Making Beautiful Jewelry

Jeannine Bell, a Texas native has been living in Medway with her family for 12 years.  About 10 years ago, Jeannine admired a seed bead bracelet in an art gallery.  It was quite expensive at $1200. She thought, I could make that, I just need to find the beads. On her hunt in a bead store she met a teacher who soon helped her to recreate the bracelet she had found. It took her 3 weeks but she was able to do it. From then on she began creating jewelry, from beading to weaving & welding. 

Taking many classes along the way, learning different techniques.

What she enjoys most is creating pieces to coordinate with an outfit and/or for a special occasion.

What I love about her pieces is that they are all so unique. Each is a work of art.

Copper bracelet welded with attached beads. Hand woven silver bracelets

Longer necklaces of pearls and stones.

Elegant beaded necklace(left) Beaded & twisted gold chain with a beautiful Vintage Swarovski Crystal (right).

Jeanine made this necklace to coordinate with a scarf

Various necklaces of natural stones, silver and sea glass.

Purples with ice blue beaded necklace

Green pearls combined with crystal beads

Custom earrings

Strands of Pearls

Jeannine at her desk working on another original piece.

Contact Jeannine 

Thanks for looking. Let me know what you think!

A Local Multi Medium Artist, including Lipstick!

Artist and Framingham State Graphic arts teacher, Laura Osterweis, had a large collection of lipstick she accumulated from her favorite make up counter. With the help of a teacher she pursued something she had thought about doing, creating art with her lipstick. For tools she uses her fingers (Laura said she always loved to finger paint), make up applicators and a blending tortillion.  She has learned the best canvas is water color paper, painted with Gesso as a primer. This would keep the lipstick lasting as long as it could. But not forever. As with wearing lipstick, it’s not meant to be forever.

"Can't you put on a little lipstick" Lipstick on Watercolor paper

Bill Murray in "Make Up",  Lipstick and Eye Makeup 

Laura's Tools & color chart

A collection of Lipstick artwork in reds

Laura's work has been exhibited in various galleries including Cambridge, New York and San Francisco.

Laura won a logo contest for the 2016 Medway Pride Day.

Beautiful Eyes, Eye Makeup

Laura also uses other media for her artwork such as, 

colored pencils, acrylics, oil and water color.

Laura often works from her own photographs, here Iris in colored pencils

Wildflower in acrylics

Colored fish in oil crayons. This is made using only the primary colors, red, blue & yellow.

Laura in her studio

Laura's mother, Elizabeth Volmar Osterweis, is also an artist.  Although Elizabeth lives out of state, they are always communicating and have had shared exhibits for their work. 

See more of Laura's work:

www.thelipstickartist.com