Introducing
"Jade & Copper Dreams". And yes, there's some brass is in
there, too.There's something about combining the jade green
and coppery red that I love. The faux jade 'pillows' are
linked together with my favorite finding - brass swivels.
Introducing
"Mokume Dance".
The colorful polymer clay pieces are framed by 12 ga brass
wire and linked together with brass swivels.
The brass chain is a simple 2-in-2 and is accompanied by matching
curved beads.
Introducing
"Ivory & Brass Dreams". The faux ivory pieces are framed
by 12 ga wire, have various inlays and are linked together
with brass swivels.
Channeling
a carousel horse or some Moroccan tribal artist, am I? That's
the only explanation I have for this. I can't honestly say
if I like it yet, but it's still captivating me when I look
at it. I'm still pondering, "Where did that come from",
"Did I make that?"
I'm calling this articulated pendant "Berber Dreams".
You might assume I first looked at either a bunch carousels
or northern African jewelry, etc., then made
"Berber Dreams ". But sorry, in this case, it was
the reverse, or at least I think it was! :D
What's
curious is I can now see some distant similarities between
the two seemingly separate style worlds - carousels and
Mediterranean art. Maybe it's just me?
I'm gonna study northern African tribal
jewelry some more. I really like Tuareg and Berber styles.
I gotta see what else my muse might make me do.
Check out these for some amazing Berber, Tuareg, Algerian
jewelry:
Post
Sandy Camp 2007. I have named this one "Brandy & Chocolate".
After
demoing how to make my Butterfly Wing cane, I had to make
some beads, didn't I? :D I can't wait to see what I'll *have*
to make due to the next Sandy Camp.
All
the curls and waves remind me of waterfalls, so I'm call
this pendant and cuff set "Victoria's Set ".
"Silver Seabreeze"
necklace. Polymer clay cane pieces wrapped and linked with
sterling silver wire.
My latest and thus my favorite necklace. I guess that makes
me a fair-weather necklace fan! :)
"Flowers
Cha Cha" pendant & bracelet set. The first real
bracelet/pendant set I've ever made. I used one of my PhotoEZ
stencils to apply the flowers, then added a few little embellishments.
Named 'Cha Cha' because I made this set as demo samples
for Donna Kato's clay at the CHA 2007 show.
"Flames,
Tears & Curls", composed of soldered sterling silver wire armatures. My intent
was to fill the armatures with polymer clay to make this necklace match (somewhat)
with my "Warner Spring's
Energy" bracelet.
I still may do that, but I want to enjoy this open structure for a little while.
Finally,
finally, I made myself a chain long enough (27") for
a necklace. Then I attached a toggle clasp so I could add
one of my Butterfly Wing clay beads.
The chain pattern
is byzantine; 18ga 4mm ID SS rings.
"Refurbished"
tis the name because refurbished is its game. This pendant
went on one of those gastric bypass diets.
Seriously, I
wasn't too happy with this one in it's past life (look
to the right) so I trimmed down. Now I like it a bit
better.
Look
familiar? This was "Spiral Madness"; or you might
consider this to be the pre-reburbished version of "Refurbished".
I kept it hidden
for a while, thinking maybe I'd grow to like it after
a while. But no dice. So I decided to play editor.
Look to the left to see the results.
Nope.
I've not gotten religion. This is for a relative. But I must admit I really do
like it! I guess I'll always be a sucker for faux ivory and brass pieces. I just
may make one for myself. :)
"Diablo's
Cell Phone". That's what I call it, anyway, hee hee. This appears heavy but
it isn't because it was made over an aluminum foil core.
Click the image to see a larger pic. Click
this to see more of the chain with the pendant.
Inspired
by Kathleen Dustin's class I took in Feb06. She guided
us through some marvelous layering, color, pattern and
translucent techniques.
"Nine". This pendant sat in a drawer for quite a
while. Why? Frankly, I don't really know. But it called to
me recently, to come out of the 'drawer'. :)
What's noteworthy
is the blue coloring was done using what was then called "Fiesta"
inks (aka Pinata). The color is still a brilliant and clear
as it was a year or so ago.
