She also made these which were sent to the other participants. All gorgeous!!
So, I have had my beautiful flower for a few weeks but didn't know the exact date of the reveal. Silly me and also too many hours at the day job. But I had started designing it and finished the necklace tonight. Well, to start with I have misplaced my favorite needle nose pliers. I used a file to score one side of it so I can be sure to make loops all the same size when making a piece of jewelry. Shoot! It's ok though, I have another pair but not scored. So, I decided to use this lovely ceramic bird
made by Gaea Handmade . I had been totally stumped as to what to use it for but I paired it with the copper sunflower, a copper circle with leaves wrapping around it and I love them together. I added some wound copper wire to make it look nesty which I also used to connect all the components.
I then needed the necklace part. I wanted to use chain and I chose an oval link chain from my stash but I didn't feel that it was enough by itself. So I picked out some African turquoise heishi. I LOVE African turquoise. And some larger bronzite heishi as I felt they complimented each other and blended with the colors of the other components. I made a beaded chain linked together with 20 gauge antiqued copper wire. I used 5 turquoise heishi in each section. For the bronzite I felt three was too much and two pieces too little so I did three then two so it wouldn't overwhelm the turquoise.I think I will antique the clasp still.
And this is the final result. I hope you like it.
Thank you, Melissa, for choosing me to participate. I absolutely love this sunflower pendant and will treasure it.
Below is the list of the artists in this months challenge. Be sure to check them out. :o)
AJE team:
Guest Participants:
Really pretty necklace. I love the colors and design.
ReplyDeleteLovely! I love the play of green and copper, and all the textures you have going on. Thanks for playing along with us this month!
ReplyDeletelooks fantastic - very rustic and earthy
ReplyDeleteI adore the earthiness of your necklace! And Gaea's bird looks great with Melissa's pendant! The wire wrapped ring is a great touch of texture and whimsy and a clever way to bring the two elements together. I adore the color and texture you have going on throughout. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you for participating in the design challenge and for reading AJE!
I love the colors you chose to use with the metal --gorgeous!
ReplyDeletePatty, thank you so much for participating in the challenge! What a gorgeous design...I love the addition of the sweet bird and circular vining component. Beaded chains are a favorite of mine as well and yours is perfect with your focal. Absolutely stunning!
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the wonderful comments. And thanks again Melissa for letting me play this month. I will comment later as I have been up all night. I have really enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing in this necklace is use of chain. It looks very different and unsophisticated with turquoise. Really nice!
ReplyDeleteWow - I love how you used Gaea's bird bead with the focal. And the chain design is stunning. Well done!
ReplyDeleteOh wow such a beautiful necklace, I love the colours you chose and the little bird goes so well with Melissa's focal a really great design!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love what you did with Melissa's beautiful component! The bird is beautiful and what you did with the chain is amazing. Beautiful job!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Prakruti, Karen, Niky and Kristi! I treasure comments from such renowned artists! I loved participating this month. I hope to do it again. <3
ReplyDeletePatty
Stunning necklace; lovely colours, beautiful pieces, everything match so well together. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Patty, thank you for joining us this month! I love how the copper round mimics a nest for the bird, and love how you highlighted Melissa's component!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suntsa and Sue. I wondered if anyone go t the circle mimicking a nest. :o) I did want Melissa's component to be the star of the show. Thanks for having me. I loved it.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love the muted colours, they work perfectly together.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you, Caroline.I really appreciate you commenting. you are one of my fav artists! <3
ReplyDeleteGreens and coppers are always lovely together! I like the pendant as a floral element paired with the ceramic bird.
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