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I was just thinking about this the other day. At first I thought of shadow
boxes, but I'm not sure that's what I want to use. I'm still pondering. Kathy K "Dr. Sooz" wrote in message ... I didn't realize that I was a bead collector until quite recently when I opened my artist bead container and lovingly fondled the beads, only to close it up again while releasing a sigh of bliss and satisfaction. Now I'll have to figure out how best to display all those wonderful pieces of art glass. How would YOU display them? How DO you display them? I was thinking of putting some of my best ones in a small shadowbox type frame. I think I'll mount them on peyote stitch of single-color, matte 11s covering the entire back surface. ~~ Sooz ------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html |
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Found this just now, cruising around on eBay for display ideas......
http://snipurl.com/4gu9 ~~ Sooz ------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html |
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Kandice Seeber wrote:
Issue #1, which was brought up by someone else (thank goodness, otherwise I would be too afraid to post my thoughts) - 99 cent auctions are not always about perceived value. I have said this before and I will say it again - I post 99 cent bead sets on ebay to reduce ebay fees, and because I have confidence that my beads will get a good price. I have only been disappointed once or twice. eBay is an auction house, *not* a retail outlet. It's a game to many cusotmers. People do need to ba a little more lenient about price, but I *do* understand the need to ask for prices you can accept. That means when you list something, you need to be ready for what the market decides to do with it. So admonishing people for listing at 99 cents or 9.99 or 99.99 or what have you, is really not something that I see as good. A couple of artists have actually been named here in this thread, and some have been alluded to. That's not fair. Speaking as a buyer I agree with you here. Sure, if I see an item that's worth say $50 and the artist prices it at $22 I think maybe the artist doesn't value it much. If however they start it at 99c I think the artist is very confident in their work, because they're obviously pretty sure that people will see the quality and bid it up to somewhere near it's full value. |
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Margie wrote:
You are right! I was looking and oh my...am I the only one that finds some of the curio cabinets tacky? And, dangerous.... ;o) Arondelle -- ================================================== ========= To email me, empty the pond with a net Visit Arondelle's Dream Worlds at: http://www.arondelle.com Read my Blog: http://www.angelfire.com/blog/arondelle/index.html |
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You could line this box/case with black felt....
http://snipurl.com/4gue ~~ Sooz ------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html |
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In article , Margie
writes: I did see one I liked that is made from rosewood, an open table top design, I liked the feeling of space. I think I was discussing this type of thing with Cheryl, not too long ago.... When I was in Okinawa, the "in" display thingy was a hibachi table, with the copper-lined box used as the display area, and a glass or plexiglass piece cut to fit to replace the original top. Common items in the displays: sea shells on beach sand, chopstick rests on rice, origami figures, temari. Kaytee "Simplexities" on www.eclecticbeadery.com |
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When I was in Okinawa, the "in" display thingy was a hibachi table, with the
copper-lined box used as the display area, and a glass or plexiglass piece cut to fit to replace the original top. Common items in the displays: sea shells on beach sand, chopstick rests on rice That sounds cool.....but I've never heard of a hibachi table. What is that? ~~ Sooz ------- "Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance ~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html |
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Tink, the thing that got me, is that I hear an undercurrent from some bead
makers, especially if they don't make sets, that they are THE artist. (Tink, I'm not aiming this at you, it just happens that you wrote the words that I am making this response to) As a beader, beads are components, raw materials. A bead can be a spacer or a work of art. The good thing about that is that more people want jewelry than want collectible beads. That means that for most bead makers, beaders are their best customers. I think bead makers should appreciate beaders, and want them to be able to make enough of a profit to stay in business and keep buying their beads. We beadworkers buy lampwork because we appreciate and want tosupport of lampworkers, as well as to procuce a good product, of course. I just want bead makers we buy from to be appreciative and supportive of us too. Tina "Tinkster" wrote in message ... What I meant about the "not to turn into jewelry to resell for a profit" comment was that a lot of my lampwork ends up in pieces made as gifts. So let me try again. LOL! Most of my beads end up as standalone collectibles, quite a few end up in designs destined to be special gifts and the smallest number are incorporated into jewelry designs that are sold. Sometimes I'm not very good at expressing myself. :-) Tink On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:47:15 -0600, Margie wrote: On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:10:16 GMT, Tinkster wrote: This is a really important point. The vast majority of my customers buy my beads to collect and display, not to turn into jewelry. And not to turn into jewelry to resell for a profit. I didn't realize that I was a bead collector until quite recently when I opened my artist bead container and lovingly fondled the beads, only to close it up again while releasing a sigh of bliss and satisfaction. Now I'll have to figure out how best to display all those wonderful pieces of art glass. With that said, I am also a jewelry maker. Creating a piece incorporating an artist bead whether it's yours or another of my favorite artist's is an act of inspiration, introspection and respect. If I choose to sell my creation, it would be a disservice to myself and to the artist to sell it for no profit IMO. Art takes many forms and there's nothing disrespectful about making money from it. |
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Sounds nice.
Mom, who has much more art than wall space, rotates the work on her walls. You could do the same with your presentation boxes. You could make backgrounds of peyoted matte mixes. Dull pinks with grey, slate blues with grey, etc, that would work with several beads (or maybe fabric instread). They make suitable glassed in boxes -- often sold to keep war medals and such. And there are acrylic stands. I'm pretty sure I've seen some advertised that have a vertical metal post for putting beads on. And I have a metal stand that holds a specimen/gem/bead at about a 22 degree angle, that looks like a C with two screws. I have a few beads that hang -- over the bed, in a window. Tina "Dr. Sooz" wrote I'm hoping to do a gridwork mounting of the frames -- like a more spaced-out sheet of postage stamps, you know? All together, evenly, on a wall somewhere. Probably two rows, horizontally, so they're visible and easy to view for most heights. Each frame to hold one bead! Eeeeeeee! (I'll do lampwork sets, if any, with another display treatment....though those usually beg to be made into jewelry, don't they?) The backgrounds inside the frames will be as plain as I can get them....a single-color peyote stitched matte-bead surface. Undistracting, the color will be something to show off the bead itself -- a dull color, but complementary to the bead's predominant color. (Is this making visual sense so far?) A pale golden bead will have a muted lavender-grey background, for instance. |
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I've sensed that a lot of lampworkers don't "let go" of a piece once
it's sold. Does that make sense? I think it's kind of what you're talking about. It hasn't been an issue for me because, in my case, it's not even about the beads I make, it's about "doing glass". Being as distanced as I am from jewelry-making contributes to that, too. But I do know what you mean. That some beadmakers feel a sense of ownership (maybe not the right word) and more of an investment in the finished work of jewelry designers wherein their beads are used. Damn. Bad grammar or something there, but you get my point. LOL! Tink On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:38:11 GMT, "Christina Peterson" wrote: Tink, the thing that got me, is that I hear an undercurrent from some bead makers, especially if they don't make sets, that they are THE artist. (Tink, I'm not aiming this at you, it just happens that you wrote the words that I am making this response to) |
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