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art bead, bead earrings, Cate van Alphen, DEC ABS, earring, handmade beads, monthly challenge, polymer clay
The earrings I made for this month’s Art Bead Scene Challenge may seem a little abstract because I can’t share all the steps I took to get there (yet!). The beads I used are handmade by me from polymer clay (other than the gold seed beads in the last pair of earrings).
Choir of Sint-Bavokerk, Haarlem 1635 by Pieter Jansz Saenedam
Oil on Oak Panel, 37.1 x 48.2 cm
Rustic sequin stack earrings by Cate van Alphen
Monochrome earrings – inspired by the geometric structure of the painting.
White stack and glitter bead earrings by Cate van Alphen
Earrings with gold glitter beads (because it’s Christmas). I thought I could get away with these because of the gold chandelier in the painting.
Offset stack bead earrings by Cate van Alphen
The last pair is a bit of a tangent away from the painting. I was worried the stacks of flat disk beads looked a little like electric power line insulators so I tried a pair with the holes drilled off centre. I discovered that I needed to drill two holes to prevent the beads spinning around inelegantly. I was trying to achieve a look of an impossibly precarious cairn. The idea is pretty much the opposite of the order and structure of the painting, but don’t tell the muse!
Fulgorine 
Cate, these are all stupendous. I loved that gold chandelier, too, and put it in my interpretation.
My eyes do the same thing in both the picture and the earrings – they follow the repeating “arches” – I love the earrings – a modern take on an old visual delight! Thank you. Nice post!
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