In the most recent little bit of time I
have been exploring the talents of other jewellery artists. This has led to a
bit of a buying spree, so much so that I have quite a collection of charms and
pendants. I’m looking forward to using them soon. In the meantime, here are
some recent purchases
The first group are pendants and
charms that I purchased through the Beads of Courage auction on eBay. This
auction is organized by Jen Cameron, an artisan herself, with 100% of auction
proceeds going to the charitable organization. I was lucky enough to win the
auction for 4 pieces.
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Bird
in Flight by Melissa Trudinger
In a Brass Bezel with Resin
Coating |
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Brass
Stamped Hummingbird with
Purple Ink by Alicia
Marinache |
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Ceramic Butterfly and Dragonfly Charms
By Jenny Davies Reazor |
Next are some ceramic, stoneware
and bronze metal clay charms, pendants and connectors made by Leslie Watt of
THEA Elements in England. Like the ones above, these are all handmade.
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Stoneware
Heart and Bracelet Link with floral
Detail, Ceramic Leaf
Pendant |
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Bronze
Clay Earring Charms with Queen
Anne’s
Lace (Left) and Leaf (Right) Detail
Snowflake Clasp with
Handmade Toggle |
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| 2 Bronze
Clay Charm Grab Bags With All Kinds of Goodies |
I still have on hand the beautiful
polymer clay pendants below, from Tesori Trovati. Erin Prais-Hintz is the
talented artist. I won these in a draw for the Art Bead Scene monthly challenge.
The challenge is based on an inspiration piece, photo, artwork, animation,
sculpture, selected by the blog editors. Participants create a jewellery item
that draws on colours and shapes from the piece. My prize was for the Maychallenge.
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Polymer Clay Pendants
with Crowned Key Charm |
And finally, here are some copper
clay charms and pendants I made myself. These were made in a metal clay course
I took last year. I have used some and
here’s what is still waiting for the right spark of inspiration. Now I need a
kiln to make more!
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| Copper Metal Clay Charms and Pendants by me |
Like Lori Andersen said in her Bead Hoarders Blog Hop invitation, it’s time to take these out of the stash and turn them into jewellery. I’m so excited I can hardly wait, but this is a post-Christmas project. Hmm, some new blogs for this project…
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