Bijoux
Verre
Metaphysically inspired handmade glass jewelry & art objects.
Glass Jewelry Made in Brooklyn New York
ABOUT
Flamework glass bead, fused glass & stained glass making has become my latest paradigm using color, shape, form, fancy and tactile sensory.
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My mission is to bring together my artistic bend, love of color along with the psychology of the use of color. Conceptualize, feeling better with the use of color.
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Bijoux Verre Bead Collection will have initially 3 collections:
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Five Elements of Nature
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Color, Texture, Color Placement & Symbols that will be representative of water, air, fire, space and earth.
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Fauna & Flora
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Color and Shapes that are representative of flowers, things found in nature, leaves...
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Something Blue
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Small tokens representing the something blue that a bride can wear as a hair ornament, bracelet, earrings, pin or a hanging pendant.
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BIO
Beryl Benbow had no idea how much she would enjoy working with glass as an art medium. It proved to be a blessing her introduction to flameworking as part of the Urban Glass Bead Project. She has found working with molten glass to be meditative and artistically rewarding. It quite magical and gratifiying form of art. With each new piece finished, a new idea takes root. Each unique piece is created by heating rods of glass in a 2,000 degree flame.
Beryl creates her fused glass at home in a microwave kiln as well as her stained glass creations. The flamework glass is created at UrbanGlass in Downtown Brooklyn, New York.
www.urbanglass.org
My name is Beryl Benbow; I am a formally trained & practicing fine artist.
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I was accepted in the Urban Glass Bead Project for women in Brooklyn, NY @ Urban Glass. I have fallen in love with making beads. The viscous movement of the molten glass has a meditative effect. Watching the melding of varying colored glass rods, producing & controlling the bead’s shape & form is such a wonderful feeling in the creation of a new form.
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My belief is that color can convey moods & can affect change in moods. I want to incorporate the psyche & metaphysic of color in my bead making. Bead making has given me an additional means to create.
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Several summers I have participated on a scholarship in studio classes at the prestigious Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. Proving to be inspiriing, fun and functionally educational.
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Beryl is a semiprecious gem, ranging in color from Citron, Aquamarine, Emerald to Morganite which is a Rose colored Beryl and then there is very rare Red Beryl.
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Actually, I feel I am channeling a Venetian Glass Artisan. Who knows?