Double Take with our Fiesta Spiral Beads

The Fiesta Spiral in

Sapphire Blue & Peridot Green...

Necklace...

Earrings ...

 Bracelet ...

Ring...

Shawl Pin...

Beads...

Tutorial...

Feathers in Denim Blue

These feather jewelry pieces are in a soft denim blue.

The colors came from a special order request for feather zipper pulls.  She was designing and sewing a dress and wanted something unique as an accent.  Here they are on her beautiful summer dress:

Candy Swirl Buttons in Five Colors

Candy Swirl Buttons...

Fiesta Spiral Rings

These rings match the Fiesta Spiral double-sided textured beads in some new jewel tone colors.  I used the polished pigments by Lumin Arte  in powder form here and find the colors more intense than the typical mica powders.  I'm still experimenting with ways to use this medium and discovering some fun new colors.

The bands on all of our rings are made from textured clay and available in two sizes:  Small - Medium and Medium - Large.  There is a slit at the back that expands slightly to fit the finger.

I experimented with some Premo clay and made some bands but found they were too soft and flexible to hold their shape.  The Kato clay is much stronger with just enough flex for a comfortable fit without stretching too far.

Ready for the Summer Games with some New Art Jewelry Pieces

We delivered our jewelry last Thursday for the Nightly Arts Festival and sale at the Kamloops Western Canada Summer Games.  There are 29 local artists represented with several demonstrations each evening.  I demoed my millefiori and bead making last night and had a fun time.

This is a spliced cane I made during my demo in a favorite color combination of grape (#10-4) and lagoon (#8-3).    I plan to use this cane to make some sculpted floral buttons, shawl pins and rings...

Our jewelry inventory was a little depleted after selling at the Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts so we made some new pieces just for this show.  These are an amalgamation of several Mokume Gane techniques in some bright summer colors.

Summer Heat

Summer has finally arrived here after a late start with plenty of rain.  Things have been so busy we were glad to take some time out to visit with family.  Some of them are so beautiful we couldn't miss the opportunity to photograph them modeling our jewelry.

Leanne ... 

"Yours Forever"

Jody ...

"Bargello"

Juanita ...

"Fly Away"

Kamloops North Shore Art Walk

As a member of the Kamloops Art Council, I am excited to be in the Kamloops North Shore Art Walk this year.  Each participating artist is teamed up with a local business on the north shore where their work is on display (and for sale) from July 29 to September 5.  Our jewelry will be at Heather's Fabric Shelf which is a perfect match for us as they already sell our buttons.

Here is a photo of our display featuring our bargello style pieces which we felt fit in with all the gorgeous and colorful quilting fabric.

This is one of the new sets on display in a Pantone summer color combination of Coral Rose, Beeswax and  Peapod.