Mar 16, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery, Work-in-progress
At times I get inspired to pull a cluster of beads together, a ramble of colors which just speak to me usually when I have no time but to gaze absent-mindedly at colors and not think. Times like this I fiddle with the beads, relaxing, and then bag them to be made up...
Mar 16, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
This morning I am feeling old and creaky .. my mind, heart and soul is feeling young and fresh, wish my body wanted to keep up! My day job is in the office – sedentary, my hobby is sitting and creating – sedentary, my relaxation is blogging – sedentary. I have a...
Mar 11, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery
While creating designs for the ArTTable, I was asked one year to be gust artist at the Melbourne Craft Expo along with a beading partner of mine at the time Leeza Silverman. For 3 days we sat beading a vase as part of my series ‘Sharing My Backyard’, there was no...
Mar 3, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery, Work-in-progress
Recently I did a post called ‘Inspired by Wattle’ .. well it was enough to inspire me into making a green and gold bracelet. Whilst I was writing the article I dug into the bead box and pulled out what I had that made me think of wattle .. green and gold...
Feb 2, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery
The end result is beautiful! This is my final post in a series of ‘how to make a rainbow bracelet’. I don’t really do rainbow myself, I prefer to select a natural palette, more organic inspired. Rainbows to me are bright, colorful things with...
Jan 27, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery
In my last post I showed you how I go about selecting beads for my highly ornate bracelets. This is the second post of three, where I will show you how I go about preparing the beads as wire charms to add to my bracelets. Post 1: The design stage. In my...
Jan 26, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery
I get a lot of compliments about the unique and interesting collection of beads I put together in my wire jewellery bracelets. ‘They are fun to explore’ is the common feedback. The technique in which I prepare my beads is common to all bead...
Jan 5, 2013 | Browse and chat, That Creative blog
An artist friend Trevor Platt wrote on my facebook after releasing my new site .. “Welcome back, an artist has no choice”. And that is sooo true .. whilst I sadly closed my business the ArTTable and have happily rebuilt my life here in Melbourne, I never...
Dec 29, 2012 | Jewelry and beading designs by Dina
Here is a sample of the Autumn 2007 catalogue from the ArTTable. While we are no longer in business selling kits and materials, the brand owns many of the designs and patterns for macramé, wire jewellery and mosaic projects. Soon we will enable readers to gain access...