AJE Component of the Month Reveal
Once a month Art Jewelry Elements (AJE) hosts a component giveaway and jewelry reveal. December’s component was made by the talented Rebekah Payne of Tree Wings Studio. Members of the Art Jewelry Elements team, plus a few lucky guest artists were given awesome polymer clay beads that Rebekah made for us. I love these. They are so unique and I especially like that the sides of the beads look like they’d been roughly formed on a potter’s wheel
Goodies from Tree Wings Studio
Rebekah and I share a favorite color: orange. I am especially drawn to burnt orange and the colors of autumn. Happily those are the colors of the bead she sent me, along with a sprinkling of white dots. Those whimsical dots resulted in the name I chose for this piece, the Spot On Bracelet!
Spot On Bracelet
The flower beads have a Picasso finish and were perfect with Rebekah’s focal bead. I like the way they add texture to the design.
Spot On Bracelet
Speaking of texture, the charcoal colored ceramic bead on the left and the green bead on the right are handmade by Mary Hubbard of White Clover Kiln. Mary does a great job with surface textures on her beads and I love the way she achieves layers of color with her glazes.
Spot On Bracelet
The large round bead to the right of the focal is an enameled bead that I won in a giveaway from Barbara Lewis of Painting with Fire. I’ve been experimenting with enamels a bit, but my beads don’t come out this nicely yet! Maybe that will be happening in 2014!
Want to see more gorgeous jewelry with Rebekah’s beads? Here are all the links. Have fun!
Guest Designers:
Stephanie – Confessions of a Bead Hoarder
Ann – Bead Love
Karin – Ginkgo et Coquelicot
Melissa – Bead Recipes
AJE Team:
Karen – Starry Road Studio
Diana – Suburban Girl Studio
Kristen – My Bead Journey
Lesley – The Gossiping Goddess
Jenny – Jenny Davies-Reazor
Linda – Linda’s Bead Blog & Meanderings
Melissa – Melissa Meman… Art, Life, Love
Susan – Sue Beads
Rebekah – Tree Wings Studio
Caroline – BlueberriBeads
I am always delighted to read your comments! Hope to hear from you.
Linda's Bead Blog & Meanderings 
What a lovely bracelet Linda – I love the combination of the grey and orange, not something I would have thought to do but it works so well and as usual you have achieved great depth and texture win your deign.
Thank you Lesley!
This is gorgeous! Love the selection of bead you have used!
Love it Linda, each bead brings something to the whole, and the pops of orange look fantastic against the darker charcoal grey.
Love your bracelet, especially how you made the orange of Rebekah’s bead pop out!
You’ve definitely captured the colors of autumn, and the mood, too, in the lovely shimmer of those matte surfaces. Fantastic!
OMG you Rebekah and I love the same color!!! I love orange too and I love love love how you used it in this bracelet!!!!!!!!!
That’s stunning Linda! I love the collection of beads you’ve chosen, the colours are gorgeous!
LOVE!!! It’s gorgeous!
I love your bracelet, Linda – the colors are all wonderful together!
We are SO having a great minds moment. Same bead palette, both incorporated White Clover Kiln beads… yet they each retain our individual looks. Nicely done, my friend!
This is a lovely bracelet. Orange and autumn are my favorites as well! I really like the variety of beads you’ve used, especially those charming little flowers. Beautiful!
You complimented that bead so beautifully! I’m not usually into orange, but I can dig it when it’s this awesome.
I love the bracelet . What wonderful beads you paired up with Rebekah’s sweet bead! And the name you chose is spot on (couldn’t resist the pun)
LOL!
Oooo the grey and orange is such an unexpected color combo! I love it!
You had the perfect beads in your stash for this! I especially love the little coffee-colored Czech flowers with the other elements.
Linda! you did my bead so proud!! Texture, color, shapes are all perfect in the coordinating beads you chose. Yes, yours is for sure a bracelet I would wear… and it’s very possible I would not take it off. Thank you so much for playing along!
P.S. I am looking forward to your enamel beads. 🙂