Art & Artists - Me & my Friends #16

Welcome to the World

of Sylvia Kubilus-Elam

Sylvia has been

beadweaving since

1992. She is also a

teacher of the craft.

Her work has been

featured in 2 published

beading books, one being

The Illustrated Bead Bible.

I found Sylvia while

playing around in

Artfire. I think that

her work is stunning.

A few years ago she

taught herself to

Bead Crochet and

Knit Crochet which

are exampled here.

She and another share a shop on Artfire.

Beadacious1221 is her shop's name and you will

love her unique and earthy style.

I have truly

enjoyed looking

at and writing

about sylvia's

beautiful

jewelry. She is

a true artist.

http://jannadu.artfire.com/

http://Jannadu.etsy.com
http://jannadusblog.blogspot.com

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #15

Welcome to the Mystical Treasures

of Willow Walker Designs

I found this artist

while using Plurk.

I visited her Artfire

Shop and was so

impressed with

her glass and wire

work I just

couldn't resist

sharing with everyone.

Her work,

as you

can see,

is unique,

fanciful,

bright &

colorful.

If you are

familier

with me,

you know how much I LOVE color.

She started glass work at 8 years of age.

She is a second generation glass artist and

teacher. She is a mother of 2 and lives in

Oregon. Willow Walker's jewelry is mdae

of beautifully wired dichroic glass art.

Take a good

look at these

4 samples.

Her wire

wrapping

is very

intricate.

You can find her on Artfire.com

under WillowWalkerDesigns.

Check her site out and enjoy!

Art & Artists - Me & My Friends #14

Another New Medium to Share

Well, I have made it back

to my blog. I've been away

for some time. I have another

new medium that I've

been playing with.

I have always loved to

crochet and now there

are so many fun yarns

out there to pick from.

Take this neck warmer

for example, I was able

to mix-n-match several

different yarns.

Or this skinny scarf.

I used three different

colors of the same

fancy yarn. Though,

the yarn is very thin,

I doubled up to thicken

up the stitches.

I have three or so more in the works.

I'll put them up on Artfire shop asap.

You can find the items shown above

in my Artfire studio. My shop designs

and creations are for the Rubenesque

Woman. I believe that whatever shape

a woman is deserving of beautiful

jewelry that looks great and fits

properly, luscious and great fitting

outer wear and dazzling accessories.

.

http://jannadu.etsy.com/

http://jannadu.artfire.com/
http://jannadusblog.blogspot.com
http://phoenixrisingglassart.com