{"id":15830,"date":"2012-07-16T03:06:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T10:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=15830"},"modified":"2014-12-13T19:47:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T03:47:36","slug":"gazing-ball-palette-premo-color-recipes-vol-051-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/gazing-ball-palette-premo-color-recipes-vol-051-b\/15830\/","title":{"rendered":"Gazing Ball Palette | Premo Color Recipes Vol-051-B"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gazing<\/a><\/a>1<\/span>-B<\/span>:<\/span> Solitude<\/span>
\n2-<\/span>B<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Reflection<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>3-<\/span>B<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Gazing Ball<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>4<\/span>–<\/span>B<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Flower Pot<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Years ago, Doug’s Mom Harriet, gave us some Gazing Balls to put in the garden. These unique adornments are actually a revived tradition dating back to the Victorian era.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gazing Balls or Globes are steeped in history and folklore. According to gardenguides.com<\/a>, “…the gazing ball is said to have been invented in Venice, Italy, in the 13th century. Skilled glass blowers crafted beautiful spheres in many sizes and colors. An Italian priest and chemist, known as Antonio Neri, referred to gazing balls in 1612 as ‘spheres of light’. Francis Bacon, in the 16th century, remarked that a ‘proper garden would have colored balls for the sun to play upon’. The gazing ball became popular in the 19th century because King Ludwig II of Bavaria had the balls placed throughout the gardens at his castle Herrenchiemsee, a replica of the castle at Versailles. Many homes in Europe and the United States had gazing balls in the Victorian era.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Also from Garden Guides, “…gazing balls have had many names through the centuries: spirit balls, witch balls, friendship balls, butler balls and spirit catchers. People thought gazing balls brought good luck and prosperity to a home and abundant growth to plants and flowers. Homeowners put them near the front door of the house to keep evil spirits and witches away. Victorians gave them to each other as gifts of true friendship, thus the name friendship ball.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Now the Gazing Balls in our garden are strictly there as pretty ornaments and not as an instrument to ward off evil spirits… though if they were capable of it, I would be fine with that :)<\/span><\/p>\n

And since they are so pretty… and since Willow did a fine job capturing their beauty in this photograph, I think they make an excellent source of inspiration for our next B-Series Color Palette.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Gazing<\/a><\/p>\n

Everyone who is subscribed to my Polymer Clay Guest List<\/a> will be able to download the following recipes free, one per week on Friday mornings during the month of August 2012:<\/span><\/p>\n