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Both Stacy, my partner, and I have received our soups. Kindred souls - we picked a similar palette: mine to her was turquoise and silver, Stacy's to me: teal and brass.
Her soup is adorable:
A gorgeous focal as a nest, birds and connectors in brass, a bird clasp, along the teal ceramic and glass beads. If you know me, you know I already hoarded that ceramic beads in all sorts of shapes and sizes. And the birds and nest?! She somehow read my mind: I was just thinking a couple of weeks I want to get some birds: now I have them! spring arrived earlier for sure.
The challenge for me? Using brass - I admit brass and I aren't friends. Not at all. But, as usual, I will approach this challenge as a friendly push forward, and I will overcome my 'fear' of brass. Who knows? Come March I will figure out I love brass (it had happened many, many, maaany times before). The important thing is: I will try my best and I will not be prejudiced against brass :)
Step 2: designing with this fabulous ingredients!
For the soup I sent to Stacy I decided to make the focal: wire wrapping is something I simply adore lately, and wire weaving is a technique I just started on (this is my second attempt, after the heart in January):
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A teardrop stabilized turquoise wire wrapped in wire weaves - in silver plated wire. I hope Stacy likes it as much as I do (of course I am biased).
To complete the soup I added a handmade clasp (coiled wire), 2 large turquoise, and a pack of turquoise chips.
I am looking forward to seeing what Stacy will make - we'll have to reconvene here at the end of March, on the 30th (we are on the 1st reveal) along the other ~150 participants.
Wishing all the participants a good encounter with their muse and inspiration :)
What a fun soup. I actually really like brass - I discovered it during my steampunk phase - and use it a lot now. I especially like it with teal!
ReplyDeleteIt is, isn't it? I hope I will grow to like brass too, fingers crossed :)
DeleteBoth amazing soups, I love turquoise a lot.
ReplyDeleteYou'll surely have a lot of fun!
Turquoise / teal is my favourite colour ever - I will have so much fun with Stacey's soup!
DeleteI love the teardrop, wire-wrapped focal you made! Fabulous. Stacey must be delighted.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bonnie - I hope she is, I sure had tons of fun making it :)
DeleteThe pendant you wire wrapped is awesome. I am using more brass lately and really liking it. Looks like a fun stash.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Becky - I'll have to start working with brass... soon... if everyone is liking it, I will find what it is to make it likable :)
DeleteVery pretty soups on both ends!
ReplyDeleteThanks :) can't wait to start working with mine!
DeleteLooks great! Your wirewrapped pendant looks lovely and those little brass birds are so sweet!
ReplyDeleteBoth soups are really great. Looking forward to see the end result
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to visit as many of the blogs as I can. I love the soup that you got! I can't wait to see what you've done with it.
ReplyDeleteStarting my journey to visit everyone's blog. I got my soup yesterday. This is going to be such fun!
ReplyDeleteHi, I'm a new beader and part of the bead soup party. love your bead soup. I'm a new follower.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful soups !! I hope you enjoy your adventures with brass. I love working with copper but did add brass to my designs about a year ago. Love the warm colors of both.
ReplyDeleteHi Alicia =)
ReplyDeleteVisiting all the blog before the party begin.