Monday 25 April 2011

Handmade Easter Monday

Handmade bank holiday Monday or is it bank holiday handmade Monday?

Have you taken a tour around the other participants of Handmade Monday yet?  I usually look at a few more each day through-out the week.  Loads of great products and ideas out there.

Last week on Ali's Craft Studio blog, I spotted her Art Nouveau inspired stain glass window, and it set me thinking.

Some time ago I came across Linda Jones' wirework design for Art Deco earrings.  I just HAD to make it.  That first pair are a firm favourite in my jewellery drawer, but a variation exists in my Polly Polkadot shop too.

I took Ali's window and re-designed it to work simply with wire.

I found a little quiet time to work on the individual wires.

I worked in 0.8mm silver plated wire, because it is easier to manipulate but long term I would like to try 1.2mm wire for a chunky pendant.

I hammered the silverplated wire on my tiny jewellery anvil.

And attached the wires to a header and footer bar.  As you can see, this is still a prototype, accuracy with lengths and angles is needed for a finished product.

I intended to make a pendant from it, but learning from my experiences in my first handmade Monday about pre-conceived ideas, here are a few others ways it could be used.
Homage to Rennie Machintosh - O.H. said it looked like homage to Red Nose Day!

Curve it to make a bracelet?

My favourite is to add the coloured and silver beads to make it into a bracelet, but what do you think?

6 comments:

  1. It's a lovely design and I actually like it best without the beads - but maybe that's just me!

    Thanks for taking part in HM x

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  2. REALLY love the bracelet idea, altho the pendent is great too. Very pretty. I have never tried doing anything like that, and probably would make a mess of it. Great work! :)

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  3. I love the shape that you have created, the bracelet would look superb.

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  4. Thanks for the compliment of using my Art Nouveau Poppy as inspiration! Have to agree that the one without the beads is my favourite too - it shows off the wonderful wirework to its best.

    Ali x
    Ali's Craft Studio

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  5. Well i'm loving the beads and how lovely to be inspired by another blog. It shows that it's worthwhile sharing links.
    Lisa

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