Charm Bead - Artist Painter Palette Museum Theme, Silver

Painter Palette Charm Bead: A Painter's Tool in Sterling Silver

This painter palette charm bead shrinks an artist's palette to half an inch. Three glass chips in blue, yellow and pale cyan sit in the palette shape. Turquoise and navy enamel frame them, and a beaded border circles the edge. The word ART runs across the face.

It is an artist palette charm in S925 sterling silver, finished on both sides. Tiny black stars decorate the reverse. The extra-large opening fits most necklaces and charm bracelets.

Product Details

• Material: S925 sterling silver with enamel and glass
• Design: Two-sided, the same on both sides
• Size: 3/8 in W x 1/2 in H x 1/4 in D
• Weight: 1 oz
• Opening: Extra-large
• Includes: Charm only, chain sold separately
• Product number: EV1016

A Tool Painters Carried Everywhere

The palette is the painter's mixing board. A thumb hole lets the artist hold it while working. Collapsible metal paint tubes arrived in the 1840s and let painters carry color outdoors.

That change helped the Impressionists work in open air. This sterling silver charm echoes that history in a shape anyone can read at a glance.

A palette charm bead is a small badge of studio life. As a sterling silver charm, it stays small and light. The artist palette charm reminds us that every painting begins with mixing. Painter jewelry like this honors the tool, not just the picture.

Colors Change Over Time

Paint ages, and pigments do not always stay put. Van Gogh's Irises were once more violet. The red in the mix faded and left mostly blue. The glass chips on this charm stay fixed, a small promise that the colors will last.

Wearing the Charm

Slide it onto a bracelet or hang it from a chain. Because both sides match, it looks right however it turns. Wipe it with a soft cloth to keep the silver bright.

Add the palette charm bead to a bracelet beside other small symbols. A sterling silver charm keeps its shine with light polishing. This painter jewelry piece also hangs well from a thin chain. The palette charm bead is double-sided, so it looks right on either side. An artist palette charm suits teachers and students as well as painters. Pair this painter jewelry with a small paintbrush charm.

More pieces for art lovers are in our museum jewelry collection.

Impressionists and Their Paint

The Impressionists made painting portable. Tube paint, light easels and bright new pigments sent them out of the studio. They painted gardens, rivers and city streets in quick, visible strokes. Van Gogh learned from them in Paris before building his own bolder style.

For More Reading from the Web

• Learn how Van Gogh's violet petals lost their red, and what that says about pigments. Irises (painting) - Wikipedia
• Read how Van Gogh used thick paint and bold yellow in his Sunflowers. The Sunflowers - National Gallery, London