One of the Facebook groups I follow—Artisan Component Marketplace—recently held a contest for jewellery designers. The brief? To design a piece of jewellery using a component from one of the many artisans who are members of the group.
I happened to have a pair of polymer clay “sinkers” made by Kristi Bowman languishing in my stash, and this challenge was the perfect opportunity to use them. I chose a couple of Czech glass table cut flowers and wired them together, and wrapped the join between them with sari silk, inspired by the creative ways Kristi Bowman uses sari silk in her own designs. The dangles are hung from a pair of Rebecca Anderson‘s Deco Rose earwires in antiqued sterling silver to make a sweet pair of earrings.
Much to my surprise, I won second place in the contest! Thank you to Artisan Component Marketplace, the judging panel and to Kristi Bowman for the delightful sinkers, and the inspiration! And I’m looking forward to receiving some new components from Kristi, courtesy of the $25 gift voucher I won!
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I SO love these! Very artfully done and beautiful.
Nice work Liss 🙂 as always! You’re certainly off & flying with creativity….so impressive
It does not surprise me that your earrings won a prize. Every single element and the way you put them together is perfect. I love them!
Gorgeous earrings! Congratulations.
Congratulations! A well-deserved win!!! 🙂
I love the color choice, the ear wires, the sari, the feminine touches! Perfect!
Congrats! Lovely design and beads. Can’t go wrong with purple 🙂
Congrats! They are lovely earrings.
I love what you did with my Polymer Drops, those earrings are beautiful!! Thanks so much for linking to my shop!
Those are beautiful Melissa!!! Congratulations!!! Have a Blessed Day!!
I really like them Melissa! (of course, the fact that they are mostly purple has nothing to do with it)
Well done!