Land
of Odds :
Ninth 2012
The
Ugly Necklace Contest
A
Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist
...TAKE
OUR SURVEY...
Corrine
Zephier
Kyle, South Dakota
"From
My Garden of ... BUXMI
(Beads, Ugly, and Mix-Media)"
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Wearing
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POEM
From
My Garden Of ... BUXMI
(Beads, Ugly, and Mix-Media)
Butterfly,
Moths, Flies and Bees --
Worms, Spiders, Wasps and Fleas.
Caterpillars,
Ants, Snakes and Slugs --
Grasshoppers, Ticks, Giggers, and Grubs.
Frogs, Toads, Mosquitoes, and Robins --
Move around and around, like having fun shopping.
These are my visitors that strive on my crop --
Survival is the key, is why they stop.
But, what may be from my body -
That sprouted from a seed, transformed into a bead.
Nothing buta Creed, that changes indeed,
I feed on the greed that heeds the need to precede the lead.
I know that all some do is bead and bead, day in and day
out ,looking at different types and anything that can resemble
beads; cylinders, round, oval, circular,
also oblong, tubular, circles and rectangular.
Practically anything can be made into a bead structure;
colors of all kind that make up the races of beadwork; the
Melting Pot texture.
For some, it is out of the ordinary; colors that do not
match and yet, it does match to them.
Is this the beginning or the end...
This special format what I call a necklace; Jewelry, what
coolerly, ullerly and utter foolerly this may seem,
to complete what started out as a dream...
But it took patience, concentration and imagination,
not to think about color combinations, color schemes, size,
shapes ,for balance persuasion.
This was tedious, mind boggling, unusual, non-routine, and
rare,
from the moment I drew the design, adding substances was
quite a dare.
We grew up learning to color within the lines,
to stay in balance with art no matter what kind.
A lot has to do with Cultures, a way of life and normalcy,
From one day to another, we strive on in our own world of
privacy.
Beading, you got to love it, feel it, live it, dream it,
and best ofall be creative.
This type of Artwork is going to be emancipated.
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Front View
Clasp Assembly
Hand-worked Hook and Eye Clasp
T wo Candy Canes, shaped into a finger, metal ring,long blue
bugle beads to resemble finger nails and beads.
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MATERIALS LIST:
Plastic tubes with real insects, Dental Floss Cylinder,
water Bottle Cap, Interfacing material, Piece of Plastic Canvas,
Plastic Egg, Antler Bones, Elk Teeth, Deer Claws, Earring hoop,
Beaded Earrings, beaded necklaces, Small Key Ring, Hand Sanitizer
parts, used dental floss, plastic cylinder, chew can lid shaped
into a jingle, and Various sizes, colors and shaped beads; Ancient
Grey Beads round corrugated beads, wooden beads, star beads, blue
strand of metallic yarn, small white button, 4-link chain, small
bells, chain, Quarter, leather strip, and beading thead.
Eye, Circular wire, size 11 beads (varous colors).
Nose; Corner of Plastic Bottle, Dyer Sheet, Beads,
and shelf liner.
Mouth withTongue; Stiff Interfacing, beads, silver
earring for nose ring, and sock fo rbacking.
Small piece of beaded chaos; small fishbead, dental
floss cylinder, various color and shape beads, and two bandaids
for backing. Skeleton hand; beige real bone pipes,gold in color
long beads,and pony beads.
Clasp; two Candy Canes, shaped into a finger, metal
ring,long blue bugle beads to resemble finger nails and beads.
Techniques
Stitches; Peyote, Chain, link, Daisy Chain, and
designer stitches.
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Close Up
Showing Tubes With Insects
Use of Little Beads
Detail
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...TAKE
OUR SURVEY...
Corrine
Zephier
Kyle, South Dakota
"From
My Garden of ... BUXMI
(Beads, Ugly, and Mix-Media)"
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