The Beading Yogini

* macrame * lampwork beads * jewelry*

Inspired By Nature Zen Garden Challenge

Written By: admin - Aug• 17•11

So much inspiration… so many options… so little time. What to create?

Gardens are right up my alley… literally! I work and play at a cactus garden nursery in the Las Vegas area – Cactus Joe’s Blue Diamond Nursery. I’ve been told it’s a very Zen place to wander about. There is a Zen Garden area at the nursery. Southwestern, eclectic, funky Zen, but Zen in it’s own very unique way just the same. See here for yourself…

Big Blue Buddha at Cactus Joe's Blue Diamond Nursery

Read a bit about the history and lore of the traditional “Zen Garden” or KareSanSui ,  translated as Dry-Mountain-Water. For me, the Zen Garden is a place to reflect, contemplate and if I am lucky, lose my mind for a while.

My favorite “Zen” gardens are:
the Japanese Garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens

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and the Japanese Garden at Ganna Walska Lotusland

japanese-buddha-and-maple at Lotusland

I’m also a big fan of Tassajara, a Zen Center with a Zen Garden feel…

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If you ever have the opportunity to visit any of these locations, do not pass them by. Now back to the Zen Garden Challenge…

IBN Zen Garden Necklace Worn by The Beading Yogini

I rarely use the color pink in my jewelry designs, but for some reason this necklace required pink. Perhaps reminding me of cherry blossoms? It contains clay beads made from Apoxie Sculpt with a hand patina of acrylics and gouache paints. A few metal jump ring links and a lucite bead link held together with a lampwork glass head pin. Several rose quartz gemstone beads, colored glass pearl beads, wooden beads and glass seed beads, all held together with micro macrame knots using C-Lon cord. Again inspirational motivation thanks to Heather Powers of Humble Beads. See more photos in the gallery below:

 


 

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2 Comments

  1. Heather Pyle says:

    Love the pink, the buddha and the lotus bead is exquisite.
    I am a huge fan of Cactus Joe’s and live in town off Trop and Durango. We should meet up sometime!

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