Donna Kato is getting in the spirit of the season. What started out as a green big bead necklace, begged for some red. It’s much more than your typical red and green design however.
Her clean graphic designs feel tidy, cheery and under control which is what most of us are aiming for on the day before Thanksgiving.
Donna’s been fishing and her fish look dressed for the season too.
We're coming up on the conference season. I was browsing through the Bead and Button site (June 11-18) and came upon the archive of their "bead dreams" competition which contains some polymer winners I hadn't examined before like this great necklace from Patricia Kimle of Iowa. Thanks to Ronna Weltman…
Let's take a break from the red/green palette and traditional designs that surround us this season. Here are three lovely reminders from other areas of the color wheel. Start with the deep rich palette Heather Powers used for her Garnet Kiss beads on the Art Bead Scene blog. Move to…
Pennsylvania's Genevieve Williamson starts this week of giving thanks with a sweet little fiber-y bead tutorial. As Genevieve says, "I've had some polymer artists extend themselves and share their knowledge and present me with great opportunities. Kindness should overflow, shouldn't it? So it seems appropriate that I make my first…
I have always loved Kato’s work — she has such a distinct design sense, a wonderful sense of shape, perfection in her craftsmanship — an excellent role model! Kudos for this new work!
Hi Cynthia, I just wanted to let you know that for some reason there are no more pictures showing up in my feedly reader. I have not changed any settings and it is only your posts so I guess it must be something that got changed here. Would be great is the pictures would be shown again… ;-)) All the best! Anke
Karina Henriquez on Facebook ,
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Sherry Bailey ,
I have always loved Kato’s work — she has such a distinct design sense, a wonderful sense of shape, perfection in her craftsmanship — an excellent role model! Kudos for this new work!
Fabrizio Maccario on Facebook ,
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anke humpert ,
Hi Cynthia, I just wanted to let you know that for some reason there are no more pictures showing up in my feedly reader. I have not changed any settings and it is only your posts so I guess it must be something that got changed here. Would be great is the pictures would be shown again… ;-)) All the best! Anke
Jeanine Black on Facebook ,
Love this!!!
Wendy Jorre de St Jorre ,
Love Donna’s work and those fish are fantastic!
Martha McDowell on Facebook ,
Very nice!
Sandra ,
BEAUTIFUL WORK. #1111111111111111111111