The word for my May BJP piece is “Symphony”. Once again, the right word for the right month seemed to appear. I’m not exactly sure how this is happening but each month ‘just the right’ word comes to the top of the jar.
Of course I had to have music on this bookmark. It happened that I had (from my bookart days) a piece of medieval music printed onto silk. I put this onto the bookmark backing and made it my centerpiece. For the past four months I have used encrusted beading on my BJP’s – but this month I used the silk as the ‘center piece’. I have to admit this made the overall beading go quite rapidly and that helped since I was so fully involved in the Flat Rock Playhouse Craft Show that my beading time was quite limited. I almost felt like I was cheating because I didn’t cover the whole surface with beads. I guess we encrusted beaders have a hard time leaving any space unbeaded!
So this bookmark and this word celebrate the joy of music. If you read my posting of May 7th you’ll know that music has been on my mind especially this month. Music is so much a part of my life that I loved making this small celebration of something that surrounds me each and every day.
"Symphony: an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements...
anything characterized by a harmonious combination of elements..."
