The green version of the necklace and earrings wraps up colour play for this month!
I hope you have enjoyed it. I am working on some new pieces for May, and will share them next week.
April colour play #4 – Green
Category: Inspiration
More new favourite earrings…
OK, so I am spending some time with silver this week, trying to get some new work made for my exhibition in Penola. Yesterday I kept the silver work simple, and used one ring for the earrings. Today I thought I would delve a little deeper and used two rings for the earrings! They tick a lot of boxes for me: light, long, dangly, with a pop of colour. The bead is made from a Tanqueray Gin bottle.
Wonder what I’ll make tomorrow?
April colour play #3 – Blue
I hope you are enjoying the April Colour Play series of jewellery. In case you have missed any, the red version of the jewellery is here, and the purple version of the jewellery is here.
This week it’s time to show you the blue version of the necklace and earrings. I particularly like all of the shades of blue in this necklace, it would look awesome with so many different dresses or tops.
Purple and green recycled glass necklace
I tend to work with a lot of green, brown and blue glass – think wine, beer and spirit bottles. Luckily I really like those colours, so it’s easy to work with them. And I like the message they are promoting, which is all about recycling!
But the other day a friend of mine gave me some purple glasses that were no longer useful, and I have to say it has been quite a treat working with them. It has added a real richness to the work, really feminine in a way too. It’s tricky to use glasses, but it’s worth the effort.
Purple and Green earrings
I’m working on some new jewellery for the T’Arts Mother’s Day window.
The theme is Mother Earth, and I’ve used all sorts of purple and green glass objects to create a mix of new beads.
This is the first pair of earrings that I have made for the display. I love putting purple and green together, it’s such a strong colour combination, but still really pretty.
A brief history of Depression Glass
A brief history of Depression Glass: it was manufactured in the 1920s to 1940s and was essentially given away in an attempt to stimulate the sale of various products or services and to subsequently stimulate the economy during the Great Depression. Many colours were produced, but green, pink, light blue and amber are the easiest to find. Highly collectible since the 1960s. In this photo I have used pink and green Depression glass. (The blue is Harlequin glass).
April colour play #2 – Purple
As part of Colour Play each month I like to make some new jewellery. This month I have made the same necklace and earrings, in a variety of colours. Last week I shared the red version. This week, it’s time to show you the purple version of the long necklace, and square hoop earrings.
Beer bottle necklace
My husband loves my work! Don’t get me wrong, we don’t drink all of the alcohol bottles that I use to make beads. I get a lot of gin and wine bottles donated to me. But I am happy to buy the beer bottles when I am getting low. And my husband is happy to help drink them!
[I tend to use Coopers Ale beer bottles for the brown beads I use, and Coopers Clear beer for the clear beads. I also use Peroni to make a really pretty green bead].
Serendipity!
I was supposed to post this yesterday, but after a long day at T’Arts and then coming home to my family…it just didn’t happen. Here it is…
Today I worked at T’Arts. I love my days in the shop, sometimes they are really busy, and sometimes they can be quiet, depending on the weather and other things that might be happening. Today it was a bit of both, which meant I had time to mess around with my display, and I had time to make some things, and I had time to serve customers too!
I was sitting down to make my recycled glass jewellery challenge piece, and was a bit cross with myself for not having anything planned for today. Why?? It would have made my life so much easier. Anyway, I was looking at the recycled glass beads that I had brought with me, and I was looking at some jewellery on display, and I thought….”why not take that bracelet apart and do something else with it?”
I had been super keen to make another necklace with my enamelled copper tubes, and I seemed to have a nice little selection of green and purple beads, so this is what I ended up making! Hooray for serendipity, because I definitely would not have made this if things hadn’t aligned the way they had.
Harlequin glass bracelet
Today I needed a bit of comfort, and a bit of cheering up. It was a lot to ask of a bracelet! I didn’t really know what I was going to make, but I’d had this idea lingering in my head for a while, so today seemed like the perfect day to pull it together. Beautiful Harlequin Glass beads made into a beautiful plaited bracelet.
I actually used to make this style of bracelet ALL the time, way before I started making my own beads. I made a few using my own handmade glass beads, but that was many years ago, and now that I have made this one I am wondering why I stopped making them. I really like how this one turned out.
