Being the A.D.D. type, I tend to leapfrog from style to style pretty quickly, with one thing leading to another and another. I actually like to call my disorder B.A.D.D., for Bead Attention Deficit Disorder. Being afflicted with B.A.D.D. is the reason I tend to make focals and not sets. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, there is no cure for B.A.D.D., I simply have to allow my creative muse wander as she wills.
I recently posted about about being enticed into playing with a “standard” type of reactive twisty. I had fun playing with that for a few session, then decided it was time to move on to using my expanding twisties into a more refined design, so I started playing with new shapes. I’ve been calling these beads my “Ornamentives” as, to me at least the shapes remind me of small ornaments. I like the way the twisty imparts a bit of an organic feel to beads with an otherwise more formal and ornate design.
Linda beads and blogs from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah!
Ellen says:
I think you’re doing a great job with your “wandering muse.” Hang onto her.
December 15th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
loribeads says:
Mmmmmm….gorgeous. I love the way you’ve used twisties in these designs. Yum.
December 18th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Watch Me Create » Creative Synchronicity says:
[...] Boxing Day give a way bead was one of my “ornamentive” beads; which are sort of formal and ornament shaped. I enjoy making these beads and think [...]
January 5th, 2009 at 8:48 am