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(2006) 9"x 3", Size 15 seed beads (transparent red iris, matte black, transparent burgundy), faceted cherry quartz, faceted jet beads, nylon thread.This is actually a repetition of the pattern for "Sand Wing".
The bracelet reminds me of the myth of the phoenix who is consumed in his own flames to be reborn from the ashes. The elegant flared black shapes and bright reds reminded me of flames and ashes, and the red cores of the black pattern hint at the glowing embers from which the new bird will rise.
This is my submission for the ArtisanCraft Mythology Contest. [link]
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Thank you very much! And you are absolutely right about the tattoo reference.
I'm too chicken to get a permanent design. The idea of pain doesn't bother me (not after major reconstructive hand and knee surgery), but I just know I'll get tired of anything eventually, no matter how well designed or how happy I am with it at any given moment.
So this is a good cop-out...
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WOW! That's awesome! It's so vivid and bold... Very powerful, I'd say.
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Thank you very much! I rarely do a pattern twice, but this one I just wasn't finished with.
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this bracelet is just awesome! i wish i could have a couple 
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Thank you! I never work on one continuously, but if you counted all the hours together it would probably be somewhere like 15 - 20 depending how big/complex the pattern is.
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The pattern looks like something you might see as a tatoo!
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Actually that's where most of my inspiration for these comes from: tribal blackwork designs.
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Like tribal tattoo designs. If you go to a tattoo site that sells free or for sale designs and you look under tribal you'll find a lot of the kind of abstract patterns that I design as the basis for the wing bracelets.
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it certainly smoulders. i think i'd be too much a coward to use that orange. perfect for halloween too.
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Thank you! I'm pretty jumpy around bold colors myself, but this one kind of took off on its own...
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Holy unfair competition Batman! Hehehe, it's gorgeous, and i love your color choices!
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It's a great colour comination. Very nice.
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Thank you very much!
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Luscious!!! love the flaming oranges and reds contrasted so nicely against the black- love the phoeonix myth too!! well done!
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My brain went "WHOOOMPH!"
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Thank you! Yeah, the orange really packs a color wallop!
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Thank you! Glad you like it.
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Thank you! Occasionally I will let subtle go to hell, I gues...
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each tiem i come to look at these, the more impressive they become, so bold and gorgeous
somewhat gothic like as well
you can see all your hard work in each piece of your crafship, each one is so different and unique none is the same
that what i love about your work, you strive to find the most beautiful beads and colours for each one, i envy your hardwork and imagination
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Thank you very much! I still surprise myself sometimes how colors will influence a pattern and make it look like an entirely different design. It certainly was the case with this one...
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Wow, the different colours give this a completely different feel. It's so vibrant and full of energy.
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Thank you very much! I think the lighter colors always seem to take up more space than the dark ones, and because the color values are reversed - the original bone-white is now black, the whole pattern looks different.
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Ein Traum ! Ich dachte ΓΌbrigens gleich, als ich es sah, an einen PhΓΆnix. 
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Dankeschoen! Ich freue mich, dass Dich die Farben und Formen gleich an den Phoenix erinnert haben. Ich sehe auch abstrakte Schnaebel und Fluegel...
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Thanks very much! The pattern just felt like it had another color solution in it...
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very nice! me likey, me likey!
as soon as i saw it i thought of the pheonix.
i didn't even need to see the title.
great job!
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Thank you! In this case I am very glad I could be so obvious!
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That is a fantastic design and I love the centre beads it must be difficult to work out how to make it.......
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Thank you! I always start out with a detailed pattern; that way I can make my errors on the computer rather than having to unravel beads...
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A PHOENIX! Among my favorite mythological creatures *lol points to signature* This is wonderfully evocative of that creature in an abstract sense.
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Thank you! I love phoenixes, too. The idea of flames, immortality and flying combined - that powerful and alluring mythology!
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YES. The modern American novelist Ray Bradbury had extensive moving symbolism about the phoenix in his novel "Fahrenheit 451," you should take a look sometime
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It's so long since I've read that, I have to look again. Of course given the subject matter it would be perfect. I love his writing, really liked his "Mars Chronicles".
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