This month's Art Bead Scene Challenge inspiration is "Autumn" by Milton Avery. You can read more about the artwork and the artist over on the ABS blog HERE. For a fall theme, it's definitely got some unusual colors thrown into the mix. I'll admit that the inspiration artwork didn't initially grab me... but it has grown on me a bit as I've mulled it over.
"Autumn" 1944
by Milton Avery
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Even though I wasn't too sure about the inspiration, I just couldn't help digging through my art beads just in case something jumped out at me... and it did! I found a yummy little bundle of beads from Gaea that I had squirreled away. With the orange leaf connector and beads in shades of cream, pink, and purple they felt like a really good fit. I included the two teal beads from the set thinking that they worked pretty well for some of the darker smudges in the background trees.
When I first pulled extra beads to possibly go with the set, I found some gemstones and Czech glass that matched the vibrant blue and purple quite well, but when I decided to use four strands of waxed Irish linen as my stringing material those fell by the wayside since the linen wasn't going to fit through their smaller holes. I did add in some extra ceramic discs in shades of orange to fill in and ensure my bracelet would have enough length.
I did manage to work in some of the darker blue and bright purple into my design with some decorative beads on the linen tails. I especially like those luster purple seed beads against the orange linen. I'm pretty happy with this fun fall inspired design!
When I first pulled extra beads to possibly go with the set, I found some gemstones and Czech glass that matched the vibrant blue and purple quite well, but when I decided to use four strands of waxed Irish linen as my stringing material those fell by the wayside since the linen wasn't going to fit through their smaller holes. I did add in some extra ceramic discs in shades of orange to fill in and ensure my bracelet would have enough length.
I did manage to work in some of the darker blue and bright purple into my design with some decorative beads on the linen tails. I especially like those luster purple seed beads against the orange linen. I'm pretty happy with this fun fall inspired design!
A lovely, gentle, deeply peaceful interpretation of the theme. Bravo.
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