JAN ABS – Red Orange Flowers

I have no clue how or why it happens but I always turn up for the monthly Artbeadscene challenge when they have a red – orange – yellow palette. The January inspiration is a painting by Egon Schiele, an Austrian painter who studied under Gustav Klimt. Titled ” Field of Flowers“, it is a departure from his usual controversial paintings that embrace sex and death explicitly. Maybe that is what promoted the ABS team to chose this painting of Red Orange Flowers that is a positive affirmation of the painter’s short life.

Inspiration & Color Palette

Decoding the Inspiration

When I saw the painting for the first time, all I could see were the red orange flowers. But surprisingly the color was not present in the given color palette. So I decided to do a mustard, olive, and beige cascading necklace along with the Lampwork flowers by Jyothi (yes I still hoard them). But then life took over and I forgot all about the challenge until last Friday.

I am currently teaching Elements of design in one of my classes where we are working on the color wheel. Art teachers would know that this means multiple attempts at getting the colors right combined with lots of silent and not so silent cursing. Apart from the violet family which takes a lot of skill to achieve (while using poster colors), red orange is tricky too. So when I came home from work on Friday, red orange was foremost on my mind and and it influenced my design.

JAN ABS – Red orange Flowers

Red Orange Flowers necklace

I retained the red orange flowers but changed everything else about the design. I made a Lariat necklace using glass beads in orange, mustard, bright yellow along with a polished dutone crystal. The Analogous color scheme came together with a accents of green and gold.

I felt that as this painting perhaps represented a positive interlude in the artist’s life, the resulting design should be fun and bright. Upon rummaging through in my art beads box to find something “fun”, I found the red orange stars made by Jyothi.

red orange flower necklace

If you observe the painting closely, the flower petals ( I am assuming daisy?) are not rounded but sharp and pokey. These atypical flowers which are a nod to the Expressionism style of painting looked like 2 five pointed stars put together in my head . Viola! the stars then made perfect sense and the  red orange flowers necklace was born.

I prefer this version to my initial idea as it way out of my comfort zone. Plus I would have been bored out of my wits trying to make yet another regular flower necklace. With it becoming hotter everyday in Chennai, I find this necklace very summery – perfect to be worn with a fitted white tee. Bragging time – This red orange flowers necklace has been featured on the Artbeadscene blog in their perfect pairings section today. Yey! Happy Dance!

So, Tell me in the comments, dow do you like my indirect interpretation? What can I do to make it better? and Also how would you have interpreted it?

I have joined up for the Beadpeeps 3rd Annual Swap and Hop hosted by Linda Anderson, hoping to bring some new readers to this blog. If you would like to follow the adventures of bead crazy designers like me, be sure to head over to Facebook and join the group. If this is your first time swapping and blog hop here are some blog hop tips to show you the way around.

Here is a small intro about myself for the Hop
I am a Fashion and apparel designer who fell in love with jewelry making 8+ years ago. I am a mixed media artist interested in making one of a kind pieces. I am a design educator, wannabe writer, amateur photographer, a mythology buff and a connoisseur of all things beautiful. You can read more about how Sayuri and Jewelsofsayuri (my blog) came to be on my About me page. You can follow me on my Facebook page, Instagram profile and on Pinterest.

Hope you find it interesting
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20 responses to “JAN ABS – Red Orange Flowers”

  1. Rozantia Petkova avatar

    I like your interpretation – I prefer indirect. The necklace is light and bright with a natural flow just like the drawing. I love this drawing and am working on my design, which also departed from the initital idea 🙂

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      I love your design more, the bead cluster is a great idea

  2. Robin Lynne Showstack avatar

    I love those colorways too and can see how you were inspired!

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      Thanks Robin, so glad to know that the comment form finally works !!

  3. Rozantia Petkova avatar

    Just a test comment, hope it works at last 🙁

  4. Rozantia Petkova avatar

    I prefer indirect interpretations and sometimes succeed 🙂 Yes, I love the colors, the shapes, the flow – all extracted from the picture into the necklace.

  5. Karin avatar

    Hi Divya – we’re partnered in the swap – look forward to getting to know you better – I’m caycay at shaw dot ca.

    Cheers,
    Karin

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      Its great to be paired with you Karin

  6. Maya avatar

    Love the warm palette of colors- you’ve incorporated it fantastically into your necklace!

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      Thanks Maya, I got acquainted with this palette during a bead swap and now I am hooked to it

  7. Karin G avatar

    Wonderful choice of beads, I love the combination of roundness with the spiky petals of the flowers and using them in a lariat make them stand out even more.

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      Thanks Karin, I wasn’t really sure that juxtaposition of round beads and star beads would work in the beginning

  8. Oksana avatar
    Oksana

    Love the necklace! The colors make me happy!

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      Thanks for the comment Oksana

  9. Jess Green avatar

    Such an awesome funky design! Love the star-flowers, just perfect for the inspiration picture 🙂

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      thanks Jess, I am glad that you find it fun

  10. Terri G. avatar

    What a wonderful take on this month’s inspiration…love the whimsy-ness!

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      Thanks Terry, I had fun making it

  11. Mona Arnott avatar

    Such nice and cheerful colours in the beads, and a nice refreshing design
    Mona

    1. jewelsofsayuri avatar
      jewelsofsayuri

      Thanks Mona

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