It is a world of learning, dreaming, creating and improving. And wearing!
Stringing, knotting, metalsmithing; it is a new language in a new territory. It also sings to the hunter-gatherer in me. There is nothing more exciting than tracking down the materials to build a piece suspended in my mind's eye.
The creative possibilities are endless, the components are portable and I can work with design in miniature wherever I am.
Through my personal filter, it naturally echos the garden. As I allow the garden to come into my jewelry work, the jewelry work flows back to the garden, inspiring new ideas.
The materials can be precious, semi-precious or mixed media. Mixed media invites anything to come to the party. Brass, copper, steel; the costs can be kept low, yet the results can truly be stunning.
In this necklace, the old brass escutcheon begins the story. A heart shaped garnet can be seen through the keyhole, a brass watch key and rose quartz briolette are draped above while a baroque freshwater pearl and another garnet dangles below. The length of vintage milk glass rosary chain can be adjusted wherever the brass hook is placed. It is finished with some brass chain and a few more charms of garnet, milk glass, rose quartz, a brass love knot and another key.
Simple. Fun!
1 comment:
Lisa, I find that the garden comes into my art, and then my art goes into the garden. It will be interesting to see if you make any 'jewelry" FOR the garden.
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