Getting beady

Hi Everybody!

Hope you had a good day. I went to the museum again, as it

was a wet and windy day, and I wanted to see

the Otto Dix exhibition again - and

it is well worth looking at!

In the past few days I have been making beads from

paper and cloth, so I have some decorations

to hang onto journals and /or tags. I mostly used ribbon, rolled over a knitting needle and fixed with wire. Then I dipped the beads into various Frantage EPs and embossed them. The heat melded the layers of ribbon

together and gave a lovely effect. They are between 2 and 3 1/2". I added beads and bits and bobs of old costume jewelry:

This was a fun project. I am linking to altered eclectics, anything goes and allsorts challenge, anything goes.

The Otto Dix exhibition is called 'Der Böse Blick' - 

The Evil Eye.

Otto Dix was one of the artists befriended by Mother Ey. His style is 

known as the 'new Objectivity'.

Here are a few of his paintings:

Max John:

Otto Dix and Kurt Günther:

Dr Paul Ferdinand Schmitt:

Martha Dix

Nelly, his daughter:

Mother Ey:

Adolf Uzarski:

Mieze:

Anita Berber:

And the little street named after Mother Ey is

just a few yards from the K20 museum:

I will show the rest another day!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a  lot for coming by!