Apparently I didn't manage to write a blog in April. I don't know what happened to the month. It was here, I blinked, and it was gone. Only the bills remain.
I loved the colors in Marcie's piece and had to make one myself. Actually this is the second one I made. The first I completed a few years ago, but I used thread that was a little too light weight and had problems with the aventurine beads breaking the thread. For this piece I used 4 mm aquamarine and 6 lb. Fireline. No problems.
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| I hoarded this aquamarine for years - it is much prettier in person |
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Gwen Fisher commented that she saw a similarity to the
Archimedes Star in this design. I see it too. All the little triads and groupings of six. I have been reading Gwen's article "
Using tiling theory to generate angle weaves with beads" and am excited about thinking through angle weaves (RAW, CRAW, MRAW) in a new way. I am a very big picture person - I like to understand how everything fits together before I start exploring details - and this article helps me wrap my mind around the weave and imagine possibilities.
The aquamarine looks beautiful, and the bracelet is so lovely -- Marcie's patterns are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love it! And I know what you mean about the thread breaking. I had the same problem myself, it all just depends on the gemstone rounds that you use, with some, I can get away with just nymo and others really require the tough stuff. Great piece!
ReplyDeleteA very pretty bracelet. Love the colors. Thanks for making me giggle with the "only the bills remain" comment - how TRUE! And apparently I don't read blogs in the beginning of May as I'm just getting to my reader today!
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