From mags to riches
Photo by Karin EltonIrene Fitzgerald cuts out a section of a magazine page. Using skewers, glue and varnish, she will create a bead.
Don’t throw out that old magazine. Make a necklace out of it instead.
Irene Fitzgerald of Marshall has been making necklaces and bracelets with beads for about four years. This past year, she was thinking what materials she could make beads with and tried cutting a half-inch or so wide strip from a magazine, rolling the strip on a skewer and coating it with watered-down paste.
It’s a low-cost way to acquire beads, plus it recycles the magazine, Fitzgerald.
“That’s the important thing,” Fitzgerald said about reusing an item.
In addition, making your own beads is “more personal, special and unique,” she said.
Fitzgerald doesn’t cut just any part of a magazine, she looks at color and patterns, most likely found in the background of a photo. Swirly lines could catch her eye, tiny words.
Leafing through an old Mad magazine recently, she spotted the red with black spidery lines that form Spiderman’s costume.
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