Being Creative.
Felted beads from Smika
I was having a little peep around in Etsy the other day and I happened upon Smika. They do beautiful felted beads. Smika is in Lithuania. My ones (up there) were from a mystery grab bag for $2us. I think I got lucky. The colours were so lovely. Each bead is like a soft little coloured pebble. Two came beaded. One was marbled. I want to make them into a necklace but I am not sure if they should be strung horizontally or vertically yet. I will let you know what I do.
Gesso transfer technique
I have also started Claudine’s class. It is super fun. Claudine Hellmuth is a very well known collage artist based in the US. She is bright and bubbly and has cats and dogs. The class is an online collage techniques based course via Big Picture Scrapbooking. There are lots of classes here to try, not just in scrapbooking. Some are free. I think it is a great idea to study this way as you can a) access teachers/classes that you possibly could never attend physically b) go at your own pace c) in your pj’s if you want d) at midnight if you want. That is how I like to study sometimes. The tree is my first technique. The image is transfered using gesso (a white primer) and a photocopy. I love the faded effect of this transfer and it was so quick and easy to do. I think there is still time to sign up!
Kirsti says:
Those felt beads look delicious – hope you are enjoying Claudine’s class!!!! Kirsti x
Anastasia says:
how do you find out all these things – id love to do a creative online course!!
Claudine is very talented – share some more with us!!