August, the month for vacations,
for outdoors, for away time, for camping and for campfires. The inspiration for
this month’s Earrings Everyday Challenge is campfires, all types in all their
glory. One of the inspiration photos:
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| Photo Credit Luke Porter, Unsplash |
The idea of interpreting a campfire
in earrings intrigued me. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to do it but decided to
try and participate this month. I used the colours of the flames as a starting
point for this pair:
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| Sparkzzz |
Digging through my art beads I
found the porcelain flowers in antiqued colours, created by Cheryl Irwin. They
reminded me of the colour of embers as they begin to fade out, which triggered
the idea to bring in the charcoal remnants of a campfire into the design. I
used black wood beads separated by antiqued brass spacers to do so. These
beads are not perfectly square, instead being irregular in shape just like charcoal.
Gunmetal was used for the leverbacks and wires. The finishing touch are the
seed beads in shades of ash, burnt wood and sparks that are wound above the wood
squares.
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| Sparkzzz Earrings |
I noticed a tiny wire that needs
tucking in. Once I get that taken care of and get better photos these will go
into my shop.
Thanks for stopping by and have a
great day.
Beautiful earrings, I love your combination of shapes, the flowers are perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karin. They were fun to play with
DeleteThese earrings have such great visual movement. And I imagine they are swingy and fun to wear too. Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I haven't worn them but they felt that way in my hand.
DeleteGreat design! These have a Japanese tea garden look to me.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was trying different stacking layouts that was what I kept thinking too. Thanks
DeleteLove seeing everyone's take on this inspiration...Those stacked black wood beads are a very Zen element. Cool!
ReplyDeleteThat's about how I felt when I came up with the idea. I remembered feeling that way looking into the embers of campfires
DeleteNice earrings. I love the beads Just fitting for this challenge.
ReplyDeleteThank you Alice
DeleteI love the design and colors of the earrings.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy
DeleteThose are really cool! I love the idea of the dying embers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarajo. That's my favourite part of a campfire
DeleteI have a few stacks of those wood beads. That is a great way to convey the wood! And I adore those pod pieces... perfect ashy embers! Thanks for playing with me in the We're All Ears challenge. Enjoy the day! Erin
ReplyDeleteThank you Erin. I had fun getting back into the challenge
Deletebeautiful! what cool beads Cheryl made! and a great interpretation of the late glow of the fire
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm happy with how they came together
DeleteSorry I'm a little late to the reveal date...but these earrings are perfect for this challenge! Wow!
ReplyDeleteThanks Terri. Glad that you like them.
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