These sleek earrings from Australian designer Amber Sceats start our year with a timeless design element…the triangle. Amber’s designs are “Heavily influenced by her appreciation for art, travel and architecture; Amber Sceats is an ode to the abstract. The underlying ‘rock’ element throughout her collections make the pieces uncompromisingly contemporary whilst simultaneously timeless.”
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Angles are In
Posted in Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, we can do this, tagged amber sceats, contemporary, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on January 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Experimentation & Improvisation
Posted in art, bracelet, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged contemporary, Design, earrings, jewelry, laurie prophater, necklace, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, rings, teresa robinson, tiro tiro on August 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Tiro Tiro jewelry designer, Teresa Robinson, allows the materials she selects to direct her. “Tiro comes from the latin word for a beginner or novice. Tiro Tiro embraces an era of experimentation and improvisation, drawing from our years of practice and honed expertise and then making things up as we go. Evolving and exploring new mediums and techniques, we allow the materials to guide us, finding that some of our best work happens by accident.”
I apologize for the erratic nature of my posts of late. During the last month we completed our move from Columbus, Ohio to South Carolina. Leaving behind 4 decades of family, friends and memories has certainly had it’s ups and downs. But, we are both excited to see what this new chapter in our life brings.
Shameless Self Promotion!!!
Posted in art, bracelet, color, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, we can do this, tagged alice stroppel, bangles, belle armoire jewelry, earrings, joan tayler, julie eakes, laurie prophater, meisha barbee, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, what are you working on this week on June 5, 2015| 2 Comments »
Typically, I do not feature polymer artists in Ornamental Elements, and leave my studio adventures/misadventures for What Are You Working on This Week. But, after a rather hectic year, I finally wrapped my creative mind around an article for the Summer issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry. I have to thank Joan Tayler for inspiring the article. We participated in an exchange last fall, and she turned my exchange charms into a pair of earrings…so clever.
I have been tempted to write tutorials for digital media, but nothing beats the thrill of seeing your work published and on the newsstand at Barnes & Noble or Michaels. In February, Alice Stroppel, Julie Eakes. Meisha Barbee and I collaborated on a bangle project. On the surface the initial idea appeared to be simple, but each of us found at least one or two challenges before the bangles were completed. You will find an article about our challenges in the Fall issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry.
Unexpected Colorations = Statement Pieces
Posted in art, bracelet, color, Design, earrings, glass, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, color, contemporary, Design, earrings, emmanuel kasongo, fashion, glass, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, necklace, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on November 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Emmanuel Kasongo is a Congolese jewelry artist who works with tiny glass seed beads to create jewelry with a ‘riot of color’. “Emmanuel Kasongo creates art jewelry, that is fabulous, vibrant, colorful and yet are totally wearable, statement pieces. Tubular beaded necklaces made from tiny glass beads in a myriad of unexpected colorations, filling fine Italian mesh tubes. His necklaces, bracelets and earings are a riot of color and color combinations, not simply filling a mesh tube in a single skein, but threaded, braided and knotted together in a riot of shapes with fanned and pointed ends. His African heritage clearly expressing itself through his art, honed and directed by his Parisian childhood, moving from his native Congo to Paris, where he began his career in fashion. Kasongo lived in both Paris and Milan, and worked for the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier, Marithe Francois Girbaud and Romeo Gigli, sourcing, planning and organizing fashion shows and events.”
Cowabunga
Posted in art, color, Design, earrings, fashion, green design, jewelry, re-purposed, tagged Bangle, black & white, bracelet, color, contemporary, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, mapleXO, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, skateboard on October 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I am ashamed to say that I have NEVER successfully mastered riding a skateboard. But, after visiting MapleXO’s site, I may try my hand at recycling one. “Recycling skateboards wasn’t a new idea. People have been doing it since the 70’s and my first personal attempt wasn’t to make jewelry, it was to make a clock for my wall at home. Next I made a chalkboard, some magnets and eventually my friend Amanda and I just put the scraps from all these skateboard crafts on some earring hooks and wore them around. Didn’t think much of it until all my friends and people from work started asking me to make them some skateboard earrings. Looking back on it now is funny, because the earrings were literally raw pieces of broken skateboards dangling on ear wires. To be honest, the first pair may just have been random wire that we bent into makeshift earrings hooks!”
Expression Through Adornment
Posted in Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, color, contemporary, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, sue savage on February 8, 2012| 2 Comments »
Sue Savage, like many artists, uses natures colors, textures and patterns as inspiration. ” Combining natural stones, pearls, hand made elements and fine-quality metals, the designs reflect unique natural beauty. Each design is produced only once at Sue’s studio in Southeast Alaska, so it is truly a personal expression through adornment.”
Queen of Hoops
Posted in Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged contemporary, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, lana jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on December 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Lauded by her fans as the Queen of Hoops, Lana Bramlette is the force behind Lana Jewelry. “Lana’s minimalist and cool approach to design has resulted in dozens of pieces that have instantly become cult classics, like her famous Upside Down Hoops; more than 55,000 pairs have been sold since their debut nineyears ago.”
Sun Drenched vs. Sleek and Contemporary
Posted in art, bracelet, Design, earrings, inspiration, jewelry, tagged Bangle, bracelet, carolina araujo, color, contemporary, cuff, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on November 25, 2011| 1 Comment »
Carolina Araujo utilizes both hard and soft surfaces in her jewelry collections. While her metal pieces have a sleek contemporary vibe, the soft collection brings images of sun drenched beaches and warm summer days…aptly named…Summer.
Carolina sent several photos of the Summer collection for this post and I am featuring all of them. (It is cold and rainy as I write…visions of summer AHHHHH!!!)
The following video showcases the metal collection and you can see more of her work on Elo7.
Inspired by Tradition
Posted in bracelet, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged bracelet, contemporary, cuff, Design, fashion, felicity peters, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer clay on November 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Felicity Peters’ work is influenced by an empathy with the material and past traditions. David Watkins, in his book Design Source Book – Jewellery (New Holland Press 1999) says of her work. “The work is evocative of mysticism and ritual. Each piece is infused with a reverent presence inspired by past traditions, dreams, memories and nature.”
Interpreting Natures Beauty
Posted in bracelet, color, Design, earrings, enamel, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged bracelet, color, contemporary, cuff, Design, enamel, enameling, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, patsy croft, polymer clay on October 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Patsy Croft’s work is perfect to brighten up a dark and dreary week in Central Ohio. “She has traveled the world gathering inspiration from all of her adventures, and now works to create her own wearable interpretations of the natural beauty she has encountered in the form of cloisonne. Patsy is passionate about the ocean and the planet and donates a portion of all sells to various environmental preservation groups”
OOOPS!!! I was in a hurray to post this…checked the spelling of interpreting…did not check natures…
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