Morning Glory- Art Imitating Nature

Posted on Jan 13, 2010 in Events and Experiences | 7 comments

A friend of mine sent me this image taken from his phone on his way to work.  Isn’t it beautiful?  This image was taken about a week ago at 6:30 in the morning in beautiful Glendora, California.  It was nice of Chris to share this magnificent photo with us, amazing what cell phones can do.

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The beautiful colors of orange, purple and blues put together like that, only nature can do.  Morning glory, the flower came to mind and did some searching, look what I found?  Morning glory, kind of nature imitating nature.  You can find more images of flowers for inspiration, here.

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Purple and orange are my favorite colors, I had to make paper beads with those colors, how?  I printed the image on a heavier than printer paper, I cut it in half and pieced them together to get longer strips of triangles.

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I rolled the strips of triangles using the metal paper bead roller.

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I coated each bead with Diamond Glaze, and let it dry.

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The part I enjoy the most is making them into wearable piece of art.

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7 Comments

  1. Colors are beautiful! I can hardly wait to see the finished piece!

  2. I love when art is inspired by nature these beads are beautiful!

  3. These colors are gorgeous! I love painting my own paper to make paper beads with. You’ve inspired me to try a purple/pink/blue combination.

  4. Hello! Found your site using a link on Ann Martin’s blog! Your paper beads are fabulous! The most beautiful ones I’ve seen!
    Your paper beads made my day:-)
    Hugs from Portugal
    AnaIsa

  5. The photograph looks amazing! They turned out to be pretty nice beads too.

  6. Brilliant! Great idea with the photo, it was a beautiful day indeed. Good job!

  7. They are gorgeous!