This is one that I made a few days ago. The memory card for my camera died, though, so I had to wait and get a new one. I haven’t used my camera so much so I’m forgetting what all the little dials, buttons, and fiddly bits are for so some of the photos just come out weird.
Here is the rosary:
There are some colors I do not like to use in my artwork.
What those might be isn’t entirely obvious because at first glance, it seems I use all the colors of the rainbow. Those, are just serendipitous.
I don’t like, actually hate, yellow, and pink makes me ill. I tend to avoid white, but I try not to when I shouldn’t. Pale colors are generally ignored, and purples, which tend to lean more towards the hippie psychedelic new age tarot reader gypsy side, don’t often work with what I’m envisioning.
In my digital artwork, I’m much more of a stubborn stickler over what colors I’ll base an image on. However, in something I am selling, I have to view these reviled colors in a different light. Someone else may love them.
Two rosaries I’ve made so far have surprised me. One is entirely white, with a red bed at its center. I was a bit worried about making an all white rosary as I thought it might just fade away, but it is quite vibrant, and one of the most beautiful. I still prefer my all black rosary, the Severus Snape Mourning Lily Anglican Rosary, which is traveling to its new home. I want each of my rosaries to be unique, but I am so tempted to make an all black rosary for myself. It cannot be the same as Snape’s though.
This one is inspired by Isaiah 1:18 and so I have called it the Isaiah 1:18 Anglican Rosary.
This is the beautiful Severus Snape Mourning Lily rosary.
The small rosary I made today is yellow and white – specifically, yellow topaz quartz and white jade, and pearl white seed beads. I’ve no photos of it, but will have a few in the next few days.
The topaz quartz looks more like gold, except when the light strikes and you can see clear, yellow, highlights. It’s actually much prettier than I expected.
So, with that in mind, my next project will be quite a bit brighter with some very curious agate beads that are called “dragon vein”. They come in a variety of colors, but this is what I’ll be working with:
Unusual, aren’t they?
This is part of what I’ve been working on this week:
Always Present Anglican Rosary
This one will be for the wrist or pocket. It is made with pale green Kiwi Sesame Agate, white jade, very pale green seed beads, gold seed beads, a green Swarovski Crystal, with a gold-plate cross.
Desert Clarity Anglican Rosary
This is made with Blue Jade, White Jade, small gold seed beads, a green Swarovski Crystal and a gold-plate cross. This is one of my favorites as it recalls the ancient desert colors of the Egyptian Pharaohs.
Silver Sunlight Anglican Rosary
This is larger than a wrist rosary and is best for the pocket or by the pillow when you sleep at night. The cross is Abalone Shell with a sterling silver swirl and fancy bail. The weeks beads are smooth, natural Mother of Pearl and the cruciform beads are round Picture Jasper. The Invitatory bead is of an oval Picture Jasper and two round Picture Jasper beads. The separator beads are a filigree, sterling silver open weave beads.
I’m finding that I really like flat beads for holding in the hand and I think I will make a larger rosary at some point, with flat beads. I found some gorgeous turquoise that I’d really love to work with that rounded, flat beads. They look like they’d be lovely to hold!
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