Catch a good look at these shimmering hollow big beads from Boston’s Betsy Baker (StonehouseStudio). She made this labor-intensive patterned series during the lockdown.
“Now that life and shows are getting back to normal, I won’t have time,” she says.
Seclusion also gave Betsy time to dabble in designing and making dresses. Take a look at her Instagram.
Are there favorites that you’ll have to set aside now that demands for your time are changing?
Rebecca Watkins simplifies our Wednesday and reminds us that it’s still possible to create colorful, cheery, fashionable art by stringing big round polymer balls on a cable.
Artybecca’s beads are colored with dots of shared colors and textured with circles. A dark wash of paint brings out the lines.
The colors are “coincidental” (as she explains on her blog) and happen to match everything in her closet. She wears them here.
Nothing forced or fussy about this necklace. No laborious techniques. A smooth finish and a nice polish and they’re good to go.
Take a deep breath, lighten up on the expectations, and have some fun. See more of Rebecca on Facebook and Flickr. You may enjoy reading about how she “blew up” a perfectly good cane to get back to the big patterns she prefers.
