Etsy Treasury Time

A big thank you to LaTerraCanta for featuring my Tzarina Necklace

 In their Treasury A Summer Evening with friends

La Terra Canta...The Earth Sings... is run by DANIELA. and FIORELLA 

Visit their shop to see some really beautiful jewellery

These are one of my favorites...Turquoise Raku Earrings

Wearable Art Jewellery - a New design

Another piece of wearable art in the making

I started with choosing the colours and the main feature

The yarns I selected were caramel slubbed cotton, cream silk yarn and stone silk and wool. I wrapped white cotton jersey strips with the cream and stone yarns

A rough sketch of my design idea

This beautiful fossil stone pendant was the featured element and I covered aluminum wire with the caramel slubbed cotton to attach it to the main necklace and for some decoration.

So far so good but it has taken hours to get this far!

Now you will have to be patient, I will blog the finished necklace as soon as it 'comes off the drawing board'

Wearable Art - New Design - complete and ready for sale!

Wearable Art Necklace and Earrings 'RUSTIC'

...At last they are finished...If you were following my blog about this set...there were several features I was uncertain about!
The first was the basic necklace

The original design was too unbalanced

...so back to the drawing board..I redid some of it

I was much happier with that arrangement

The next problem was how to decorate it...I chose the leaves and added wooden beads and more finer wrapped wire

 ..and then I attached it to the basic necklace

Now for some earrings to compliment the necklace
I couldn't decide so I made two pairs!

 and

All these will be for Sale in My ETSY Shop soon 

https://www.etsy.com/ie/shop/Mouflon

Wearable Art...new design!

I have begun another piece of wearable art jewellery.....

I chose some stone white coloured silk and wool yarn with a slight slub and used as a base white cotton jersey material.

As always it took ages to do the wrapping, the design gradually evolving as I worked.

...added more 'ropes'....not sure if its too busy now?

 

I have made the fixing at the back of the neck.

...and now I am trying to decide how to finish it
I have two ideas

The first is another stone from Morocco.

 attached with yarn covered wire

 or perhaps brown oak leaves and wooden beads and seeds?

 WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THE COMPLETED NECKLACE!!

 

Wearable Art... Moroccan inspired Jewellery

Wearable Art

'Rissani' Necklace and Earrings

As my inspiration for this set I used a beautiful piece of polished rock from the Tahiri Fossil Museum, Rissani, Morocco.

I used silk yarn to wrap cotton jersey material to make the necklace and wrapped aluminum wire to make the tendrils and the earrings.

The earrings measure 5 cms. from hook. The hooks are silver plated, nickle free.

The necklace measures 51cms. end to end and is fastened with a silver plated hook and ring.

If you would like to know more about this museum or fossils in Morocco here are two links you may like to follow.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6nmhP7j01Y

http://www.aramcoworld.com/issue/200902/morocco.s.trilobite.economy.htm

 

Wearable Art from Mouflon 2015

IMBOLC ....Celebrate the coming of Spring 

 

In Ireland, January 31^st. is  the festival of Imbolc, which begins the season of Spring.

This festival marks the releasing of winter’s grip on the land.

The name Imbolc is derived from the lactating of the ewes which begin lambing at the end of January.

The ancient peoples celebrated this festival as it was the first dairy produce they had after a long dark winter.

Honoring of the goddess Brigit, daughter of the god Dagda, fell on the first day of February, now also called St. Brigit's Day, after she was adopted as a Christian saint.

Woven crosses are still made to celebrate this day.

'IMBOLC'  Wearable Art from Mouflon

Imbolc Necklace

Imbolc Earring

Details: The necklace is made from natural silk yarn wrapped on cotton jersey material.Artificial fabric flowers and leaves, wood beads, coloured wire spirals and closed with silver plated hook and ring.

Length end to end: 23.5 cms.

Earrings: Natural silk yarn wrapped on aluminum wire, artificial fabric flowers and leaves, with silver plated hooks.

Length from hook: 4 cms.

For more information about Imbolc....go to.....

http://culturalheritageireland.ie/index.php/irish-history-from-the-annals/80-irish-history-from-the-annals/174-the-festival-of-imbolc-and-st-brigit

 

http://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/imbolclore.htm