Andrew Thornton Presents A Weekend Intensive with Gail Crosman Moore

Gifts. Giving. A.Way.

Gail Crosman Moore. Andrew Thornton. Weekend Intensive.

To commemorate this extraordinary event, Andrew is offering vintage sequins & Swarovski, filigree, twilight fibers, milagros.  

The Allegory Gallery welcomes you and award winning, multi-gifted artist extraordinaire and instructor Gail Crosman Moore to peaceful Pennsylvania for a weekend intensive.

enameling.

Saturday, September 8th, 9AM to 12Noon

riveting.

Saturday, September 8th, 2PM to 5PM

 

mold-making. paper-casting.

Sunday, September 9th, 9AM to 12Noon

 

autobiographical collage/assemblage.

Sunday, September 9th, 2PM to 5PM

 The weekend intensive takes place September 8th and 9th. In addition to instruction, students will have the opportunity to exhibit collage work in the Allegory Gallery and meet Saul Bell recipient Gail Crosman Moore in an open galley event:

pod infatuation trunk show.

Saturday, September 8th, 6PM to 8PM

The weekend pass gives you everything. The Allegory gives you the best. Andrew Thornton gives you knowledge and milagros for your journey.

Big Hugs,
TJ

Blue Moon Rosary Challenge

August 31 is a rare blue moon. Please join Margareta Saari and I on that day for a Handcrafted Rosary Challenge. What began as an extra bead exchange and challenge between two Bead Soup Blog Party partners is growing to include other rosary artists! I will share links to all the artists blogs soon, and if you too would like to participate, please comment below and join us.

Big hugs,

TJ

Korukopla: Flower Jewelry Challenge

Today I'm participating in a jewelry challenge with  lovely Finland jewelry artists! :)  It is an honor to be a part of the jewelry challenge: flowers. Thanks to my BSBP6 partner Margareta Saari for allowing me to join in. I enjoyed the theme of flowers very much. Here in the U.S. it is Sunday lunch time, yet I realize now that Finland is about 7 hours ahead. So, I will post my jewelry pictures quickly and then enjoy the sunny afternoon looking at all the other artists' flower jewelry art! You will find a list of the participants here.

I often create flowers with chain maille weaves, but using all beads was new to me. I wasn't sure what I might create -- daisy chain? French flowers? Japanese 12-2 with beads? In a cool syncronicity, I happened to come across a beautiful blog, "Wild roses and blackberries" and discovered two special flower tutorials -- the "Dagger Flower Tutorial" and the "Dagger Flower Drops Tutorial." The flowers are made with Czech daggers, which feel strong as representations of flowers, bittersweet and defined. I have Czech daggers bought on a whim last year, and now the Dagger Flowers and Flower challenge seem to be destiny. My thanks and praise to the artist and author of the tutorials and blog "wild roses and blackberries."

 Instead of Czech drops, I used faceted moonstone in the Dagger Flowers. For the Dagger Drops, I used opalite sticks. Last night, I decided I had to include the pastel drusy quartz from my dear friend Julez Jewels, and I wire wrapped a beautiful drusy stone using German wire. I choose matte white, periwinkle, and rose gold coated copper wire for the pearls, Swarovski rondelles, lace agate, and opalite diamonds and leaves.

The drusy focal can be worn as a component or as a pendant. The spiral at the bottom makes a perfect loop for a dragonfly charm when worn a a pendant. As a component, the drusy brought an element of the ethereal and magical to the flower garden, iridescent and pearlized.

Thank you again for allowing me to create in the Korukopla challenge!

Big Hugs, TJ