Glorious Rain

After weeks of dry days it finally rained in the Ozarks today! Glorious rain all day long. Happy, happy plants!

This week I'm featuring another wonderful artist who helped me get started on Etsy. Tracee Dock, who also lives in the Missouri Ozarks, makes wonderful clay pendants and sells them on Etsy at classicbead.etsy.com. You may have already seen her work on the cover of the July-August Stringing magazine!!

She begins with a block of clay and handcrafts each piece using a variety of techniques including original molds and stamps that she creates herself.

Tracee is inspired by nature and creates a wide array of pendants depicting floral designs. In this floral pendant she incorporates three or more different glazes. These glaze combinations  are what makes her pendants so inspiring and versatile. As a matter of fact, her pendants are a jewelry designer's dream!!

You can look closely and actually see the different levels of matte and satin in the different colors.

Architectural components are another love of Tracee's and she uses them as inspiration in her art pendants.

This dramatic pendant is an excellent  example. The subtle colors and "no fuss, no frills" presentation is sometimes just what your outfit needs to give it that "WOW" factor!










Here's is a sampling of Tracee's Simply Yoga Collection. This earthy line is created for those who are devoted to the practice of Yoga.

The Light in Me..Recognizes the Light in You.....NAMASTE

Visit her website: www.theclassicbead.com
There you will find links to publications where her work is published, gallery photos, trunk show schedules, etc.
 

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I've been working on Halloween beads!!
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Here is one of my Halloween Trios - Spooky Owl, Scary Black Cat, Jack-O-Lantern, and, just to add to the fun, two Candy Corn beads perfect for a pair of earrings!!

 
Of course, you might prefer Cute Little Mummy Earrings....

http://www.etsy.com/listing/54874783/mummy-lampwork-earrings

No, you want the Sweet Candy Corn earrings after all!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/54873889/sweet-candy-corn-lampwork-earrings


I also make skulls, witches hats, and ghosts!!!!