Picturesque paper

Well, after a long break in my blogging I thought it was about time to start again, and with a little inspiration… Here is beautifully textured work by Noriko Ambe that excites the senses of sight and touch quite effectively. The use of layering to  create depth is explored dramatically with stacks of white paper [...]

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Colour with enamel

I have been thinking about different ways to introduce variety in colour to the interchangeable elements in my new collection. I have thought about using enamel for some time but have been unsure how exactly.

After browsing through Etsy Metal I found some pierced work with enamel that had such a lacey feminine effect, as well as the use of piercing as a stencil for enamel. I think this would be an interesting way to add colour to my elements. Which technique do you find more appealing visually?

These pieces can be found at Rubygirl.

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Memory Blocks

I have just found the works of the artist Sid Dickens which has delighted me somewhat because It has opened my eyes to a new way that I can use patterning, layering and texture with my work. He creates collections of tiles called ‘Memory blocks’ where each tile has a specific meaning or them, as [...]

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Miranda Meilleur

The work of Mirand Meilleur excites me so much! She is a silversmith and creates a broken-down, eaten away effect while still retaining a refined sophistication to her work which I think is so beautiful, and it is something that I am trying to accomplish in my own work. She makes a lot of silver [...]

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Thoughts

I have started explorng a new way of designing, I find that I often struggle to explain the context of my work and put it into words so I thought this process may help.

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Collage board

I found this inspiration board on all*over*print which I thought was fantastic! It’s a hanging of plastic sleaves that has just been filled with bits and pieces. What a fabulous mosaic of memories and inspiration! Not to mention the layers!

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emotive references

At the moment I am busy sourcing up references that will lead me to my next phase of manufacture. There is a lot building up that I am excited for, I’m just struggling to find the energy to put the motivation into action…. I found a flicker page today by confusedvision with photo’s that really [...]

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Little trinket treasures

While scrolling through Modish today I found a lovely collection of jewellery by Foundandmade All their pieces are made from found vintage objects, and bits and pieces found at second hand stores, and they have been transformed into delightful little treasures that can be worn and used. I love this concept and the quirky outcomes! [...]

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To See The World in a Grain of Sand….

” To see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” William Blake This is probably one of my all time favourite quotes and is it not so true? The mundane specks of sand in one’s everyday [...]

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Evoking the senses

While looking through one of my inspirational sites this morning, webforjewelers.blogspot.com I came across the following pieces by Aliyah Gold Their echoing sense of nostalgia really appeals to me and the way they evoke a sense that there is strong emotion and history behind them is very inspirational to my own work.

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Inspiration!

Recently I was at a braai at my friends place and saw this garden furniture which I found so inspirational! At first it was just the high detail of patterning and texture that I loved, but when I started taking photographs of it and shot them at different angles, I realised I could use the shadows of one pattern to create a layer against another, and these photographs became very inspiring for my work!

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“We know that under the image revealed there is another which is truer to reality and under this image still another and yet again still another under this last one, right down to the true image of that reality, absolute, mysterious, which no one will ever see.” Michelangelo Antonioni While looking at the site www.klimt02.net [...]

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Patterned Pot

I happened upon a delightful little antique shop the other day that was filled with a wonderful array of the most beautiful things! It was very inspiring and I could have spent hours in there! I ended up coming away with this ceramic pot with such a lovely pattern embossed onto it.

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Inspiration

What a beautiful set up! I just love this image! It’s simplicity really enhances the focus. I found it on decorati.com – check out the site on my ‘Inspirational Links’ its great This painted and carved wooden frame mirror is also form decorati.com The atmosphere in this picture really inspires me…the old world, worn, warm [...]

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Patterned Tiles

I’ve been looking at a lot of different patterning lately and how they link up into each other and repeat themselves, and I found these great tiles on www.anchorbaytile.com

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Memories

I recently happened apon a beautiful silver teaspoon that had belonged to my late grandmother. Immediatedly it brought back wonderful memories of my younger days spent at my Grandparents’ ; old large Rhodesian houses with beautiful wooden furnature and ornamentaions of all sorts influenced by a covetted British upbringing. A mixture of beautiful porcelain china [...]

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