The Art Jewelry Elements challenge this month is celebrating the rebirth of the sun during the winter solstice. Well, here in Australia, we are at the other end of the sun’s cycle and have just passed midsummer. That’s just fine with me as I love summer, well, up until it gets really stinking hot, so I’m happy to just celebrate the sun!
This time around I didn’t win one of the challenge giveaways so instead I bought one of Lesley Watt‘s sun pendants, rather a lovely one I think! I had chosen a bunch of Czech beads and laid them out in a reasonably complex order. And then I looked at the pendant again and decided simple was best. So I linked a small selection of beads together and added them to the pendant, popped some rather nice brass chain on as well, and created a little dangle for the bottom of the pendant.
I realised after I made it that the little pops of orangey-pink remind me of the colours in the sky at dawn, when the sun is reborn each day.
There are others joining in this AJE challenge, so if you can, go and see what they made too! Thank you Lesley and the AJE team for the challenge theme!
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Love what you did with my pendant Melissa, it has a really uplifting feel to it… just what we need on this side of the planet right now! Thanks for taking part in the challenge.
A lovely necklace, I really like the Czech glass suns reflecting the pendant design.
Your design really draws the eye up into the at dawn, just like you wanted.
Perfect! Love the colors! Thanks for playing! Hope all is well!
I adore this! I find myself trying too hard to “go all out” for a challenge, when simple is often the best way to go. Thanks for participating in the challenge and for reading AJE!
I love the colors that you used. The beads that are attached to the focal are perfect.
Lovely design – I love how the smaller beads pull in the colors from Lesley’s pendant. Wonderful!
Pretty necklace, Melissa!
What a lovely necklace Melissa, your Czech beads go so well with Lesley’s pendent!
Melissa! Happy Summer! I think its a beautiful piece – glad you went simple., The round Czech beads are exactly “right”!
Beautifully done. Part of my challenge working with art beads is not to overshadow them with a fussy design. Your necklace is a fabulous setting for Lesley’s pendant.
Really charming necklace with such a cheerful pendant as the focal point!