WOW!!! - Alla Maslennikova...

For about a month now I've noticed one particular bead artist named Alla Maslennikova producing numerous pieces of bead work that are so original and beautiful. Maybe you have to. She has new designs I've never seen, and uses beautiful articles and findings of high quality in her pieces. She has an abundance of pieces, everyday one or more new pieces are displayed on her Facebook page. Here are a few that knock my socks off. Crystal Waterfall and Baroque (first two below) are from a time when I first noticed her work a couple years ago...

Bead Lady is the name of her business. She's very young and beautiful, and lives in Moscow.

You won't see any thread showing in her bead work even with magnified glasses. Don't know how she does it.

She also has an Etsy shop...https://www.etsy.com/shop/beadladyru?ref=si_shop

Susanne Seidelmann...

I recently discovered her pieces published in Perlen Poesie Magazine.
Intricate and delicate components of metal parts, wire work, chain, bead stringing, and bead weaving designed together in beautiful, romantic, vintage jewelry.

She teaches her classes and sells kits on her site below:

http://www.sz-2010-schmuckdesign.de/

This is her Fairy Dust Necklace from Perlen Poesie Magazine that I fell in love with...

More by Ella Des...

This woman is amazing! She is one of my favorites because sooo many of her pieces are beautiful. Her color choices are amazing using a huge variety of palettes.

I saw her Super Square Earrings (below) and ordered the tutorial to make me a pair.
I love how they came out and would definitely make them again. Here is the pair I just finished...

You can find more from her Facebook page and shop from her on-line store. Below are more of her recent work...

Angie of Red Tulip Design...

This Bead Embroidered Silk Bracelet's creator Angie has created numerous masterpieces using beautiful Shibori silk ribbon.  Just look below at some of them...

I'm happy with mine (below), however, her beadwork is just perfect. I used Swarovski crystals to embellish. You can purchase her kits or pdfs from her Etsy shop. I like to at least pick out my own beads and colors, so I buy the pdfs (illustrated instructions/pattern).

Angie also has her Red Tulip Design business on Facebook.
And if you really want to see a lot of her beadwork, look here on her Pinterest page. For instance look at this cuff (click on it to see it on Pinterest...

The same for this one, just amazing...

I could go on and on there are sooo many wonderful pieces.

Contemporary Geometry Beadwork Finished...

Finally, been working this for a while. Just couldn't get it, even though the architecture is very simple, and I loved geometry (hated algebra) in high school.  According to the creators of the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork books, this is (mine is on the top) a Wing Bangle.  I started by using a pattern created by the very generous Barbara Briggs, (bottom), however, at a certain point I got all messed up and couldn't follow, so some of the top half is improvised. I think it's kinda weird, and plan on making a more normal one.

Daisy Pip Bracelet by Lea Palickova...

I just loved this bracelet when I saw it, and had to try to make it. Well, mine (gold petals) turned out ok, but, Lea's is well, just nicer. It's probably the colors I chose. Lea's instructions can be purchased as a download from her Etsy shop. She has many beautiful items there, and also at her website.

Funky Skunk by Virginia Blakelock...

I love this design by Virginia Blakelock. It's smooth and continuous. I had to make one. I don't like my bead selection, but I do love Virginia's from Bead&Button Magazine. Virginia is one of the owners of Beadcats http://www.beadcats.com.

Timeless Elegance...

One way to describe the type of beadwork Cynthia Rutledge creates.

Below is my version of her Honeycomb Bangle that was published in the Bead&Button magazine (Apr 2011). Yes this is how long it has taken me to get around do making one. I thought I would come across the special 6x9 faceted rondelle beads for it, but never did, so I had to stop procrastinating and set out to search and find them on the internet. First I tried some I already had but they were too big and had to rip it up. This is a project where your seed beads need to be uniform as much as possible to make it perfect. I would like to do another one with the perfect beads. She also has the tutorial for this one at her site http://www.cynthiarutledge.net/kits/b-honeycomb-bangle/index.htm

I must show a few of her fairly recent pieces that I love...

This is her Jacobean Floral Bracelet, and I hope to take this class some day.

and this is her La Dolce Vita Bracelet.

And this amazing Victorian necklace is called her Art to Wear Necklace. You will find more about her bead work from her site http://www.cynthiarutledge.net/.

Margarita Bracelet by Ella Des...

Ella is another bead artist that I admire and whom I purchase tutorials from her, which she has in Italian, Dutch, Spanish, and German, like this one (Margarita Bracelet tutorial). I loved beading these. They were easy and I think they turned out great. In her tutorial she also lists where to find these wonderful Czech Super Duo beads which was very helpful.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Ellad2
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ellad2/159915594061691

Indian Summer Bracelet...

created by Susan Severs Council, and featured in Beadwork Magazine (Aug/Sep 2014) was fun and easy to make. Here is the piece I just finished...

I love working with these 2-hole seed beads.

Scrumptious Scallops...

This is Carolyn Cave's 'Scrumptious Scallops' Necklace. It was in Bead & Button magazine (June 2014).

I beaded it with blue and black and silver, but don't like the result. Carolyn used off-white to brown beads (see below), which is just beautiful.

I can't find a website for her but you can find her Lady Beadle Designs on Facebook...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lady-Beadle-Designs/427012680654105

One beautiful piece after another...

Is Helena Tang-Lim's bead work. This is her 'My Rather Large Cocktail Ring' which is sold on her website in kit or as a tutorial download (printable copy). I don't really like the colors I selected to bead this, but I wanted to make it using whatever beads I had at the time. It's a very cool ring, and easy and fast to make. I love how she designed the bands on the side using the Superduo beads.

Her website is at http://www.manek-manek.com/. Manek-Manek means beads in the Malay language. Below is one of her beautiful pieces, there are soooo many.

And below is probably her most exquisite piece, The Phoenix Collar...

Love these Swing-Time Earrings...

designed by Christina Neit and in Beadwork Magazine (Aug/Sep 2014).  I couldn't wait to make them, and then kinda went overboard. But they will make great gifts. Who wouldn't love them? And they are easy to make.

She creates beautiful and original beadwork...http://goodquillhunting.com/

Below is a piece from her website is this gorgeous Aurora Cuff...

I LOVE THIS!!!

Contempory Geometric Beadwork

Finally I've finished some pieces from the first Contemporary Geometric Beadwork (Volume I) book, however, I am patiently waiting the arrival of the next book (Volume II), because I really don't know what the hell I'm doing. For instance this  Rick-Rack Bangle ...

that I just finished, is this it? Do I do anything else to it? do I keep adding rows? Hopefully the next book will help.

I want to make a Fortuneteller Bangle but can't figure out how to start it. Books are great but some people like me need the book and a class.

I have tried to make horns to no avail. I can't understand the instructions for them in Volume I and hope that Volume II will help.

Here are some other fun pieces from the book I finished...

I love the geometric design, and can't wait to learn more and incorporate it into beading projects.