kanakambara

Kanankambara – the firecracker flower.  I suddenly remembered while I was writing this post that there are other lovely shades of kanakambara, white, pink, shades of purple, and also very intriguing stripped ones too,  though the common one is orange.  I wonder what happened to those shades now a days, seldom see them with the flower vendors.

A paper based hand painted tiny mural pattern – I resin coated the art for the first time.  I am in love with the effect.  Light weight earring with a lovely shade of turquoise and orange hue.

#paperjewelry #resin #metalfindings #handmade

As I am updating my blog after a loooong break, I have to include the original date of creation - June 28 2018

Gandharva

Again playing with paper using advanced techniques, including beads and rupturing the base to make grooves to accommodate wire and beads.  An elaborate hand painted subject and a story.  Have used swarovski pearls to enhance the work.  The beaded cord is more precious for me as it is made by my mom.  It is for the cord I had designed the pendent.  It had always been that way.  The time and effort she puts in to make that, I want to appreciate it giving it utmost importance. 

Gandharva – Male fairies – heavenly beings in Hinduism.  I was always fascinated by mythology and fantasy stories.  This title came up when I was looking for uniqueness in the next creation and thus the name.  Gandharva stories are always fascinating.  I love stories to listen to and read.  This subject was intriguing always.  In stories they are demigods, loitering along places of serene beauty like in a beautiful jungle clearing alongside a gently murmuring, breath-taking brook, and sprightly bird songs.  They are said to lure naïve beautiful damsel, but once fallen in love both are doomed - girl outlawed and the fairy banned in heaven.  But they also do assist the god of medicine when one is sick. They encourage a creative person in his pursuit.  Have grown up listening to all these fascinating tales and sometimes imagining they are for real and was afraid of darkness and ghosts.   As we grow up all beliefs put to rest and know all the characteristics in the tales mean to convey what our mind really is and does.  What you see is only what your mind allows or wants you to see.

 

The pendent is constructed using layered paper technique.  It is about 3x2.5 inches embellished with pearl woven around and paints.  The pendent is strung on seed bead cord woven by my mother and some handcrafted polymer clay art beads are added with and adjustable closure though the necklace itself is 13 inches long.  The accompanying earring is also made of the same technique with beads and paints with a metal stud.  It is about 1.5x1.7 inches.

Purple Love

Knowing the truth that nothing is permanent, I love change.  Since I love art, I cannot stick on to any form of art for a long time.  I have that madness to pursue the subject as long as I find the beginning, the concepts, the techniques and then I rest when I can handle it at any given situation.  In the beginning of this year, I had a chance to learn sculpting, painting with marble powder.  I instantly fell in love.  I can get ceramic effect with ease.  The effect of acrylic on it is mind blowing.  The only disadvantage is it is way too heavy.  If it is put to use in jewelry, it is fragile.  I had to work around those properties.  I have used technique of my own to sustain the piece. I could only manage a pendent, the effect I love.

This was about the time the Pantone color of the year was released - Ultraviolet.

A simple textured pendent enhanced with ceramic beads on waxed cotton thread. 

Bhuddha

Another mixed media work.

Buddha – The mind is everything. You become what you think. 

The process of making this necklace was quite a long one.  Many techniques go into this, different material used to get this together.  Each bead is handcrafted including the tiny silver spacers.  The Buddha face is acrylic on water color paper.  The effect with leaves on the left is made by my technique (frost glass) on polymer clay.  The beads of the necklace are polymer clay and glass.  An opera necklace, about 17 inches, light as wind.  I managed making matching earring this time J.  Photographing necklace this big is a task.  This is the best shot I could manage. 

Image Transffering

A fun technique using printed paper towels.  A technique which went viral on the group by Patricia-Robert Thompson.  Click on her name will direct you to her YouTube channel.  You will find a lot of awesome tutorials.

This made me go searching for pretty printed paper towels.  My mom's kitchen was the perfect place.  Found a few there but made only one decent looking piece of jewelry :) .  I am not a kitchen person.  My craft shelves will be pretty much stocked up, more than what I may use in my lifetime.

The pendent and earrings are made of image transfer technique completed with purple shell pearl with uneven cut stone beads as spacers with a toggle clasp.