I'm a bracelet kind of a gal. I really love making them. Maybe it's because my wrists are the only skinny part of me! LOL These are especially fun because I can add my other passion, "textiles!" I love working with the silk and, of course, the color has great appeal. Many of these ribbons are from
Lisa Jurist. What a great etsy shop she has. All I need to do is to add a couple of brightly colored enamel beads and you're home!
I have many of these bracelets that I wear ... not all at once ... but I bet I could! They are a favorite. The bracelet is about 75% metal and 25% other colorful stuff! I've decided to start selling these ... and at the ridiculous price of $22, I might add! If you're interested, just go to www.paintingwithfireartwear.com and click on "jewelry" at the sidebar and you'll be taken right to them.
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| Horizon |
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| Horizon, detail |
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| Jasmine |
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| Lilac |
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| Lilac, detail |
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| Persnickety, detail |
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| Persnickety |
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| Spring Fling |
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Spring Fling, detail
Please visit me at my blog for a look at some other bangles I'm making that are enameled. But before you go, let me ask you this: Do you have a special thing you like to make? What is it? Why do you like to make it? Thanks for sharing ... it will help to turn this "monologue" into a "dialogue!" |
11 comments:
Your bangles are lovely Barbara, I particularly like Lilac. My thing at the moment is polymer clay pendants, I seem to be churning them out at the rate of knots but I need to do something with them.
The word verification word for my comment was "gazer".... very apt really because that's all I seem to be at the moment, a gazer. Just gazing at my pendants and not doing anything constructive with them.
I just love your bangles! The colorful fabric is the perfect touch.
Right now I can't seem to stop making earrings. I love that I can create something beautiful relatively fast. And I'm finding that the women who don't wear bracelets or necklaces will wear earrings.
Those are absolutely gorgeous bangles, Barbara. I love the way you mixed the fibers with the enameled beads. And they look like they'd be comfortable to wear!
A couple of summers ago, I hit on the idea of making some "quick" bead embroidered cabochon necklaces to sell at my farmers' markets. They were such a hit last year that I very often had a hard time during the week making enough new pieces to replace the ones that I had sold the previous week! This year, though, I've learned my lesson - I started making new pieces back in November as soon as my market season was over!
really love these barbara! i am a bracelet girl too! stacked them up to 'there' during the madonna days in college...
i love to make rings, can do them over and over and over... it is fun to have something that you can have as a base a vary the effects... yours are beautiful - and i always love lisa's fibers!
Great bangles. LUV THEM!
Beautiful bracelets! I love the "jasmine" one. I love to make earrings because it is a quick and satisfying project. They are also the thing I wear the most (although my art jewelry collection is simply out of this world!)
Excellent! I love your bracelets, but like D'Arsie, am drawn to "Jasmine". I like making what I call my "Amulet" pendants/slides, where the structure is the same but the focal and harmonic elements turn each one into something unique. But I also love making Meanies...
Thanks for a wonderful post!
oooh!!! Love em. Lilac is my favorite!! I'm more of a necklace gal. I can be more free handed with those I think.. and don't have to make 2 of them the same!! :)
These are incredible Barbara! I love Lilac, that organic look gets me! I love Lisa's fibers too, have some stashed!
I really like making earrings.....I feel I need a new pair everyday or I'm naked!
I just took a break from making "special beads" with a necklace design in mind. I saw a necklace on someone on a court show.... I think the parts I'm trying to replicate (not copy!- LOL!!) were metal. We'll see if my vision becomes anything special :O) I wish I could start to get a vision of using fabric with designs... I see so many beautiful pieces, but I struggle trying to think of how I would use all the cool types of fabric that are out there! Any advice?
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