Honest opinion needed re: bead name

Kalera Stratton · 2004-02-20T22:10:43+00:00

Okay, I just got done with one of the most productive and draining sessions at the torch I've ever had. It was one of those "breakthrough" sessions where things fall into place, and I ended up with a new style of focal bead that is the most physically and emotionally intensive piece I have ever made. Now for the question. During themaking of this bead, I was thinking, as I often do while working, of my little brother Shaman, who took himself out of this world while I was pregnant with my first child in 1997. I would like to name the series after him, and the first thing that came to my mind was "Suicide Flowers", along with an explanation of the name... I would like people who buy them to think about the value and joy of life, as well as the sorrow and waste of suicide, which was so brought home to me by losing him. Would that be too macabre, and end up turning people off from purchasing them? Should I go with my first instinct, or choose something more upbeat, like "Shaman's Flowers"? Thanks for your input, -Kalera

Feb 20, 2004 44 Replies

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min baro 22 years ago

Thanks! :) I don't really like to plug my stuff here because I don't do all that much beading- I just like discussing stuff like aesthetics and technique in general.

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vj 22 years ago

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from min baro :

]I don't really like to plug my stuff here because I don't do ]all that much beading

but - you need to. there are so many bead addicts here that just need to BUY beads!

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min baro 22 years ago

Streambed in the Shire Aqua Granite Algae Marine Pools

-are simply gorgeous, Kalera! I'd really like to see the designs on a large flat surface (bracelet maybe?).

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min baro 22 years ago

:) There are indeed a load of pretty amazing lampwork beads here of which I'm envious, but wouldn't buy because 1) I don't wear jewelry... 2) can't really afford right now. I'm a magpie though, and I like collecting pretty little things, but I'm trying to not be a packrat. argh.

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Kalera Stratton 22 years ago

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