Month: September 2016

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Murray Bridge Show

This year we decided that we would go to the Murray Bridge Show.  Last year we were a bit too busy looking for houses, but this year, because our house is very close to the showgrounds, we thought we would venture over and check it out.

I was excited to see how my entries had done in the show, and was so pleased to see they had come 1st, 2nd and 3rd!

We had fun looking at our kid’s art work in the show.  Finn had made a nest picture for the Learning Together display.  Ciara was part of the colouring in competition, and she also had her work chosen for the Murray Bridge South Primary School display.

It reminded me that going to the show should mostly be about the competition entries, the animals, and being part of a rural community.  It didn’t need to be about rides and show bags!  We spent most of the rest of the night doing the $2 Bunyip Trail, where the kids got all sorts of free things (including potatoes, carrots and onions)!

I think we’ll be back next year!

First prize - red necklace with handmade glass beads by Julie Frahm

Handmade glass beads by Julie Frahm

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Colour Play

So, last week I mentioned the inspiration for the colour play series over the next four weeks was Kandinsky’s “Concentric Circles on Squares” painting.  This week I took a slightly different interpretation of the painting and made these necklaces:

Kandinsky inspired necklaces by Julie Frahm

Kandinsky inspired necklaces by Julie Frahm

Kandinsky inspired necklaces by Julie Frahm

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Tidy desk…

I often find myself with a messy desk where I make beads (and where I make jewellery)!  It feels like a huge effort is required to tidy up.  But, when I have finally tidied up, it feels so good!  Does this happen to you too?

Messy desk

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View from my studio

It’s trying to be a bit more like spring around here!  Leaves are returning to tress, the roses are starting to get flowers, blossom is appearing.  I quite like spring, apart from when it feels more like winter!

studio view

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Colour Play

If you know my work from a few years ago, you might know that I have been slightly obsessed with the Kandinsky painting “Colour Study. Squares with Concentric Circles.”

For a long time I made glass beads and jewelllery inspired by that painting, not that you could always tell where the inspiration had come from!

Some of you might also know that I am studying part time at the moment!  Anyway, for my last art assignment, we had to do something inspired by colour.  I decided to be inspired by the Kandinsky painting again!  It got me thinking about glass beads, old and new, and over the next four weeks I’ll show you what I created.

Let’s start with these beads that represent the painting in glass…

Kandinsky inspired beads

Kandinsky inspired glass beads by Julie Frahm

Kandinsky inspired glass beads by Julie Frahm

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View from my studio

The weather was so lovely last week, it was a bit hard to get motivated to work!  I definitely worked a lot slower last week, and didn’t get as much done as I really needed to!

Luckily this week the weather is miserable again, and I’m back into it all.  These cold, rainy days make being on the torch a pleasure, so I am getting a few extra hours in here and there, wherever I can!

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