New Jewelry — Page 46

A Fresh Flock

January 23, 2009 by The Noisy Plume

[chinese turquoise, carnelian & sterling silver]

[a custom Selah Ring for Anne]

[rutilated quartz & sterling silver]

[rhodochrosite & sterling silver]

[prehnite, 14 karat gold & sterling silver]

[montana agate & sterling silver]

These new jewels are happily winging their way into the shop right now!

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Well, pour moi, the weekend could really be any day of the week! When the true impending weekend (Saturday & Sunday) is looming before me on a Friday afternoon, I ponder hard on what exactly I’d like to spend those days doing. I think I’d like to go quail hunting, skiing, hiking, running, climbing…or perhaps I’d like to sit in my studio for a cumulative 24 hours and make some stuff.

This weekend past, the latter idea won out.

I was glad.

If I work over a weekend it is MY time to really explore new design ideas. I give myself two whole days to make exactly what I want to make or to finally give some flesh to concepts I’ve had in the tips of my frontal lobes for months, or sometimes years.

New to the shop today, you’ll find:

[turquoise and sterling silver]

[montana agate and sterling silver]

[land of the silver birch earrings — sterling silver]

[botswana agate and sterling silver]

HOLY CATS WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS STONE

not only does it feature the typical botswana striations BUT it also has floating dendrites on either side of the chevrons and it’s unlike ANY botswana agate I’ve ever seen before and oh how I want to keep it

[montana agate and sterling silver]

[green chrysoprase and sterling silver

[imperial jasper (mexico) and sterling silver]

[land of the silver birch earrings — sterling silver]

This jewelry will all be found in the shop today!

Ok. About the Land of the Silver Birch Earrings. Do you know this song?

LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH, HOME OF THE BEAVER

WHERE STILL THE MIGHTY MOOSE WANDERS AT WILL

STILL LAKE AND ROCKY SHORE

I WILL RETURN ONCE MORE

BOOM DITTY BOOM BOOM

BOOM

BOOM BOOM

This might sound strange, but it’s what I based the design on. I think these earrings look like little, abstract canoe paddles and if I’ve failed to mention prior to this post, I would consider myself, and all members of my family, to be avid canoeists (it breaks my heart that my 22 foot Clipper prospector, bright yellow with Kevlar skids on the bow and stern has failed to join me in my country of residence). And as for canoeing itself, the only thing that comes close to the experience of canoeing in Northern Saskatchewan is canoeing in the Yukon, or interior Alaska.

The other Land of the Silver Birch Earrings are based on the same campfire song but feature, instead, an abstract beaver at the base of what is supposed to be a birch tree.

I had the idea of wire wrapping (not an uncommon jewelry making technique) earring shanks a while ago and finally got to doing it this weekend. Much to my shock, I saw a similar design online today which just goes to show that my theory of creative peoples being interconnected slaves to one giant, pulsating, master-mind-artistic-brain-mass in the fourth dimension might just be true (yes I really am a serious sci-fi dorkazoid when I’m out of the public eye).

Anyway, I’m off to do

off to do the

shop

a roo.

Love,

The Painters Wife

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El Grande Updatito

January 14, 2009 by The Noisy Plume

The shop update for today is el grande updatito!

In a major way.

I’ve finished the jewelry I started on Tuesday:

6 Rings

1 Brooch

3 Necklaces

And I’ve just finished photographing said jewelry (240 photos). It took, quite literally, a geological time period since the room I usually use to photograph jewelry is in the middle of being painted! I had to use our tea room/entry way and it took me a while to figure out the new light source.

RW is one primo primer and I’ve only managed to track paint throughout the house once. A miracle really. Penelope, on the other hand, looks like a pinto pony. The room Robert is overhauling is the main living room. It used to be a murderous hue of red with an orange ceiling. It was a bit much even for this lover of color! We’re painting it a light, dove belly grey and all the original moldings will be restored to a crisp white by the time RW is done with his paint brushes. I’m looking forward to it, especially when it comes to relaxing in the evenings. I used to have to leave the main light off in that room because the colors were too much of a shock to my pupils.

Can you believe it’s Wednesday? I pedaled down to the Uni this morning for class

to find out it was cancelled. I was somewhat glad about it since town was tremendously foggy this morning and it made for romantic bike riding. I swooped about through the mist and picked up some groceries for a french toast feast with the Mister.

He buzzed his head yesterday

and is looking rather svelte.

I’m off to finish my work day now,

then tacos for dinner

and then climbing until we can’t open and shut our hands any more

down at the climbing gym.

Top of the evening to you all,

PLUME

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