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Monday, November 4, 2013

I came across and featured some wonderful resin clay jewelry tutorials a while back. That introduced me to Nunn Design, a small Washington based wholesale jewelry supply company which caters to the jewelry making community.

Summer Collection Giveaway

The founder and driving force behind Nunn Design is Rebecca Nunn. She not only has a strong need to craft and create, she also had an entrepreneual "passion to create a special kind of company — one that would foster connection, build community, and facilitate the creation of beauty."

Becky explained what makes her company different. She said, "We don't produce any of our supplies. We design and have all of our products manufactured for us." Shown here are some of her own finished jewelry creations using the findings she designed. Becky is at the moment really into epoxy resin clay, colorizing metals, etching metals, resin and cold connections.

Also check out the Nunn Design tutorial page for more of her awesome designs complete with instructions. They look stunning but are not hard to do. The following are some of my favorites :

Leather Bee Cuff Bracelet

Mum Ring

Crystal Clay Earrings

Seed Bead Bangle

They also have new retail kits which are available for sale from their website. Here is one example :

Giveaway
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This giveaway is international.

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It ends in a week's time at 6 pm EST Monday, November 11 , 2013. I will pick the winner randomly and announce the results as soon as possible after. So be sure to leave a contact email if you don't have an online link or make sure you come back and check! Otherwise I will redraw in a week. Good luck!

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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Mosaic Bead Art by Jan Huling

Jan Huling is a New York based "beadist". She calls herself that because she is an artist who works with beads! What she does is to take objects like toys or something drab and ordinary from a flea market or even eBay and transforms them into works of art.

Detail from Koko Monkey

Jan's very first piece was a beaded kazoo! Since then, her collection has grown. Now her varied and eclectic work has been exhibited in many museums. The New York Times dubbed Jan's work "oddball assemblages" much to her delight.

Her eye for color and pattern is evident from her designs which require meticulous gluing of Czech beads. Where does her inspiration come from? Jan says, "My three-dimensional collages combine found objects with surface design, sometimes touching on narrative themes. I'm also drawn to religious and political icons, inspired by a continuing fascination with indigenous or popular culture and world religions."

Buddha's Urn

Jan adds, "My goal in covering the surfaces of sculptural objects or flat images, is to transform the mundane and allow us to imagine the magic within the familiar." Those amazing transformations are all works of art!