From the Art Bead Scene: Three Worlds depicts a large pool or lake during the
autumn or winter months, the title referring to the three visible perspectives
in the picture: the surface of the water on which leaves float, the world above
the surface, observable by the water's reflection of the forest, and the world
below the surface, observable in the large fish swimming just below the water's
surface.
My design began to take shape when I spotted a large (2 ½”)
sterling silver fish pendant from Luanne Keen’s Eton Street shop on Etsy. Perfect
to portray the world below the surface!
I had so much fun with this challenge! Take a minute to click over to the Art Bead Scene Flickr group to see the amazing range of designs based on Escher’s work.
I created a large teardrop shape in matte black and steel delicas to
frame Luanne’s focal. A second teardrop, inset with a peyote pattern of fish
scales in the lithograph’s many shades of gray, nests inside the first and shimmers
through the cutouts in the fish.
A single silver leaf floats in a peyote and herringbone frame, depicting the
surface, and a Taina Hartman white bronze woodland pendant represents the forest.
Adding luster and contrast to the matte elements, a handmade pearl chain brings
in the picture's pure black and white.I had so much fun with this challenge! Take a minute to click over to the Art Bead Scene Flickr group to see the amazing range of designs based on Escher’s work.
