Fast & Fabulous Nature-Inspired Jewelry Designs p. 62 ® JUNE/JULY 2019 Weave a Colorful Bargello Cuff Style Create a Statement & Meet Artist Wendy Ellsworth Looming with Beads * 5 Things I wish I Knew Before p. 12 * Beach Blanket Bracelet p. 14 * Desert Sky Bracelet p. 18 * Garden Party Lariat p. 21 Desert Sky Bracelet by Lindsay Burke p.18 BARGello Bracelet by Michelle Gowland, p. 44 WWW.INTERWEAVE.COM Kantha & Rainbow Mountains (in progress) by Cheri Carlson FREE SHIPPING / FREE RETURNS / GREAT REWARDS join the fun at artbeads.com/rewards! SEE WHAT WE’RE SERVING New Czech Bead Recipes 24 Unique Recipes John Bead Corp. — Beads, Crystals & Components | www.johnbead.com Tel: (416)757-3287 | Toll Free: 1(888)755-9055 | E-mail: [email protected] contents JUNE/JULY 2019 VOLUME 22 NUMBER 4 Designer of the Year Projects 29 AGAVE CUFF Wendy Ellsworth This colorful cuff uses three-dimen- sional geometric beading techniques. 34 LOUKA BRACELET Vezsuzsi Stitch a patchwork of color using only seed beads. 38 BACK-TO-BACK SPIKES NECKLACE Susan Sassoon Use seed beads to create unusual 29 38 spiked components. Features 12 FIVE THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I STARTED BEAD LOOMING 24 WENDY ELLSWORTH: CREATIVE, ARTISTIC, GENEROUS, SPIRITUAL Departments 4 Passing Through 6 Cool Stuff 85 Techniques 85 Stitch Index 34 14 88 Bead Buzz Advertising Section 11 WEAVE A JEWELED TAPESTRY: BEADING ON A LOOM Projects Katie Hacker 14 BEACH BLANKET BRACELET SPONSORED BY FIRE MOUNTAIN 48 STAR FLIGHT GEMINI PENDANT GEMS AND BEADS Susan Pelligra Kathy Simonds 18 DESERT SKY LOOMED BRACELET 52 DEWDROP EARRINGS Lindsay Burke Evelína Palmontová 21 GARDEN PARTY LOOMED LARIAT 55 MELON DELIGHT WRAP BRACELET Cindy Kinerson Amy Haftkowycz 44 BARGELLO BRACELET 58 MYSTICAL PORTAL PENDANT Michelle Gowland Marianna Zukowsky Dewdrop Earrings by Evelína Palmontová page 52 On the Cover BARGello Bracelet By Michelle Gowland Page 44 2 WWW.INTERWEAVE.COM 48 18 56 21 62 63 12 64 67 Project Rating Fast & Fabulous: Inspired by Nature Our three-level project rating system is found in the project instructions. 62 TIMBERLINE WRAP BRACELET 66 MONARCH’S DESTINATION £¡¡ Kristina Hahn Eleniak UNKNOWN NECKLACE BEGINNER LEVEL 63 RAINFOREST NECKLACE Sandra Lupo Quick and easy Anne Perry 67 NATURE WALK NECKLACE ££¡ 64 SONORAN DESERT NECKLACE Michelle McEnroe INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 68 BEACHCOMBING NECKLACE Moderate time commitment Deb Floros Terry Ricioli £££ 65 WOODLAND PATINA NECKLACE ADVANCED LEVEL Debbie Blair Longer time commitment For Stitch Index, see page 85. BEADWORK JUNE/JULY 2019 3 passing through EDITORIAL Translations EDITOR Tamara Honaman TECHNICAL EDITOR Meredith Steele The beautiful BARGello Bracelet design on the INTERIM MANAGING EDITOR Katie Hacker cover is Michelle Gowland’s translation of the tradi- COPY EDITOR Nancy Arndt tional Bargello needlepoint embroidery technique. MARKETING & ADVERTISING She executed the design so well using two-hole shaped beads and luscious ADVERTISING MANAGER Marilyn C. Koponen color palettes. This may seem odd, but looking at Michelle’s designs trans- [email protected], (877) 613-4613 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Stephanie Griess ported me back to the early days of using polymer clay. [email protected], (877) 613-4630 In the mid-1990s, Laura Liska devised a technique that translated her AD TRAFFICKER Cari Ullom love of Bargello into polymer. She displayed some of her work during the MARKETING MANAGER Jessi Rodriguez Masters Invitational Polymer Clay Exhibition and Sale (MIPCES), and it CREATIVE SERVICES was wonderful to see her work up close. The details, colors, and the way SENIOR DESIGNER Connie Poole she was able to create layers of color that transitioned seamlessly were PRODUCTION DESIGNER Mark Dobroth ILLUSTRATOR Laura Shell mesmerizing. PHOTOGRAPHY George Boe Other artists were also translating natural materials and patterns or techniques into this new medium. City Zen Kane, the company run by Steven Ford and David Forlano, created beautiful ikat designs in polymer. Ikat is an Indonesian dyeing technique applied to fibers before weaving FOUNDER Linda Ligon them into fabric. Tory Hughes was instrumental in creating faux recipes DIRECTOR OF CONTENT, CRAFT Tiffany Warble that had our pasta machines busy night DIRECTOR OF MEDIA SALES Julie Macdonald SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CRAFTS MARKETING AND ECOMMERCE and day creating faux ivory, turquoise, OPERATIONS Kimberly Greenlee and cinnabar, to name a few. I still love seeing how artists translate things they love using mediums they are passionate about—it’s something we see in beadwork all the time. Agave Cuff by F+W MEDIA, INC. Wendy Ellsworth (page 29) is her interpre- CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Gregory J. Osberg tation of thorny plants found in the SVP, GENERAL MANAGER F+W CRAFTS GROUP David Pyle desert. MANAGING DIRECTOR F+W INTERNATIONAL James Woollam Susan Pelligra brings us a taste of VP, CONSUMER MARKETING John Phelan summer in her bead-loomed version of a VP, DIGITAL Jason Revzon beach towel in Beach Blanket Bracelet (page 14). VP, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT Pat Fitzgerald Next time you’re working with a piece of fabric or cutting flowers from your garden, take a close look at what you see, then challenge yourself to translate that into beads using traditional off-loom stitches or weaving Designs in this issue of Beadwork® are for inspiration and personal use only. Exact reproduc- them on a loom! tion for commercial purposes is contrary to the spirit of good craftsmanship. Designs may not be taught or sold without the expressed permission of the author. Beadwork does not Speaking of looming—this issue is filled with bead-looming resources. recommend, approve, or endorse any of the advertisers, products, services, or views advertised Beadwork Beadwork Julianna Avelar, inventor of the Jewel Loom, shares five things she wishes in . Nor does evaluate the advertisers’ claims in any way. 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