Lauren Pollaro is drawn to combinations of unexpected materials that take the viewer on a visual journey. “I find it satisfying to harmonize the chaos of so many disparate materials and options. I first surprise myself with certain combinations and discoveries and then it is my intent to take the viewer on a visual journey. I believe there is so much to see upon close observation of most anything. I hope for the viewer and/or wearer to make continual discoveries in my work and to feel a pleasing connection with my pieces.”
Posts Tagged ‘jewelry’
Visual Journey
Posted in art, color, Design, enamel, fabric, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged enamel, jewelry, lauren pollaro, laurie prophater, necklace, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay on August 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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 »
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.
Beautiful Badges
Posted in art, color, Design, inspiration, jewelry, tagged brooch, color, contemporary, enamel, jewelry, laurie prophater, linda darty, polymer, polymer clay on June 27, 2015| 2 Comments »
Linda Darty’s Garden Badge Series celebrates memories of her childhood and attending garden club meetings with her mother in a small town in North Carolina. “The women in this small town would gather monthly, meeting with armfuls of flowers and greens that were spread over tables. These badges pay tribute to their efforts to create and formalize a time in their lives to celebrate beauty, community, and friendship while also expressing my ongoing inspiration from nature.
I’m intrigued by what kinds of badges I would identify myself with as the adult person I’ve become, not only what I would wear now, but what would be left behind for some future relative to pour over in a long forgotten jewelry box. I would want them to find flowers, leaves and branches of silver and blossoms of delicately painted glass, and to remember that I wore and made them to keep them alive in my life… that in the midst of the technology, the construction and destruction of this world so often at war, there is beauty to be treasured.”
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.
Disparate Inspiration
Posted in art, Design, inspiration, jewelry, tagged alyson iwamoto, art, clay, contemporary, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, necklace, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, porcelain, wabi-sabi, zen on March 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The inspiration for Alyson Iwamoto’s Wabi Sabi collection came from her Japanese grandmother’s teacups and the California desert. Alyson “is continually inspired by nature’s intense and unexpected beauty. And my love for clay inspires me to create! Like a Zen garden, I look to express only what is essential. She is a native Los Angeles ceramic artist. Both her Japanese heritage and L.A. roots deeply influence her work. She has worked in clay for 20 years and she has pursued her dream as a full-time ceramic artist for the last four.
For nearly a decade Alyson taught children in Skid Row at Inner-City Arts. There she learned about humanity and imagination. She received her BFA in ceramics from Cal State University Long Beach.”
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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.”
Art on You…Not on the Wall
Posted in art, color, Design, enamel, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, brooch, color, contemporary, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, roy lichtenstein on February 11, 2015| 2 Comments »
“This is the kind of art you hang on you, not on a wall”…or so reads the advertisement for the Roy Lichtenstein brooch. The very interesting fact in this 2014 Artists Books and Multiples blog post is the price of the brooch in the ad…$35. If you read further, you will discover it is now available on Ebay for $8950.
Fanciful & Luscious
Posted in art, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, tagged art, contemporary, Design, fashion, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer, polymer clay, rings, tai vautier on January 7, 2015| 5 Comments »
Tai Vautier describes these stack rings as ‘fanciful & luscious’. “Though studying psychology is a secret love of mine I mainly grew up painting and drawing and creating lots of art projects. I took jewelry making in high school and ‘lost wax’ casting in college. Later after I completed my degree in psychology I turned to jewelry making as my love for adornments has always captivated me. One of my most favorite artists is Alfonso Mucha and though my jewelry is not following in this vain he has always been my greatest artistic inspiration.”
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.”
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.”
Ornamental Elements 