Ever since I made some leaf beads for “Glasblumengarten”, my SALA exhibition at Bethany Wines, I have had a vision for a bracelet that included only leaf beads! This is how it turned out in blue recycled glass beads made from wine and gin bottles. It looks really spectacular on the wrist, lots of movement!
I made this sweet pendant for a gin lover! She liked the Hendricks and Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle beads, so we used both of them in this pendant with a Fever-Tree tonic water bottle bead in between the two.
This morning I think I put about 20 different combinations of recycled glass beads together. I was over-thinking the design BIG time, and it wasn’t much fun. As I put together yet another combination of beads I said to myself “what’s the worst thing that can happen?” I didn’t have an answer.
I made these earrings from gin, wine and champagne bottles. If someone likes them and wants to buy them, that is a bonus! If they never sell then there might come a time when I take them apart and use the beads in other projects. Nothing too terrible there at all.
I think I might have mixed feelings about mixing colours! On the one hand, I love it and I love wearing mixed colours. I am sitting here with a jumper that has a blue/black striped middle section, and purple/pink stripes on one sleeve, and yellow/grey stripes on the other sleeve.
On the other hand…well, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and you kind of have to be a bit careful about how you do it. Or maybe that’s just my thoughts on it, which are not totally valid, because I haven’t really tested them too much.
So, I am trying to stretch my ideas about mixing colours by putting together some combinations of colours that I wouldn’t normally put together. Yesterday’s earrings are a great example of that stretch!
Today I thought I would stretch again by putting some bright blue (Bombay Sapphire Gin) beads back with some pretty purple beads. Hmmm….I quite like this. It’s pretty and fresh, and different.
I made this bracelet recently.
I liked how the red and blue beads mixed together. I thought a pair of earrings might work well, so I was glad that I had some beads ready to go. Here are the earrings that I made this morning.
I had some leftover beads from my SALA exhibition at Bethany Wines, so I thought I would try a different type of bracelet. I am loving the textures and shapes in this particular bracelet.
I know it can be a hard decision to make – Hendricks? Or Bombay Sapphire Gin?
Well, these earrings mean you don’t need to choose as it combines the two gin bottles in one pair of earrings!
I have loved getting ready for SALA this year, and sharing photos of my work along the way. It’s always nice to see what people respond to, and these little earrings have had lots of positive comments, which has made me think…I’ll probably make them in some other colours soon.
I think so anyway! I love how beautifully these colours work together. They remind me that warmer weather will be here eventually, and we’ll all be able to go swimming again. Sigh….
The beads in this bracelet were made from wine and gin bottles.
I have now delivered all of the work for 4 SALA exhibitions! I’m really pleased with all of the work I have created for these exhibitions. I hope you get a chance to visit some of them during August.
Here are the details of the exhibitions:
