What are Cosmic Clowns?

I've been asked many times what Cosmic Clowns are or what it means. I think the term started with fun time with my sister and my best friend Pam (Ho). Our family plays. Our parents taught us to find the fun and humor in every situation. I try to pass this wisdom on to my kids and I think I'm successful there. Laughter is to me like breath, nourishment and water. I have to laugh and I know laughter is very healing.

Sometimes it seems, for no apparent reason, something will come to me, or I will say something that makes me say "where did that come from?" Like divinely inspired sillies, and then the giggles come and I feel 'lighter'. Hopefully, those that are around me during such outbursts feel lighter too. :-)

So, during these precious moments the term "The Clowns are about" was born and the term Cosmic Clowns came into being. I like to believe they are always with me, cheering me on and poking me in the ribs when I need it most.

It just made sense to name my blog and future website Cosmic Clowns because I love them so.

I hope you find giggles and sillies in your life!

Sunday Play

This has to be my favorite of the weekend. I fell in love with this focal bead and just had to do something with it. Funny how things come to you. Yesterday, nothing worked with it. Today, I was taking a bath and I saw the beads from my stash in my mind that would work! Various green glass and red white heart beads.

I had these wonderful Christmas beads from South America and kept piling them up in a corner of my bead board all weekend and this is the result. I added a brass focal, some sand cast beads, some wooden beads, bone, moukaite, jasper and handmade copper clasp.

Another Puruvian donut, wood beads, some wonderful glass beads, and some bone. AND some experimenting with photography. I'm learning! I built a lightbox and rigged some lights, borrowed my husband's tripod and poof! Much better! I'm not sure about the cloth background I tried, looks sort of like a paper towel ;-).

Weekend Fun

I fell in love with these Peruvian donuts as well as some Tibetan beads that are red amber with silver caps. I had to play with them!

Adventurine, carved bone, small old clay beads and an abalone pendant.

I had a weekend of fun! Music, quiet and playing with new beads. What more could a girl ask for. :-) This necklace is all fluorite, rose quartz and a very cool glass pendant I recieved as a gift from my friend Pam. The photo does not pick up the irridescent colors well.

More

A stretchy bracelet made for my best friend. Hi Ho! ;-)

A necklace with a bit of everything. Jasper, moukaite, a Mayan clay bead

hematite, pewter, red white heart beads and copper

Copper choker with Christmas beads

Charm necklace with bone, horn and wood.

Copper and glass necklace

My sister gave me these pottery beads for my birthday
and I made a bowtie choker with copper for myself.

More Creations

Some would call this an addiction. I shall call it a palette ;-)
And yes, this is my dining room table and yes, I am this tall! ;-)

Bracelet with red, yellow and green glass with a splash of jasper

Recent Creations

Bracelet with red and blue glass beads with silver accents

A springy bracelet with green
glass, sterling silver
beads, magnetic clasp
and safety chain

A Mayan inspired necklace with
leather, old Mayan clay
beads, sand cast beads,
red dyed horn and tiger
eye chips

A gift for my sister!
Handmade copper clasp,
peach calcite, turquoise
polkadot beads and
turquoise white heart
beads

Another gift for Sis.
Navy and white polkadot
beads, silver and freshwater pearls

A handwrapped copper choker
with a foil centered cobalt bead,
handmade copper clasp

Green jasper and silver bracelet

This is my journey. I seem to be at my happiest when creating. We are all creators and the trick is to find what you love and just go for it. I've discovered the fun in making jewelry. I love beads and metals and seeing what can be done with them.