Every month the Earrings Everyday
blog hosts a design challenge based on a theme. This month the challenge was based
on a Japanese performance art and dance troupe Enra.
Erin Prais-Hintz provided a video
of a piece called “Torque starter” for inspiration. The video can be seen here. (I haven’t
mastered the art of adding a video to my blog).
I watched the video several times
and, each time, found myself captivated. I was drawn to different sections of
the performance, thinking do I have the right pieces and/or beads to interpret
that?
Finally, I found the perfect fit
for this portion of the performance, occurring about 20 seconds into the video:
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| Screen Capture from the video of “Torque starter” by Enra |
I had acquired some steel stampings
from HighArt Destash on Facebook. These are not steel that’s been riveted and cut
into that shape, rather are literally stamped out. They were originally curved
and it’s thought they were meant for shoe bows. A little grungy when I first
received them, I cleaned them up with a file and gently flattened them.
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| Torque Earrings |
The “dots” on the stampings
reminded me of the flashing “sparks” in that section of the video. Though the
video is black and white I saw flashes of blue throughout and decided to use
faceted blue Goldstone beads plus gunmetal jump rings and ear wires, and black
wire to attach everything together. I’m rather pleased with how they came
together.
I explored online to find more
information on the troupe. Maybe it’s because they’re based in Japan but I
found it hard to find a website. I did however find many videos online and
watched a few.
One in particular, titled “Primitive” caught my
attention.
Again, it was a particular section
that caught my attention.
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| Screen capture from the video “Primitive” by Enra |
The strong bars reminded me of some
silver plated pieces with black resin ovals with a very oriental influence that
I have, giving an old fashioned photo negative effect. I decided to add some
faceted black Onyx beads that I attached with gunmetal chain, wires and head
pins.
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| Primordia Earrings |
The onyx beads bring in the
influence of the ball from the inspiration video along with emphasizing the
vertical aspect of the screen capture.
Please check out what everyone else
has made too.
Thanks for stopping by and have a
great day.
Having a love for all things vintage, I really enjoy jewellery made from things repurposed from the past so I love your first pair, they turned out really well. Your second pair are a stroke of genius too, I would never have thought of using the oriental influence and these are great! xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Fiona
DeleteI had fun with this challenge. It just seemed to "fall together"
Mona
I love how you repurposed the metal into very pretty earrings!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy
DeleteI think those pieces have great potential and have a bunch more to play with
Mona
I love the earrings you made from the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI also participated this month. You are welcome to visit if you want http://sofies-succulent-beads.blogspot.be/2015/09/were-all-ears-september-challenge.html.
Greetings, Sofie
Thanks Sofie
DeleteIt was a fun challenge
Mona
Both of these earrings are fantastic! Captured so beautifully from the image inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Terri
DeleteI'm not sure why but this inspiration video resonated with me
Mona
Excellent job! I can see the sparks in the first pair. I too was drawn to it, but couldn't think of anything to use. Great choice to repurpose those pieces! And I wouldn't have thought to look them up on line. Great idea, and I love the second pair. Really capture the moment!
ReplyDeleteThanks Veralynne
DeleteComing up with a new purpose for those neat finds is the bonus isn't it?
Mona
Very cool earrings. I like the way you explored further into this group and designed another pair of earrings inspired by them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nan
DeleteTruth be told I would probably not have looked at this video or explored the performance troop on my own. These challenges that Erin puts together are great for pushing us.
Mona
What a perfect use for the shoe bow pieces. Very clever interpretation. I see those flashing sparks in your earrings. Also cool that you located other videos to inspired another pair of earrings. I love the bar ones, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindy
DeleteWhen I got those shoe bows I was thinking of leather bracelets with them riveted to the bracelet. Then Erin came with her challenge and this is the first thing I've done. Glad you like bar earrings too.
Mona
Awesome! I think you nailed it! (Also, you must have mastered getting the video embedded because I can see that here!). Those sparkly stars were fascinating. I like the way you repurposed this component that would be hidden with beads on top of it. So much better and architectural by itself! And the second pair is a great study in shape. Without color you can really focus on form. Thank you for joining me in the We're All Ears challenge for September. Check back on October 2nd for the next inspiration! Enjoy the day! Erin
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. This was a fun challenge and I look forward to next month's.
ReplyDeleteMona