Never did I realize, when I was a little girl, sitting on the warm sand
in Virginia Beach, VA playing with my sand toys, that I was lucky
enough to have been born into a very artistic family. Although my
art path was not paved until much later on in my preteen years.
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During the six years I was in middle school and high school, I took
Art Class every single year. My father, Bill mother Cecelia, and
brother Greg, illustrated for me the way to my creative enthusiasm.
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Each family member had an interest in various forms of
art, such as painting in oil, acrylic and watercolor, drawing
with pastels and ink, knitting, needlepoint, building
models of rockets, airplanes, ships, and even inventing
his very own seasoning product for cooking.
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I really began my
adult life in art as a
hobby with pen and
ink doing murals,
drawings and graffiti
style images on
poster boards. One
of my greatest
influences who
inspired me to
create was a great
friend of mine
named Jason Asble
he was as creative
as five artists
wrapped into one.
He could draw,
paint, sing, dance,
write music & poetry.
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Influences like him set
forth a pattern of
experimentation.
My desire to paint began
about six years ago,
when I started dabbling
in painting designs on
terracotta pots, light
switches, etc...then I
discovered the joy of
painting.
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I started creating jewelry back in the early
nineties when fantastic plastic hit the market. For
those of you who don't know what that it is. It was
colorful squares of plastic that you could cut and
make jewelry designs by baking them in the oven
and when they came out of the oven, you could
do a bunch of things while still hot to make
designs in hot plastic.
I know it sounds strange, but it was a blast. In
2004, I decided I wanted to pursue beading and
also to create a website and showcase those
creations on the world web wide.
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I have always loved the freedom it gives me to create
something interesting and unique from a blank slate. It's
such a such an inspiration during the process and at the
end result, to stand by and say, I created that!
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When I start painting on a new blank canvas or begin spinning
together a new handcrafted piece of jewelry, I never know where
my creative ways will take me. I don't usually have a preset plan of
action or any particular design on paper or even in my head. It
depends a lot on the mood I am in at the time. I love to play with
color and forms, it seems to bring out my inner self and the
creativity. I get a lot of inspiration in the direction my creativity will
flow towards from music. Music always has a magical way of
directing my hands and my imagination to create each piece, just
as if a conductor in a symphony.
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I enjoy creating a wonderful variety of unique handcrafted jewelry made from materials such as sterling silver, Swarovski
Crystals, semi-precious stones, gemstone beads, freshwater pearls, glass beads, polymer clay and more. The current
handcrafted jewelry storefront includes: Bracelets, Earrings, and Necklaces.
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Divine Fusions Studio's first ten customers
L. “Roni” Cooper, Jackie Warren, Kristan Edgecombe, Amy Lindsay, Jeffrey Parks,
Jennifer Dailey, Elizabeth Collins , Robert Johnston, Rebecca Lyle, Melinda Barrett
Thank you again for your genuine interest and enthusiasm in my work.
Please enjoy browsing around and I hope you find something that you love, and please take a moment to sign my guest book.
I always want to know how I am doing whether it may be the presentation of the jewelry and art, or comments about the our
site or any of the items we offer. In addition, I am always listening for ways to improve in every aspect and I appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Karen Elizabeth Bauguess
Divine Fusions Studio
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