The challenge inspiraton was this
painting by Séraphine Louis, known as "Séraphine de Senlis"
("Séraphine of Senlis ") (1864–1942). She was a French painter who worked in the
naïve style.
I was drawn to the many colours and
shapes of the leaves she painted. Though orange, pink and red dominate the
work, there are other shapes and colours hiding in the background that were the
jumping off point for some of my pendants.
First off is this pendant with
stoneware ceramic leaf by Lesley Watt of Thea Elements. The gorgeous orange and
rust colours went perfectly with these two sparkle mini Lampwork beads from Sue
Kennedy of SueBeads. I added glass rounds in complementary colours, used copper
to tie the pendant portion together and strung everything off leather and waxed
cotton cords.
Fire Leaf Pendant |
The second pendant pulls its
colours from the polymer clay leaf. Unfortunately I do not know who made this
leaf. I mated it with another Lampwork bead from SueBeads, this time a Cameo
bead in a Wedgewood like blue plus purple ceramic beads from Natalie McKenna of
Grubbi Beads. Waxed linen in complementary colours holds some Mother of Pearl
chips I acquired from Linda Landig, finished off with silver plated wire and
clasp.
Next came this pendant with stoneware
leaf by Diana Ptaszynski of Suburban Girl. I used an agate circle, originally
intended to be a ring, and batik cotton ribbon from Lorelei Eurto of Jewelry Accord.
Like the first pendant, everything is tied together on this one with copper,
hanging from a waxed linen cording this time. All of the waxed linen cording in
these designs also came from Lorelei Eurto.
The next two pendants use polymer
clay leaves in greens and rusts from Hilla Bushari of Hillovely and ceramic rounds in dark merlot and oatmeal from Cindy Pack
of Art & Soul. Again I went with waxed linen cording and either antiqued
bronze or antiqued brass for the metals.
Sun Kissed Pendant |
These are all splendid. Every one of them.
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