The June/July Town & Country features several pages of black and white clothing, jewelry & shoes. Including this bracelet from Cartier was a bit of a stretch for black and white…but it does feature that crisp contrast that always feels cool and fresh, regardless of the temperature. At $286,000, this bauble may not be in your budget, but the swirl of light and dark may be just what you need for your next design.
Posts Tagged ‘bracelet’
Always Cool
Posted in art, bracelet, inspiration, jewelry, tagged black & white, bracelet, cartier, cuff, diamonds, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on July 4, 2015| 1 Comment »
Clashing Colour
Posted in bracelet, color, green design, inspiration, jewelry, tagged angela o'kelly, bracelet, color, contemporary, fabric, ornamental elements, paper, polymer, polymer clay on May 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Irish artist, Angela O’Kelly, combines nontraditional jewelry materials…paper & fabric…with precious metals to create bold, layered pieces. “I’m attracted to clashing colours in nature” she says. Texture is really important in her work. Boglands and the seaside rock formations inspire lightweight materials that don’t weigh the wearer down. “My designs are not for the everyday”, she explains. “More occasion wear than day wear, each design is a decorative object in its own right that you can admire as an art object when you’re not wearing it.”
Designing Family
Posted in bracelet, Design, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, Bangle, bracelet, color, contemporary, givenchy, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, taffin, wall street journal on April 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal this week about James Taffin de Givenchy and his 753 year old family history book. While his uncle founded the fashion house, Givenchy, in 1952, James moved in a different direction…jewelry. The family history dates from the 1300’s and continues with updates from family members throughout the world.
What happened to this month? The last three weeks have been a swirl of family, art show prep and then a week of fabulous weather that constantly lured us outside. Spring on a barrier island is amazing…two bobcat sightings in the last week, the alligators are roaring, and we should see new fawns any day now.
Emotions Through Color & Design
Posted in art, bracelet, color, Design, enamel, inspiration, new, tagged art, bracelet, color, contemporary, Design, egon schiele, enamel, fashion, frey wille, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, necklace, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on March 27, 2015| 2 Comments »
In Frey Wille’s homage series, the focus is now on Expressionist painter Egon Scheile. “The themes of expressionism were diverse, experimental and radical. Artists expressed their deepest emotions through strong colour and design. They did not want to paint pretty pictures, or even realistic ones—they used ugliness, distortion and disassociation to express their own feelings, and elicit strong emotional reaction.”
The Frey Wille site has a fascinating series of photos that focus on the design process. The elements and colors may provide inspiration for your next project.
Geometric Repetitions
Posted in art, bracelet, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged antonio pineda, art, bracelet, contemporary, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, silver, taxco on December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Scrolling through the images of Antonio Pineda’s jewelry, you will notice the strong design aesthetic is derived from the simple repetition of geometric elements.
“A Taxco native, Pineda was among the most prominent of the many silversmiths to emerge from the mountain mining town beginning in the 1930s. He was the subject of a 2008-09 exhibition at UCLA’s Fowler Museum, “Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda,” which traced the evolution of his work through the 1970s.”He was certainly one of the major modernist silversmiths in the 1950s, ’60s and certainly into the ’70s,” said Betsy Quick, the Fowler’s director of education and the show’s in-house curator.”
High Tech Artistry
Posted in art, bracelet, color, Design, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, Bangle, black & white, bracelet, contemporary, cuff, Design, fashion, inspiration, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, tattooed steel on November 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Tattooed Steel is a California based company that offers artists the ability to transfer their work steel or titanium jewelry. ‘Tattooed Steel merges precision technology with the creative imagination and talent of the global artist community and offers a variety of handmade stainless steel jewelry made in the USA.’
An Interesting Turn
Posted in art, bracelet, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, Bangle, bracelet, contemporary, Design, emily miranda, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, youtube on November 2, 2014| 2 Comments »
After receiving a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in sculpture from Hunter College, Emily Miranda’s career took an interesting turn...“through an unlikely hobby- sculpting edible natural history dioramas out of sugar. These ‘cakes’ led her to fall in love with the interactivity of design. Today, jewelry and curiosity mingle and merge within the Emily Miranda universe. Her creations are imagined as treasured specimens- fantastical objects or creatures washed up on a beach or hidden in a forest, waiting to be discovered by the discerning and inquisitive collector.”
The featured photos highlight the sculptural quality of her work and the video gives us a ‘peek’ into the source of many of her designs.
My apologies for the loooooooooong delay between posts…no excuses…just life interfering!
Charming!!!
Posted in bracelet, color, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, we can do this, tagged american craft, bracelet, charms, color, contemporary, Design, endless jewelry, fashion, inspiration, laurie prophater, polymer, polymer clay on September 4, 2014| 2 Comments »
According to the February issue of American Craft Magazine, 2014 is the year of the charm. “Whether it’s a single statement piece dangling from your wrist or a full-on array, charms are back from the fashion past and more chic than ever.”
A definite ‘we can do this’ inspiration is the Endless Charm Bracelet from Endless Jewelry. Move from leather to extruded polymer; wirewrap charms or create your own from polymer or metal clay; slip everything on memory wire…CHARMING!!!
The Tiffany T
Posted in art, bracelet, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, Bangle, bracelet, contemporary, cuff, Design, fashion, Francesca Amfitheatrof, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, tiffany on August 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Prior to taking the position as Design Director, Francesca Amfitheatrof requested a visit to the Tiffany archives. She discovered that through Tiffany’s 177 year history there was much more than ‘traditional’ design. It was a geometric necklace with clean lines and a square setting that inspired the Tiffany T Collection. “A trained jeweler and silversmith, design director Francesca Amfitheatrof reimagined the letter T as a piece of engineering, which you can see in the mechanisms for cuffs. The T is sculptural and bold and very closely linked to the architecture of New York City,”
Creativity Keeps a Messy House
Posted in bracelet, Design, inspiration, jewelry, tagged annie morgan, art, Bangle, bracelet, contemporary, Design, fashion, inspiration, laurie prophater, polymer clay on June 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Annie Morgan’s blog begins with a beautiful description of creativity. “Creativity keeps a messy house. She dances on your shoulder when you least expect it… to music you have never heard before. She whispers in your ear at night while you are trying to sleep…she is elusive in the morning.– A. Morgan”
Sorry for the delay in posting, but we have spent the last week dealing with the myriad of issues that come with closing a business and ‘cleaning’ out the office and warehouse. ( I think much of it ended up in my garage.) I am now fully retired from wearing my business hat and moving toward life as a full time artist.
Ornamental Elements 