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I Like to Ride my Bicycle
When I saw this month's ABS Challenge painting I thought about how much I've missed riding my bike! I grew up in the country and my brothers and I used to ride all over hill and dale and follow local railroad tracks to get to our small town's general store and its soda machine with Nehi grape pop. That and a bag of Lay's potato chips were the fuel that drove us.
I remember the freedom and joy we felt racing with the wind blowing in our ears. My legs would ache as I struggled up an extra big hill and then legs would fly out off the pedals as I'd coast down the other side.
For my challenge piece those memories were in mind as well as the colors and textures seen in this painting:
Illustration for American Crescent Cycles, 1899
Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell
The focal lampwork bead in this piece is by Kerri Fuhr. She makes the most incredible bee, dragonfly, raven, and other tenderly detailed beads in her studio in Canada. She even offers tutorials for those wanting to learn some new tricks. Her beads are costly, but when you look at the detail and artistry that goes in them - I think they're absolutely worth it.
I've wired some disc raku lampwork in shades of dark cream, sage green and a dash of lavender from Radiant Mind of Washington state in some annodized aluminum jump rings. The swirl suggests motion. I've put a sage green kashi pearl in the center of each to bring in the leaves from the painting and from the swirls of leaves on Kerri's lampwork.
The cream colored donuts are bone and I've wired them with bronze wire spokes for the bicycle wheels.I thought the vintage copper chain looked like bicycle chain! The patina is wonderful and so is the shape and texture of the links. A brass colored lily charm is the final touch.
Bicycle Bicycle Bicycle
I Want To Ride My Bicycle Bicycle Bicycle
I Want To Ride My Bicycle
I Want To Ride My Bike
I Want To Ride My Bicycle
I Want To Ride It Where I Like... Queen (1978)
Comments
this is absolutely gorgeous!
this is absolutely gorgeous! the colors and all the circles and the details-so much thought and patience and time. just beautiful!
I love that your focus was on
I love that your focus was on the bike - and I started to whistle that song as soon as I read "I want to ride my bicycle". I haven't ridden my bike since my knee surgery years ago, I may need to dust that baby off . . . : )
I LOVE it! And you have a
I LOVE it! And you have a Kerri Fuhr bead, too!
That is beautiful!
That is beautiful!
Gorgeous design...and when I
Gorgeous design...and when I starting thinking about riding my bike the Queen song started playing in my head too, and there later in your post were the lyrics...love it!
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