This recent Square knot necklace was inspired by the graphic and contrasting colors in the plumage of a Northern Flicker. Mother Nature is the most incredible designer! It’s all hand woven in tubular herringbone stitch, accented with stones of yellow jade, recycled glass and hand blown glass. 18″ in length. I think I would like to create a whole series of bird-inspired jewelry!
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I just returned from a wonderful show in Kansas City this weekend: the Brookside Arts Annual. We had great weather and great crowds. It was the fourth time I have done this show, and it was my best! Here are a couple of photos of one of my FAB customers, Marsha with her new cuff,...
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In the last few weeks, we have been re-doing my website, mostly to fine tune the speed and ease of E-commerce on the site. It’s working well! Now, I will be back to posting (as often as I can) both beadwork as well as my daily watercolors. Here are a few from the last few...
4 replies on “Northern Flicker Square Knot Necklace”
Kathy Edgell
I live in Seattle and the flicker is one of my favorite birds, beautiful necklace and great colors! Kathy E
Julie Powell Design
Thanks, Kathy! It has such amazing color and patterning….totally inspiring!
Susan Mattison
This really caught my eye. I am also a beader and I am not easily impressed! It is interesting that the “spellchecker” here does not recognize the word “beader”! Funny! I really love your use of color and pattern. I am also very happy to see a fellow bead artist who is bold enough to ask for a fair price for their work! Wonderful! We both know it is worth even more than that!
Julie
Thank you so much, Susan- sorry for the delay in responding!