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Recent Creations

All this talk of creative endeavors, and I have yet to actually post pics of recent creations. So I thought I’d do a little creation show-and-tell. If I was in elementary school, I’d be putting on my brave face to stand in front of class right now.

Jewelry
Here is a cherry quartz flower and teardrop I completed on the trip up to my brother and sister-and-law’s place:

Here’s a red Czech-glass bead and hematite bolo-style necklace that I’m awfully proud of because the style is so versatile:

This is what it looks like knotted:

The great thing about this necklace is that not only can you tie it in front, or in the back, depending on what you are wearing--but you can also wrap it around your wrist, tie it once, and the weight will keep it knotted. It makes for a simple and modern but striking bracelet.

Here’s a cherry quartz, carnelian, and clear glass accent bead necklace that you can either wear as a choker or at the collarbone:

A simple bracelet of serpentine cubes and cherry quartz (which I’m addicted to). The shapes and colors balance each other out:

A two-tier lapis lazuli nugget, India glass, and serpentine bracelet:

And my last piece of jewelry is a charm bracelet made of red Czech glass beads. I strung the “pattern” at random, and added the resin charm at the end. I love how unusual it looks:

All of these are made using hand wrapped sterling silver wire and extender chains, with silver plated lobster clasps and sterling silver toggle clasps. I’ve gotten incredibly spoiled with this medium, and when you start to work with silver, it’s almost impossible to work with base metal again.

Purses

A couple of purses I’ve made—the first is from a Marimekko fabric that I found, made with cotton webbing straps and pink broadcloth lining, with a pretty pink satin ribbon closure:

And an eyelet-print purse with pink grosgrain ribbon closure and trim, with blue polyester lining:

Both of these bags are structured, thanks to sew-in Timtex lining and plastic needlework canvas to reinforce the bottom.

I’ve been enjoying making all of these over the past couple of months, whenever I get the time, but when I finish, I always have doubts in my mind as to whether they are of a good enough quality to sell, and if anyone would buy them. I wonder if that’s part of the creative process, learning to accept or be proud or your creations and then having faith in them as items that people would buy.

Posted by equilibrium-girl at June 11, 2004 09:20 PM