Rethinking a Design

by Judy Larson

It pays to keep an open mind as you're designing. Never be afraid to rethink your ideas.

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It pays to plan ahead but sometimes a vision in the mind does not translate well into a finished piece.

I had short pieces of Viking Knit left from other projects and thought they would look nice with the leftover short pieces of birch bark texture. They are fine, but they are too light weight to balance the weight of the Viking Knit with the added focal beads. They should have been made with 18 gauge strips to balance the weight of the Viking Knit, but even then that would not have been enough to visually balance them. A heavy bead between the two strips could balance the weight and help visually. A heavy gauge chain added beside the strips might work as well. In the end, the birch bark strips were removed and used elsewhere. Two very short Viking Knit pieces were added to each bracelet. Unfortunately, I gave them away before I remembered to take photos.

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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