Perlen Poesie issue 14

In issue 14:


•  Maggie's Gold: Maggie Meister - the father sparked her interest in European history. Years later, she came to Italy and was able to learn and practice. The colors and shapes of the ancient artifacts are featured in Maggie's jewelry.
 
•  Caught in the Net: Confucius said, "Holes are the main thing in a net," - explanation and demonstration of the possibilities of this fascinating simple netting technique.
 
•  Bead Art Fair 2013: Anticipation - bigger, more beautiful, more diverse - a preview of the 3rd Beaders Best Bead Art Fair 2013 in Hamburg, and indeed in a new place.
 
•  Back to the Future: Czech Republic - we can feel the glory of the old "Jablonec Industries" by looking at the famous glass beads by Preciosa Ornela and admiring committed people who live with the old craft and inspire the global market with new products.
 
•  Winners of IBA 2012: Look at the winning pieces of the international jewelry contest IBA 2012. Savor the diversity of ideas!
 
•  15 tutorials and much more!

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Perlen Poesie issue 13

In issue 13:


Issue 13 of the popular German Magazine Perlen Poesie magazine has many fantastic projects for bead weaving. Printed in German, the projects are illustrated and easy to follow without having to understand the text although it now comes with an English supplement that helps translate all of the projects.
 
The magazine includes 15 beading projects from artists worldwide: from the shawl clasp to Spanish earrings and bracelet. It also covers a great assortment of beads, tips and tricks, Bead Art Fair, IBA contest and much more!

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Perlen Poesie issue 11

Did you buy it? Not yet? Hurry up! In issue 11:


• Lady in RAW. Marcia DeCoster: The artist is a stylish woman, knits fine tunics and loves to bead her jewelry mostly in RAW technique. We met her in Bonn, Germany, where she held workshops for 3 days. She let us have some of her treasures, which we are able to show to our readers. You will also find an instruction for a fancy bracelet...

• The Bead Ambassador. Petra Tismer: She loved beads for a long time and when she accompanied her husband to Turkey for a few years she started to teach beadwork techniques to an international group of women of the diplomatic corps. Back in Germany she turned hobby into profession...

• Surprising Designs. Paula Matos: The lively Portuguese woman decided to give up her job in a bank and do what she loved - to design jewelry and to share this love with others. Traveling to India she convinced herself of the bead production...

• And 17 instructions. Instructions to rework, for example Micro-Makrame, pieces in Soutache technique, something for the fans of Bead Crochet and inspiration for working with Roses Montee, great pieces in RAW and many other techniques.

The magazine is published in Germany by Beaders Best Verlag Company, you can subscribe it. If you live in the USA, you can directly or via Internet buy single issues of the magazine at the Beads by Blanche bead shop.

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IBA 2012. Three weeks to go!

The second International Bead Award (IBA) 2012 contest is to support the art of beadwork. The theme of this contest is POP ART. "Pop" stands for the English word "popular". The suitability of mass consume can be or turn to Art. Strong colors and shapes, two or three dimensional, a certain simplicity, a reference to everyday objects or free abstraction, all is possible at the same time as well as a smooth succession of objects. Trivial things become original and refreshing. Humor is very important!

Three weeks to go! Deadline is December, 31!

International Bead Award 2012 rules

Art Nouveau Restored - IBA 2011 winner!

On August 20, 2011 the winners of the International Bead Award Contest were announced at the Beaders Best Bead Art Fair. It was an exciting event! And good news: my Art Nouveau Restored necklace won two awards: First Place in Off-Loom Category and People's Choice Award.

Photo Credit: Friedhelm Ott | Perlen Poesie

First place winners are:

Lampwork Category

       1 Place: Helix - Jacky Teuchert-Rimkus, Germany
       jackys-glas-art.de

Loomwork Category

       1 Place: Spring Has Sprung - Erin Simonetti, USA
       simonetti.com

Off-Loom Category

       1 Place: Art Nouveau Restored - Zoya Gutina, USA
       mylovelybeads.com

Bead Crochet, Bead Knitting Category

       1 Place: Diagonal Bubbles - Jolanda Violante, Italy
       sinfoniediperle.blogspot.com

Embroidery Category

       1 Place: Cascade - Angelika Kenner, Germany
       schmucksyndrom.de

Paper, Textile Category

       1 Place: Altes Kyoto - Dorit Koppen, Germany

Polymer Clay, Ceramic, Porcelain Category

       1 Place: ...Love way... - Natalya Leitman, Russia
       flickr.com/photos/madllen/

Wirewok Category

       1 Place: Beach Dreams - Chris Wrinn, USA
       gildedowljewelry.com

Mixed Media Category

       1 Place: Born in the Sands - Svetlana Sametis, Latvia
       orubis.ucoz.lv

Public voting

       Art Nouveau Restored - Zoya Gutina, USA
       mylovelybeads.com

Our warmest congratulations to all winners!


Full list of International Bead Award Contest winners

Perlen Poesie issue 10

Perlen Poesie number 10 is coming out! In that issue:


• Beadpassion with the love of nature... Zoya Gutina implements that into all of her designs. Using many different techniques she adds enchantment to her necklaces opulence of which is unparalleled;

• Workshop Spiral Techniques - everything turns... Impressive designs can be achieved with these techniques;

• Scrumptious Beads... Angela Brackrogge: Jopanda - her artist name stands for handmade glass beads with subtle gradient colors and elaborate shapes. Look and enjoy!

• Winners of IBA 2011... Look at the winning pieces of the international jewelry contest IBA 2011. Savor the diversity of ideas and - maybe - participate next time!

The magazine is published in Germany by Beaders Best Verlag Company, you can subscribe it. If you live in the USA, you can directly or via Internet buy single issues of the magazine at the Beads by Blanche bead shop.

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Perlen Poesie issues 10 and 9

The 10th issue of Perlen Poesie magazine is coming out soon! For now we know just a cover page.


The 9th issue of Perlen Poesie magazine is filled with 51 pages of instructions:

• Science and Art. Since childhood Melissa Grakowsky was interested in both. She completed her education in physics and painting. In school she was not able to decide...

• Improvise with Beads. Brick-Stitch varies a lot in terms of popularity;

• Combined. Designer threads, antique beads, buttons are used by Doris Dohse in her freestyle crochet work and is modeled directly onto the body;

• Taking measures. Are you sometimes confused when buying supplies like wire? You don't know what the details of all those sizes indicate? Don't worry, just open page 83!

• Steampunk. Gears, lace, metal and glass - jewelry in nostalgic techno-romance;

• And a lot of info about the BEADERS BEST Bead-Art-Fair in Hamburg, Germany, August
20-21!

The magazine is published in Germany by Beaders Best Verlag Company, you can subscribe it. If you live in the USA, you can directly or via Internet buy single issues of the magazine at the Beads by Blanche bead shop.

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Keep going reading Perlen Poesie!

This month the new issue of Perlen Poesie, Number 8, is out! I love it, what about you? In that issue:


• Bead-Pop-Art. Suzanne Golden: Large beads in bold colors - Suzanne creates pure eye-catchers. Read about this artist and admire her fabulous designs;

• Weben mit Rahmen. Gisela Hoffmann: One of the few German artists who is very successful in her range but not well known. Meet this outstanding loom and off-loom bead artist and create her loomwork bag "Hana-Bi";

• New outfits for beads. Refinements & Finishes: Beads do not only convince because of shape and color but also because of further finishes. Selected beads and their special definitions;

• Beadwork-Engineer. Martina Nagele: She plans everything precisely before she starts working; this is the way she works. The results speak for themselves!

• And of course 14 new incredible instructions!

The magazine is published in Germany by Beaders Best Verlag Company, you can subscribe it. If you live in the USA, you can directly or via Internet buy single issues of the magazine at the Beads by Blanche bead shop.

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Looking for inspiration? Perlen Poesie

If you are looking for an additional source of inspiration, you have to pay attention at the 2-year-old European bead magazine: Perlen Poesie. You are always supposed to read beading world news, you can learn beading techniques and of course take excellent instructions from international artists.


On December 10, 2010, the new issue of Perlen Poesie will be out! In that issue:

• Anna E. Draeger: A portrait of the popular artist and Swarovski Ambassador;

• Perlen Poesie visited seven bead artists from France;

• The workshops of the First Bead Art Fair on 20-21 August, 2011, in Hamburg, Germany;

• 16 wonderful projects from well-known bead designers: Anna Draeger, Zoya Gutina, Claudia Steens, Melissa Grakowsky, Peter Sewell, Sabine Lippert, Carol Dean Sharpe, Claudia Cattaneo, Birgit Bergemann and some more (yes, I'm in it, too!);

• And more, and more, and more!


The magazine is published in Germany by Beaders Best Verlag company, but everybody can subscribe it. If you live in the USA, you can directly or via Internet buy single issues of the magazine at the Beads by Blanche bead shop.

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International Bead Award

To bead or not to bead, that's not a question for thousands of people whose passion is beading. They face another question: to enter a beading contest or not to enter. Our answer is positive: of course, to enter! Not every contest, but promising a great challenge. It seems that the First International Bead Award held and supported by Beaders Best Publishing (Beaders Best Verlag) is what you don't have to miss!

The contest is open to all bead artists around the world. Five international jury members select a first, second and third place winners in each of nine categories. The jury will judge by photos only. The winners will be announced at the Beaders Best Fair for Bead Art in Hamburg, August 20-21, 2011, and shown in the following issue of the Perlen Poesie Magazine. All submissions will be showcased on the Perlen Poesie website after the jury has voted. Out of all submissions the website visitors will be able to select People's Choice Award Winner. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of December, 2010.

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