fredag 19 november 2010

Devoted to Development

what comes out of the creative process........

........ when I started making jewelry 2004
what came out does not look at all the same as today´s creations
They allways develop from inside of me and when I begun  I had not seen anything like those wire jewelry I made...
I could not answer question about where i got the idea´s
I did not attend any classes but got some books about techniques later on

As I sit down in my studio to create I have an idea about what Im going to do....but at the end most of the times it does not end up at all as I was thinking from the start
Colors and most of the parts in the jewelry is what I was thinking of but the finish can be very much different...:)
When I am in the process it sort of live its own life and takes over ...(and I know a bunch of angels and relatives from the spirit world are beside me)

I made a lot of pretty jewelry with lampwork and pearls but find it hard to do that any more
If i start out with that intention often it ends up as a talisman instead or something with a meaning!
and sometimes balancing maybe - between beautiful and ugly
That is an interesting edge to balance on really .....and craves a lot of attention at the end
Also of course it is depends a lot on who is looking ( i betraktarens öga)
I remember when i started to use a lot of chains - many complained about it .....eeewww so much chain but a year later they wanted all chains but by that time i was a bit fed up with it...

Actually I do think people are going to crave jewelry with meaning and personal style, healing effect and hand made stuff 
As written on some of my hand made parts - TIME COMES  

Yesterday I made this talisman for someone who needs to create a happy home





torsdag 18 november 2010

Bead Soup Blog Party Lori Anderson ..... Jan 2011

Bead Soup Blog Party
For the first time I will try to attend this kind of inspirational (BIG) event
Malin de Koning and I made some smaller for us here in Sweden
I got me a blog and a flicker account oh my lots of computerwork if I like to be in on challenges and soups but It´s a lot of FUN :)

LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE! Thank You for the invitation Lori !

onsdag 17 november 2010

Lejonklou / De Koning Challenge part III / pink, black, white and chain..

As I wrote in the sneak peak those beads could have turned out to some romantic jewelry but thats not whar happened when i started to play with them
This is a Talisman for Your path in life
The "pendant" part is black and white to make it easier to see clearly an with a little help from Your friends in the spirit world (wing)
couple of keys to help You unlock secrets
my handmade white button connecting with mother earth
pyrite 2 pc. bigger shimmering (gorgeous) and 3 small rounds - is on of the strongest  stones for development on all levels
and to give You courage to show and stand up for who You really are
silk is soft, feminine and pink =LOVE 
and the smaller silk part is a wrap with the words- my path written inside







 I cant wait to see what Malin is making :) 


tisdag 16 november 2010

A little sneak peak...............

from tomorrows release of   Lejonklou/ de Koning   challenge  part 3
in pink white and black  + chain....
The rebel in me shows clearly  here as those beads ask You to make something pretty :)
.......... or I blame it on  the spirits always around me when I create .......


it is to dark now to take any pictures today .......
but tomorrow is another day..

måndag 15 november 2010

Art beadscene Challenge November -Tree of Life

 a necklace in the lovely earthy colors from  Klimt´s art Tree came out of this challenge


and I had to create  me a Flickr  acount to enter also...:)



Description in the flickr. picture

måndag 8 november 2010

A hungry heart

Sunday dinnertime I found this when I was going to cook 
As one of my girls collect pictures of hearts that appear in life
I took a picture
pretty cute ??? :)

onsdag 3 november 2010

Lejonklou / De Koning Challenge part II / Part Party

       
 

So today was the day for part two to show
And as usual it did not at all turn out the way I planned
hm...did I hear some giggling behind my back ?? (those angels have a lot of fun)

Started out as a bracelet and turned out to be a necklace AND a matching pair of earrings ;)

I did not use at all as many beads as I intended to...
necklace:  the gorgeous silk ribbon with a bow at top
some white beads wrapped on
and 2 Swarovski beads
Actually this is a romantic piece to as i use 2 of many beads to draw love close...
the square shimmering  crystal bead
3 gorgeous green faceted beads
sterling silver spacers
fine silver ballpins
recycled Fine silver 16g / hand made clasp
ox. chain heart shape



Earrings are made of 16 g recycled fine silver that i soldered to big rings and left a bit wild / with goldish shimmer from the flame kissing
ear hooks and dangle small white beads and lovely white and gold enamel beads + green turquoise
 wrapped on to the loop

The pictures are not so good as it is very dark outside now and raining but it is all ready sold to a friend who passed by as i finished it up so I do believe it is pretty nice in real life :).............

Thank You Malin !! this is a lot of fun :)
 
Find Malin de Koning at    http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com/