| Space | | | | important. Texture is how the object feels on the |
| The way space is used in jewelry making is how | | | | surface; smooth, rough, silky, bumpy, soft, hard, etc. It is |
| close or far apart the beads and components are | | | | also possible to find beads that look like they are |
| from each other. Depending on the distances used, this | | | | textured, but they really are just printed or covered by |
| can affect how we look at the object. There are two | | | | another layer of clear material. Many jewelry artists |
| types of space. Positive space and negative space. | | | | draw texture combinations from nature, because there |
| Positive Space | | | | are many of them. There are also quite a few artists |
| Positive space is the space that is taken up by the | | | | that use texture as their main element of design in their |
| beads and components. When you have a necklace | | | | works. |
| or bracelet that is composed of square and circle | | | | Texture also helps when you are trying to get a piece |
| beads, then the positive space is the places the | | | | to feel right. Sometimes when a certain medium lies on |
| square and circle beads are in the composition. | | | | your skin, it feels weird by itself. When you add other |
| Negative Space | | | | textures to it, that helps it lay better! It is not very |
| On the other hand, negative space is the complete | | | | difficult to use texture in jewelry making. One example |
| opposite of positive space. Rather than the places the | | | | of this is to use many, many different sizes and |
| beads are, the negative space is where the beads are | | | | shapes of beads to create a design. The combination |
| not. For example, if you have a double strand necklace | | | | of several beads will: |
| where one of the strands is longer than the other, a | | | | 1. Give your piece texture and |
| crescent shape is formed. The crescent shape is the | | | | 2. Make your piece fun and inspiring |
| negative space. | | | | A few more words about texture... decide upon how |
| One of the cool things about space, is that sometimes | | | | much texture to use by what you want the piece to |
| the negative space, which is what is not there, is | | | | be like. If you are expecting the piece to turn out clean |
| sometimes just as interesting as what is there (positive | | | | and crisp, maybe don't use a lot of texture. But, then |
| space.) | | | | again, if you want your piece to look old and worn, a |
| Texture | | | | lot of texture will give you this effect in connection with |
| The texture of an object or project is also very | | | | the correct colors. |