April Earrings – Evening Glow

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glow-in-the-dark, handmade beads, handmade earrings, mood beads, polymer clay

I was inspired to make a pair of glow-in-the-dark mood bead earrings by the Earrings Everyday April challenge.

“Hemispheric – Valencia, Spain – Jan 2007” by Diliff – Own work.
Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

The thing which struck me from this photo was the dynamic quality of the light, so I included the mood beads which change colour. I made the beads on the bottom from polymer clay and the “white” veins glow in the dark. These beads convey the glow from windows.  The central beads feature the colours of the photo and the patterns are mirrored like the reflections on the water. And the pink cotton cord… well that connects the beads to the ear-wires 😉

Evening Glow earrings by Cate van Alphen

Here’s a close up where I’ve changed the colour of one of the mood beads by warming it in my hand.

Evening Glow earrings by Cate van Alphen

You can find these earrings in my Etsy shop.

Evening Glow earrings by Cate van Alphen under UV light

Glow-in-the-dark beads by Cate van Alphen

ABS November Challenge – Apple Zing

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apple, art bead, beads, earring, green, handmade beads, handmade earrings, NOV ABS, Paul Cézanne, polymer clay, red, seed beads

The inspiration painting for this month’s Art Bead Scene challenge is “Basket of Apples” by Paul Cézanne.

Basket of Apples by Paul Cézanne, 1893
Oil on canvas 65 cm × 80 cm (25.6 in × 31.5 in)

I made a pair of earrings using that delicious fruity orange/red and tiny, crunchy green seed beads. The focal (art) beads are polymer clay made by me.

I think the halo of green seed beads suggests the fragrance and zing when you bite into a lovely ripe apple 😉

Mmmmmm!