I blog about my jewelry inspirations. Readers will find that various elements of nature are my inspirations. Of course, I include jewelry making tips. This blog also includes some of my favorite Etsy shops, bead shops and jewelry customers.

Friday, February 26, 2016

I am participating in Bead Peeps 2nd Annual Swap'n Hop. The reveal date is May 15. I am paired with Marcy Lamberson, a glass artist who loves making people smile through her whimsical beads and sculptures. She is also a glass teacher too who teaches private lessons in her studio in Atlanta and group lessons at studios around the United States.

Her art work is gorgeous. Just look at this sweet pearlized pale rose colored spirit bear. She uses dichroic glass to make her "sky" shimmer and asilvered reflective glass to make her "mountains" reflect light and bring out the metallics. I recognized right away that many of her pieces are animal fetish beads and sculptures because my brother who has spent a lot of time in the southwest has been collecting them for years and I have given him a number of fetishes for Christmas over the years. A fetish is defined as an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.

Marcy has lived in Wyoming and Colorado before settling in Atlanta. This gave her the opportunity to be immersed in the culture and art of the area. The influence of the Southwest is very evident in her fetish sculpture pieces. She mades bears which