The Swan

Ummm, is it goose, whatever.  The idea was originally from my painting “black and white”, it has 2 swans.  I had drawn out 2 swans, and cut out the card. One would be golden and the other black, but 2 of them looked too bulky for a pendent.  Then it was cut short to one.  I wanted the texture to be feathery, and it turned out to be looking embroidered, anyway I like it.

This pendent was sold, I would say, as quickly as it was out of the oven.  My parents were visiting, so I had brought the piece down from my workshop for them to see.  My dad is a good critic.  He loved it.  He told me it looks like a painting, I was elated.  Someone who was visiting happened to see this lying on the table, she instantly loved it.  She picked it up for her daughter as and how it was, just the pendent.  The beads for this are all done but yet to be baked. 

So I put it on to a readymade jewellery cord, finished the piece with some semiprecious gem stones and had to photograph it in a hurry.  Finding a bright sunny spot during the rainy season is a tough job. I have a favourite spot where I can take a snap with bright sunlight, but I should catch him (sun lord) at around 9:00 to 9:30 am.   I like the glitz of the beads when exposed to the sunlight.  But I had to make do with whatever was available today.  Photographed it outside, that is it. 

The pendent is about 3 inches long and wide.  The beads are blue onyx, and magenta red agate bead. Instruction for care:  Please handle her gently, because the designs are from my soul. It will not break otherwise.

No earrings for this set.

Just Antique

This is actually an old piece of pendent which I was toying with wondering how it would turn out to be.  I thought it looked dull and I was not able to come up with the beads to go with it.  Finally, I decided to finish it and i thought I looked like an antique piece of jewellery.  Polymer clay beads are used in this like folded beads and beads made of cane bits.  The necklace is 8 inches long including the pendent which is about 2 inches.  The beads on the pendent and wire wrapped.

Made a pair of jhumkas which i am really not good at.  I am never happy with the jhumka I make. The jhumkas were made with the opposite cane of translucent white and gold and accnetuated with amber beads.

Sunset hue

This pendent was inspired by the colors of sunset.  Nowadays I keep an eye on everything and see if I can convert that to something with my latest craze.  The sunset I am talking about is the one I witnessed while travelling back from Chennai last month (it was my first visit to Chennai). :)  very hot!!

An earring to go with the set.

Leaf and dew drop

A new design inspired by the dew drop on the leaf.  The leaf which inspired me is the colocasia leaf in my backyard. When I say colocasia leaf inspired me with dew drops on it, it is not true.  They do not hold water on the leaf surface. I have always enjoyed the way water doplets roll off their waxy leaves.

The necklace design is just a leaf shape.  I have added beads to represent the dew drops on it.  The other wire wrapped beads represent water droplets.  Here is the necklace.

It has green jaipuri beads and white glass pearl beads added to the look.

Blue Beauty

A simple earring with filigree design and semiprecious beads.  The red one is coral red beads and peridot green semiprecious beads.

Since this is my polymer clay journal, I would like to put all the pictures I have made of the piece I created.  Here are few more pictures of the earring.

Lovely lavender

A lovely color which I liked once I mixed dark purlpe and lots of white.  I had saved the clay to make when an appropriate design came to my imagination.  This is what I made out of it.  I gave embroidary technique to both the beads and added some crystal and Jaipuri beads.

Here is some more pictures of the earring.

Peacock quills

This is a design inspired by peacock feathers. Tried to incorporate the colors of peacock into the beads too.  I think it looks beautiful.

And the earrings to go with the necklace. I wanted to make it more beautiful, i love to add beads and crystals to the earring, but this i made without proper planning.