April Blog Carnival: Use of color in my work

This month's Blog Carnival at Starving Artists is about how I use color in my work. Hmmm, tough one for me. I cannot say I actively think about color for color's sake. I don't say to myself, OK Jeanne, get your color in your head and design around it. What I do is have a focal item and work around it in regards to color and style. The focal item for me could be the type of wire I'm using, or a focal bead for instance, and I work to build a harmonious blend of colors within complementary material used to finish it up.

In the end, I think that color is probably the largest impact on viewers. Despite shape and other design elements, color can sometimes save a piece, or even just make that devestatingly beautiful piece you end up being really proud of. While I mention that I don't 'actively' think of color for color's sake, I suppose I meant that I have not made a piece from color as the starting point of a design. Well, aside from that one time... another blog challenge was to make a piece with gold as the focus.

Here are a few pieces that I found to be quite pretty when completed.

Colors of the rainbow... or a chakra. This is all Swarovski crystal, and even
though there are many colors here, it's just right.

Golds and muted tones represented here. This was the piece I
used for the March color challenge at SJA.

Aside from the bit of gleam you see in the focal bead, this is a
monochromatic theme. All copper. It worked out rather well.

And finally another monochromatic theme. Opalite, silver
and moonstone in this piece. A very showy bracelet.

Hmm do I detect a "thing" for monochromatic themes? Stay tuned as I work and grow in my craft!

Thank you for visiting! Please be sure to visit the other Blog Carnival entries:

Islandgirl's Insights
Musings of a Northern Girl
Bead Sophisticate
BeadSire
The FamiLee Jewels