Parts of Art

In my on going adventure of finding beads I acquired a beautiful conglomerate of what I think is jasper. Not being an expert on gems, I am simply attracted to the colors and textures of stones and love the process of combining them with parts of art. This piece lived in my jewelry bead box for at least a year, waiting its turn for how it would be used. Then along came some beautiful double drilled jasper squares with hues of olive and sepia. I then found a delicious slice of acrylic paint with visual layers of spotted and marbled tans, dark chocolate brown, and pastel baby blue. It all came together with some gray pearl and clay beads. It made its debut on my Etsy store as the Natural Beauty necklace. It sat for four months, waiting patiently for its owner to find it. But no one came forward to call Natural beauty their favorite. When it came time to renew its time on Etsy, I pulled it out to re- photo it. Then it sat on my work table for a few days in the bundle of...

I now have kits for those of you who would like to try your hand at making a pair of one of a kind Parts of Art earrings. The kits will be available soon on my online store, sandyartparts.etsy.com, or at my shows. Each kit contains an assortment of dried acrylic paint, papers, canvas, beads, and all the findings you will need. To see a video on how to make the earrings from the kit, simply paste this link into your browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzS6_TMk30U Once you make a pair of earrings, if you email me a photo of them and you will receive credit to shop in my online store! I am looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with using all kinds of wonderful stuff from my studio. Enjoy!...