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.”
Posts Tagged ‘earrings’
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.
Not Just the Blue Box
Posted in art, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged 1837 collection, contemporary, cuff, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, necklace, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, rings, tiffany on February 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Tiffany’s little blue box has always been a symbol of beautiful design, even before it is opened. The Tiffany 1837 Collection “is proudly inscribed with the year that Tiffany & Co. was founded, this iconic collection gives a nod to the past while expressing a modern sensibility with sleek curves and smooth contours.”
Colorful Chevrons
Posted in art, color, Design, fabric, fashion, tagged art, color, Design, earrings, fabric, fashion, inspiration, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, valentino, youtube on December 1, 2014| 2 Comments »
I found myself at a loss for words to describe the fashion world of Valentino. Although he retired from the day to day operations of the Valentino brand, the jaw dropping designs continue to walk the runway. I will let the images of the chevron design that caught my eye in the latest Elle and the Spring/Summer 2015 runway show do the talking. (Love the lucite Minaudiere…be sure to scroll down the home page to see the ‘camubutterfly’)
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.”
Challenging the Perception of Wearable Art
Posted in art, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, contemporary, Design, earrings, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, McKenna Hallett, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on July 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
McKenna Hallet’s challenges herself create jewelry with low or no impact to our planet. “I want to create objects of art with a minimum of impact on OUR PLANET and to this end I will never use electricity or heat or corrosive chemicals to construct my jewelry and I will use as few items as possible from newly manufactured sources.” The two photos on her home page highlight her ability to source materials and see a future for the metal far removed from it’s original purpose.
No Need for Translation
Posted in art, color, Design, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, beads, black & white, bracelet, color, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, nel linssen, ornamental elements, paper, polymer, polymer clay on December 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Nel Linssen makes an amazing array of jewelry from paper. “Nel Linssen is an old-timer when it comes to making jewellery as well as objects from paper. For some thirty years she is constantly exploring how a different form or structure can arise out of a new way of constructing, which makes a piece even more appealing when worn and on the go. Years of interplay between head and hand, thinking and doing, has led to perfection and this makes her work extremely sensitive and humane.”
Her website is a little difficult to navigate…but her Pinterest page tells the visual story of her work and many of her designs could be translated in Polymer.
A Smile for Friday
Posted in art, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged alice stroppel, art, black & white, color, contemporary, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jennifer loiselle, jewelry, laurie prophater, louise bourgeois, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on October 18, 2013| 2 Comments »
Next week is going to be crazy…crazy good…but crazy. In case I cannot wrap my head around posts, I am posting at warp speed for the next few days.
While doing ‘fall’ cleaning on my computer, I bumped into the ‘lips’ earrings from Jennifer Loiselle. (I have already sent the link to Alice Stroppel). Jennifer’s “current collections are inspired by the fabric works of confessional art doyenne Louise Bourgeois. Comprised of striking three dimensional pieces combining richly coloured hand woven and hand braided grosgrain alongside laser cut perspex detailing and hand cut leather tassels, the collections showcase Jennifer’s mix of artisan sensibility and keen appreciation of modern technology.”
Circles-Circles & More Circles
Posted in art, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, contemporary, Design, earrings, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, sina emrich on October 17, 2013| 2 Comments »
Sina Emrich’s designs are inspired by concentrically larger circles, stacked in a myriad of formations. After finding various posts about her jewelry, her background remains a mystery. Of course, google images or pinterest always tell the visual story.
Ornamental Elements 