The Tiny Room

I’m working on finishing some pieces I started a while ago. I’ll be exhibiting at the Pasadena Bead and Design Show July 28-31, 2011 (http://www.pasadenabeadanddesignshow.com), and thought I’d try to finish up some of these pieces for the show.

Remember this one? This is a tetrahedron-shaped hand-knit beaded handbag with an Egyptian pyramid theme. It’s an exploration of the sacred geometry surrounding the number 3. The first image shows the piece unfolded flat.  Worked on it quite a while ago, and got sidetracked by other things.  All it needs now is the liner sewn in and the handles put on.

"Even Gods Play" Handbag

"Even Gods Play" Handbag view 2

"Even Gods Play" Handbag view 3

Here’s a shawl I’ve just finished, called “Royal Ruffles”. It’s a departure from my other shawls, but I like it!

"Royal Ruffles" Shawl

"Royal Ruffles" Shawl view 2

And one more finished piece–a clutch-style purse called “Metamorphosis”.

"Metamorphosis" Clutch Purse

"Metamorphosis" Clutch Purse

We’ve been busy moving, painting, unpacking, etc., but wanted to post a quick update for now. Gary and I haven’t been able to work on much of anything besides the house for the past month! I have a few pictures to post, though, from various projects each of us started a while back.

First, here’s Gary’s finished bronze “Bubbles”.

Gary Persello bronze

Bubbles close up back

Bubbles close up front

Next is a pencil drawing Isla is hard at work on for her friend Jeremiah’s birthday present. It’s not quite finished yet, but you can get a pretty good idea of what it will look like.

And finally, my newest knit/beaded sweater combination. It only needs sleeves, but you can see I’m incorporating more beadwork into my knitwear than I did previously. Well, maybe you can’t tell because I haven’t gotten around to updating my website with my other sweaters yet! I need to finish unpacking, finish Gary’s website (it’s 3/4  done), redo my website, and then maybe finish this green man sweater. No, I’m not overworked…

Bonnie Van Hall new work "Guardian of the Green"

Guardian close up

I can’t seem to work on only one piece at a time anymore!  This actually works well for me, though, because I can choose what to do depending on my mood. Today I’m thinking how nice it would be to be soaking up sun on a white sand beach in Hawaii. (Even us Arizonans crave such things from time to time).  But the next best thing to being there is to look at the soothing blue of this shawl….

Here’s a preview of the knit part of the shawl.

"Hokusai" handknit shawl

A closer shot of the knitting detail.

Knitting detail

This is a preview of the beadwork that will run all along the front edge of the shawl on both sides.

Front edge beadwork

And of course, a close-up of the beadwork detail…

"Hokusai" beadwork close-up

Tune in again early next week for a look at Gary Persello’s new ocarinas finished in bronze!