for a couple of days …read more
