I had high expectations for the third year of my Bead Journal Project. Rather than beading a mandala shape, I decided to bead on felt in a rectangular shape. I started with some needle felting of bright colors, representing the happiness of starting a new project, then surrounded them with black and white, representing the low contrast of color in winter in Michigan.
Well, winter in Michigan can be pretty bleak, as is my piece above.
I always dream of sun in March. In the past I've often gone away for a week in March to someplace that is supposed to be sunny. This past March my husband and I went to Miami and then took a 4 day cruise. It was freezing, overcast, very little sun. The waves were so high we couldn't even go to one of our destinations, which was (supposed) to be a gorgeous beach with turquoise water. Didn't do much for my mental health.
I tried to think of soft colors in anticipation of spring. But I was still feeling the depression of the lack of sun in March, so the sequins and black beads represent feeling down. Notice, though, that I was still trying to be optimistic, as the sequins are very shiny.And that's as far as I got for 2010. I was not inspired to continue. I wanted to keep the depression at bay, and I didn't want to bead it or explore it further.
4 comments:
Humm, wonder what my excuse is.
I think I only did 4 but I love the ones I have done.
I think all the health issues in our home this year had a lot to do with it. Not so much a lack of interest but a lack of time.
I answered Robin's call for help to continue the BJP for another year.
I HAVE gotten a lot from both years and would not like to see it discontinued.
And I don't want to lose track of the people that I have met while participating.
I really like the pieces you did, especially the first one with the bright sunny colors! Don't worry about not making all the pieces...you did what you did, and it's all good. Thanks for sharing them with us :-)
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