Submission guidelines for "All Things Oz"

Symbeadotic Gallery just posted guidelines for the on-line exhibition - "All Things Oz".

What a great theme, I can't wait to see what people dream up!

More Magnets

In keeping with the Mango magnet theme here is my next refrigerator magnet.
I think it is hysterical!
I made the Mango magnet for a dear friend of mine, her husband didn't get it. I asked him what type of magnet he would want. At first he couldn't think of anything, then a couple fo hours later he came out and said an eyeball! At first I was like. WHAT? But as I was beading it I fell in love with it, who wouldn't want one of these on the refrigerator keeping an eye on things?

The Beginning of the End

August, who would have thought it would arrive so soon.

You are right, it is still 10 days away. But my August and September are so hectic with the Renaissance Festival lasting 7 of those 8 weeks. That I feel I should get this finished while I can.

This is the start of my piece. The sunset photo is the last photo I took, the last time I was up on Maddy Island. We were waiting for the ferry to take us back to the mainland. It is always so bitter sweet, I have had such a great time being in nature but I am also leaving and I know I won't be back any time soon. This photo was taken a year ago.

The stamp that I am using this time is Reach for the Stars. It is an image of all these women holding each other up while the top one reaches for the star. I love this rubber stamp. I have had it for ages but never had the perfect time to use it. Now it feels perfect. The imagery reminds me of all the help I feel from the blogging community, both the commenters and the readers. Each one is dear to me. And this image reminds me that you can not very well reach for a star when it is bright daylight out, you won't know where they are, you have to wait until it gets shadowy and dark before you can see where they might be.

Thanks for giving me a "leg up".
Stop back to see the beadwork on this piece.

Beadwork competition announced

Symbeadotic Gallery has announced their first beadwork competition!
The theme is "All Things Oz".
Cash prizes.
Details coming soon.

Gives us all time to envision a beaded OZ.

Symbeadotic Gallery

Symbeadotic Gallery has a new logo!

The links are not working yet.
I am expecting them to be working by Monday.
Which is when the gallery will announce its first beading competition with CASH prizes!

Let me know what you think of the logo,
do you get it?
is it too subtle?
have I missed the mark?

Its There

The new site is open. Its not pretty, its not done, but the idea is ready to grow.

Symbeadotic Gallery
The idea behind this gallery is that unless you can travel to different destinations you never get to see the gorgeous beadwork on exhibit. You might get to see a few photos here and there but not the full scope. I want to curate exhibits of fabulous beadwork surrounding themes, that anyone can view. So then I thought about how you would want to view an exhibit, the ideal way is to walk around a piece, see it from all angles. I am doing research on the software that would let me do that, show each piece of the exhibit in the round.

The gallery name comes from the word
sym·bi·o·sis

1. Biology A close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit each member.

2. A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Of course I want this to be a mutually beneficial relationship. I am open to ideas and criticism. Lets make this work together!

What do you think of the first competition's theme to be "All Things Oz" this is in tribute to it be the 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz movie. Comments?

New Idea

My new idea - an online beadwork gallery.
Rotating views of each piece.
Competitions with cash prizes.
I just bought the domain name.

Stay tuned!