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Past, Present, Future pendants
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Diamonds may be forever, but they're just not all that unique. One more or less looks like another. I decided to put a new spin on "Past, Present, Future" pendants by using three complementary colored and patterned lampwork beads that, in combination, form truly one of a kind pendants that can never be duplicated - even by the artists who made the beads - since lampwork glass has a mind of its own and is born of fire and the talent and inspiration of the artists who create it.
I hope you enjoy my new series, these pendants are available in my Etsy store and others will be made available in my BeadArtists.org marketplace store!
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Yes, this one is named for that song. Yes, I'm a big huge Floyd fan. Yes, I realize that there's nothing about the pendant that would make most people think of the song, but these beads made me think of it, so that's what I called it :) Lampwork beads by Alexandra Spinglaschell of By The Sea Glass Art...
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This .999 fine silver lampwork glass pendant puts a new spin on the "Past, Present, Future" concept by combining complementary beads to form a completely unique, one of a kind pendant that has been crafted with love from start to finish. The lampwork beads in this piece were lovingly created by Alexandra Spinglaschell of By The Sea Glass Art; they have been mounted on one of my handcrafted .999 fine silver head pins and accented with round 4mm black onyx beads and hexagonal .999 fine Thai Karen Hill Tribe silver Fair Trade beads that complement the patterns on the lampwork beads. These beads feature a really cool mix of black, lime green and vivid blue in a really mesmerizing, trippy pattern that I just love! The top bead has a black base layered with transparent glasses, the center bead has a black base and the bottom bead has a transparent base for a really nice combination of depths within the same color patterns.
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This .999 fine silver lampwork glass pendant puts a new spin on the "Past, Present, Future" concept by combining complementary beads to form a completely unique, one of a kind pendant that has been crafted with love from start to finish. The lampwork beads in this piece were lovingly created by Alexandra Spinglaschell of By The Sea Glass Art; they have been mounted on one of my handcrafted .999 fine silver head pins and accented with round 4mm turquoise with matrix beads and slightly bicone shaped .999 fine Thai Karen Hill Tribe silver Fair Trade beads that complement the patterns on the lampwork beads. These beads feature a really cool mix of orange, yellow, white and turquoise blue in a really funky, trippy pattern that really brings to mind "with tangerine trees and marmalade skies..." from the equally trippy Beatles song!
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This .999 fine silver lampwork glass pendant puts a new spin on the "Past, Present, Future" concept by combining complementary beads to form a completely unique, one of a kind pendant that has been crafted with love from start to finish. The lampwork beads in this piece were lovingly created by Alexandra Spinglaschell of By The Sea Glass Art; they have been mounted on one of my handcrafted .999 fine silver head pins and accented with round 4mm natural tiger's eye beads and .999 fine Thai Karen Hill Tribe silver Fair Trade beads that complement the patterns on the lampwork beads.
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This .999 fine silver lampwork glass pendant puts a new spin on the "Past, Present, Future" concept by combining complementary beads to form a completely unique, one of a kind pendant that has been crafted with love from start to finish. The lampwork beads in this piece were lovingly created by Alexandra Spinglaschell of By The Sea Glass Art; they have been mounted on one of my handcrafted .999 fine silver head pins and accented with a round 4mm natural fluorite bead and several styles of .999 fine Thai Karen Hill Tribe silver Fair Trade beads that complement the patterns on the lampwork beads.
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This .999 fine silver lampwork glass pendant puts a new spin on the "Past, Present, Future" concept by combining complementary beads to form a completely unique, one of a kind pendant that has been crafted with love from start to finish. The lampwork beads in this piece were lovingly created by Alexandra Spinglaschell of By The Sea Glass Art; they have been mounted on one of my handcrafted .999 fine silver head pins and accented with round 4mm and 6mm natural fluorite beads and patterned .999 fine Thai Karen Hill Tribe silver Fair Trade beads that complement the patterns on the lampwork beads. These beads feature a really cool mix of turquoise blues, white, purples and silvered glass that come together to look an awful lot like eyes, and the Stevie Ray Vaughan song just kind of popped into my head!
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The colors in this pendant are really wild and funky and the stripes just twist in all sorts of directions! The blues, yellows and oranges really complement each other and the buttery yellow jade and fine silver Karen Hill Tribe faceted twist beads tie everything together!
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Lampwork beads by Alexandra Spinglaschell of By The Sea Glass Art
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My jewelry is Bent, Warped & Twisted - just like me ;) My website and forum and online gallery are still sort of under construction but the chat room's open for business, feel free to drop by!
Many of the pieces you see here are available in my Etsy store, if there's a piece you're interested in that isn't in my Etsy store drop me a line and ask about it, I may just not have gotten around to listing it yet! I do try to put "sold" signs on the pieces that are no longer available :)
I LOVE WORKING WITH LAMPWORK. It's not just a love, it's therapy. Marrying my love of jewelry with the art of lampwork glass and wire work is cathartic, relaxing and compared to a shrink, it's CHEAP! It's also something I can do with ALL of my kids that really makes our family time especially fun, and it fosters the importance of crafting and artistic expression in them in a time when an appreciation for true quality work and attention to details seems to be falling by the wayside. When they see the work that goes into it they have a much deeper appreciation for it!
I wish I could take up the torch myself but thanks to RA and the meds I take for it playing with fire would be not only dangerous but kind of stupidly irresponsible. Besides, someone has to BUY the pretty beads that all those wonderfully talented torchers make!
I try REALLY hard to give props to the glass artists who make the beads that I use in the pieces I make and put in my gallery but if you recognize your beads in my work and for some reason I had oatmeal for brains when I did the writeup and didn't acknowledge you PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I believe in giving credit where it's due and I couldn't make a bead out of Play-Doh and I'm not going to let anyone think I made these beautiful glass jewels that permit ME to put them in pieces of jewelry. I'm very fortunate to have had just the right beads tell me to come and get them, it's a moral imperative that I give their creators the proper respect!
Amy Bozarth
2605 Union Point RD
Union Point GA 30669 US
Phone: 800-759-6869
http://www.bentwarpedandtwisted.com
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