26
Wear Your Heart on a String: The Sweetheart Necklace by Sharilyn Miller
The versatile heart link can be used in many jewelry projects,
from necklaces and bracelets or to earring dangles and anklets.
44
A Captured Moment in Time: Making a Fused-Glass Ribbon Necklace by Louise Duhamel
Starting with fused-glass charms and her lively imagination,
the author demonstrates how to make a timely piece of wearable
art.
46
“Hip” Art by DeAnne Velasco Musiel
The author interviews artist Vicki Sele, who turns ordinary
dominos into “hip and happenin’” jeweled belts.
60
Crocheted Rag Hats by Janice Rosema
The queen of crochet introduces a fun new project for spring:
rag hats made from strips of fabric and your favorite ribbon
embellishments.
DEPARTMENTS
6
Material Differences: Cotton Organdy by Sally Anne Artese
Organdy speaks the language of spring to our columnist, who
explores the creative possibilities of this versatile material.
8
The Professional Artist by Sarajane Helm
The author teaches you how to market your wearable art.
11
Embellishments: Beauty & the Button by Judy Hendrix
Turn your favorite buttons into cabochons for beaded jewelry
and embellishments.
17
On the Surface: Photosilks: Printing Silk Scarves with Thermofax
Screens by Michelle Newman
The latest technology in screen-printing is now accessible
to everybody! Learn how to make unusual painted scarves enhanced
by silk-screen printed photographs.
23
Accoutrements: Fabric Collage Dreams: Window-Art Purses
by Kate Lyon
Use sheer ribbon coupled with found objects to create the
purse of your dreams!
34
Clay Arts: Leaf “Fossil” Jewelry by Patricia Kimle
Your backyard garden provides the inspiration for your next
jewelry project! Let the author show you how to make faux-fossil
jewelry with a simple pressing method.
Spring 2004
ON OUR COVER
The Sweetheart
Necklace, a lovely silver and pearl necklace by our editor, Sharilyn
Miller, graces the cover of this issue. For more information on this
piece see page 26.
50 Designer
Collection: MariaTeresa Stoa by Ricë Freeman-Zachery
She’s into beads, yarn, embellishments and more: Meet MariaTeresa
Stoa, a New Mexico jewelry artist with a spiritual connection to her
bold and earthy creations.
58 Necessities:
Product Reviews by Sharilyn Miller
62 Salon by Our Readers
Art-to-wear garments, beaded jewelry, polymer clay, scarves and other
fashion accessories—15 pages of glorious artwork, and it’s
all handmade by our creative and talented readers!
96 Tapestry:
Seamless Socks by Jenny Doh
FOR
YOUR INFORMATION
2 Letters
to the Editor
42 The
Artist’s Library Book reviews by Sylvia Valle
58 Necessities
Must-have products & videos for art to-wear enthusiasts!
77 Submission
Guidelines
You can be published!
78 Happenings
A calendar of conventions, workshops & tours
88 Resource
Guide
Where to find products & services
Embellishments:
Beauty & the Button by Judy Hendrix
As a young girl, she spent hours stringing buttons from her grandmother’s
button box. “Those are treasured memories,” says the author,
“so it’s no surprise that later in my life buttons would bring
me back full-circle.” Since then, Judy Hendrix has developed her
own easy method for beading on buttons to create gorgeous embellishments
you’ll want to wear on your favorite garments and fashion accessories.
On
the Surface: Printing Silk Scarves with Thermofax Screens by Michelle Newman
Fiber artists, welcome to the digital age! Michelle Newman shows you
how to combine your photography skills with a new silk-screen process
to create fabulous scarves with a modern twist. Thermofax screens are
a fantastic new invention that allow anyone to use photocopied photos
in their screen-print designs. Combined with brilliant silk dyes and
paints, the new techniques the author introduces illustrate just how
far silk painting has come!
Accoutrements:
Window Art Purses by Kate Lyon
“Ribbon is one of my favorite embellishments,” says the author,
“and I’m always looking for ways to use it in my art.”
When sheer ribbon is used as a “window” to capture interesting
items behind it, it brings a sense of depth and discovery to the item.
Artist Kate Lyon promises that this new technique will open up many
new windows into your own creativity.
Cover
Story: The Sweetheart Necklace by Sharilyn Miller
The versatile heart link can be used in many jewelry projects—from
necklaces and bracelets to earring dangles and much more. “These
little hearts take on different character depending on how you link
them together (sideways or point-to-point),” says the author and
editor of Belle Armoire. The spiral link not only works well for a necklace
chain, it also looks fabulous when worn as an anklet.
Clay
Arts: Leaf “Fossil” Jewelry by Patricia Kimle
By pressing a leaf into polymer clay and baking the impression, you
can create molds to use creatively for many years. Use your molds to
make jewelry, pens, journal covers, vessels and more—each one endowed
with a natural impression. “The techniques to embellish the leaf
impressions are endless,” says artist Patricia Kimle. In her article,
learn how to make a pendant and earring project with an aged, earthy
look—just like a mysterious fossil!
Designer
Collection: MariaTeresa Stoa by Ricë Freeman-Zachery
She’s the queen of fibers … and beads, wire, found objects
and more! Meet MariaTeresa Stoa, a jewelry artist from Ramah, New Mexico
who finds inspiration in the natural world around her.
