COURT OF THE KING GALLERY - Rosary Workshop
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AMERICAN BEAD ARTISTS
RARE, ONE OF A KIND ROSARIES,
CHAPLETS and JEWELRY
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Welcome to our newest showcase in the COURT of the KING GALLERY. Here we pay tribute to the Contemporary American Bead Artists and their work. For centuries we have looked at exquisite beads that come from Venice, Bavaria, Czechoslovakia and Japan. Africa and the Middle East have provided the jewelers and rosary makers with beautiful works. + Today we have a new source of beadmakers from our own Nation. Beadmakers being inspired by the old guard, taking up old techniques and moving them into new dimensions never seen before. These beads are mostly lampwork where each bead is individually hand made. But the newer field of Polymer Clay ('New Clay') is stunning the imagination. (See above from the work of Klew beads) THE BEST PLACE TO SEE A SHOWING OF THE ARTISTS WORK IS AT A BEAD SHOW IN YOUR AREA OR GO TO THE BEAD AND BUTTON SHOW (MW) OR THE INTERNATIONAL GEM AND MINERAL SHOW (Tucson) ROLL BEADS PLAY IN HISTORY
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THE 'SPIRITED BEAD' IS DEEPLY SPIRITUAL We met Karen several years ago and have been fans ever since. Her work is very collectable and very durable even though one might think that polymer clay is vulnerable. We believe it is stronger than glass. Karen explains her technique with polymer clay is the same found in the ancient glass canes of Venice. 'A cane is a bundle of colors painstakingly gathered together to create a design or picture when seen from the end or cross section'. She explains 'they become like a thick puzzle. When the cane is formed, it is then compressed, stretched, rolled, pressed, squeezed and flattened to reduce the size of the cane...' + EACH COLOR IS A DIFFERENT PIECE OF CLAY Once this is accomplished, it is sliced. She makes a ball then flattens it. She slowly works other cane designs into it. Once the bead is complete, she makes the hole then bakes it. She often adds tiny elements of designs to the surface like an appliqué. To finish her work, she sands the surface with 'many grits of wet/dry sandpapers'. Finishes range from satin smooth to glossy. Note that every color you see is a different piece of clay, there is nothing painted on the surface.
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY
3 FLOWER BEAD CAPS
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"I have also assigned to you all the best of the new oil and the new wine and grain that they give to the Lord as their first fruits..." |
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Basha makes beads that appear to be from archival digs - Grecian glass, unearthed and seeing the light of day after thousands of hidden years. Matte surfaces with an inner glow impossible to capture on your screen. |
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1 For the leader; according to "Lilies." A maskil of the Korahites. A love song. 2 My heart is stirred by a noble theme, as I sing my ode to the king. My tongue is the pen of a nimble scribe. + 3 You are the most handsome of men; fair speech has graced your lips, for God has blessed you forever. 4 Gird your sword upon your hip, mighty warrior! In splendor and majesty ride on triumphant! 5 In the cause of truth and justice may your right hand show you wondrous deeds. 6 Your arrows are sharp; peoples will cower at your feet; the king's enemies will lose heart. 7 Your throne, O god, stands forever; your royal scepter is a scepter for justice. 8 You love justice and hate wrongdoing; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellow kings. 9 With myrrh, aloes, and cassia your robes are fragrant. From ivory-paneled palaces stringed instruments bring you joy. + 10 Daughters of kings are your lovely wives; a princess arrayed in Ophir's gold comes to stand at your right hand. 11 Listen, my daughter, and understand; pay me careful heed. Forget your people and your father's house 12 that the king might desire your beauty. He is your lord; 13 honor him, daughter of Tyre. Then the richest of the people will seek your favor with gifts. + 14 All glorious is the king's daughter as she enters, her raiment threaded with gold; 15 In embroidered apparel she is led to the king. The maids of her train are presented to the king. 16 They are led in with glad and joyous acclaim; they enter the palace of the king. 17 The throne of your fathers your sons will have; you shall make them princes through all the land. 18 I will make your name renowned through all generations; thus nations shall praise you forever. |
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Our vision is to provide the finest handmade rosaries, chaplets and other fine religious art forms for personal worship we can make using the best supplies available. The Guild believes the work of our hands should give visual Glory to God, therefore for us, the best for you is very, very important. For more of an individual artists work, please search by name above + This site is dedicated to OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE |
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