THE COLOR WHEEL AT VON LIEBIG GALLERY

See the exhibit of The Color Wheel at the von Liebig Gallery in Naples produced by the Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild.  The show opened October 9 and will last through November 6, 2014.  I hope you will be able to see the wonderful variety of the Guild.  I have three baskets in the show and one won Honorable Mention. The Guild produces fine art in fused glass, fabric, stone and metal sculpture, jewelry, wood and clay.

Forest Magic

The center of this basket is called Serpentine.  I love the colors of the green mixed together.  I have several of these stones and no two are alike!  I paired this stone with Yellow Turquoise faceted pendants and Chinese Turquoise smaller beads.  There are also some Yellow Turquoise chips accenting the base with a checker board pattern of waxed linen thread. 

Approximate Size:  10 X 8 X 3 inches

Color of Life

This basket spotlights an unusual agate called an eye agate.  Rather than the center of the forming sphere being one solid ring, different rings form around individual eye sediments to form several rings.  Lots of points of interest in this moving stone.  The Muhly Grass that I grow and harvest is nice to weave making a strong and substantial feel to the basket. The pendants and beads are also agates.  The round eye motif is repeated in the round beads.

Approximate Size:  12,5 X 9 X 3.5 in