The team at Love My Art Jewelry doesn’t
usually issue challenges to artists and artisans but Sherri Stokey has issued a
few lately. The latest
challenge is inspired by the colours of the Caribbean waters.
What is extra special about this
challenge is that it’s not limited to jewellery. As Sherri states, the rules
are simple: “Make something inspired by the photo (below). It can be anything - a painting, jewelry (of
course), a scarf, a hand painted pair of shoes (wouldn't that be cool!?) - as
long as it's made by you.”
I chose to stick with jewellery and
made this bracelet with the challenge colours, blues (cyan, aqua, Caribbean
blue, teal), lime green (chartreuse) and a dash of white.
 |
| Caribbean Bracelet |
The 3 dot sliders were the starting
point. The deep Caribbean blue colour of the glass kicked everything off. I
added pretty blue/green tri beads, aqua colour seed beads that are lined with
lime green and some tiny white seed beads (that are really hard to see in this
first photo. Sticking to the silver in the sliders I added silver plated clasp
and findings but used an on colour green beading wire instead of the usual
silver wire.
 |
| Caribbean Bracelet |
You can see those tiny white seed
beads better in this second photo. I’m working on matching earrings but,
keeping it real here, they are not nearly ready yet. I’ll write about them when
done. I’m bringing the bracelet and earrings (hopefully) to a show this weekend
and will post them in Etsy if they don’t go.
To see what everyone else made go
to the Love My Art Jewelry reveal blog.
Thanks for stopping by and have a
great day.
No comments:
Post a Comment