magikquilter August 16th, 2008
My inspiration for making this necklace was the beautiful art deco era style cards by Marilyn Robertson for Spirit FINE ART COLLECTION …cannot find a website for her but her work can be found here ..and my gorgeous leather patchwork handbag which is yet another bag I bought after looking after a friend’s bag and accessories shop.
The art work I intend to frame in either red or black lacquered frames….am on the lookout for the perfect frames whenever I am shopping. The beads for the necklace are some that I have collected over a period of a year or so and I managed to find a glass pendant in red and black in a stunning leaf shape in a sale in Spotlight a few weeks ago. I am hoping to do a multi stranded style necklace with beads of varying sizes, shapes and composition.
Update: The Marilyn Robertson I initially linked to is not the same artist who was responsible for the cards…there are two apparently. The one I found is a gifted artist who blogs and makes jewellery from rocks and stones…how lucky was that mistake!!! She is going on my blogroll….if that is okay with her… so you will find her there.
Further update this is from the Marlyn who did the above artwork:
My name is Marilyn Robertson
I understand you have been searching me out. delighted you were inspired by my images. I am a UK freelance artist/designer. I license my work to many companies. I am in the process of having a new web site built....
I will keep you informed as to it's progress.
Keep enjoying collecting and producing I will be in touch once I can direct to you to a much better site.
best wishes
Marilyn
Tags: art deco, artwork, glass beads, patchwork handbag
magikquilter August 7th, 2008
Plate and ginger jar found in a charity shop. The plate is by Furstenburg of West Germany, that gives an idea of its age, and was $5 and was rattling around with the junk ….really lucky the hand painted finish did not get too scratched. The tiny ginger jar was also $5 while the evening bag was $4….so all told $14 which is a really good price I feel.
Tags: beaded evening bag, Furstenburg of West Germany
magikquilter July 29th, 2008
Today’s post is inspired firstly by a fabulous book I bought from our local library’s written off book section. I bought this wonderful hardcover coffee table book for $1 and it is in as new condition though it was published in 1975. It compliments perfectly the fabric from the Waverley Jacquards sample book which Kara gave to me earlier this year. This is high quality very thick upholstery fabric which is best used with medium to heavy weight velvets etc. I have a few ideas for the use of this fabric and after seeing the cover of this book am keen to get a move on and make something with the samples….just too glorious to lay around!
The second inspiration also came from the book ….gorgeous oceans and various summery scenes. It has been snowing and near to snowing again here in Sydney….don’t ask me why…global warming or a repeat of something that only transpires every few hundred years? We do not have records for very far back so it is hard to know but its more a case of necessity than inspiration really that I find myself knitting this scarf in the tones found in my bowls of beads and also in the book. I did have to hunt for the wool in my storage area but the book inspired me to get started! I keep these beads near my computer as a little positive reinforcement that summer or at least brighter days will return. A little colour therapy and inspiration combined, and maybe one day i will get around to stringing the necklaces…when my fingers are a little less frozen!
Tags: beads as inspiration, book as inspiration, Inspiration post, knitting
magikquilter July 14th, 2008
The inspiration for this set of beaded jewellery came from my totally gorgeous knitted boucle jacket which was an unusual purchase for me as it is unusual for me to buy a new garment especially when its not on sale or not my birthday or Christmas. This lightweight jacket has contrasting pewter knitted lace which is especially stunning on the sleeves which are gorgeously long and drape over the fingers in a sort of princess or witchy fashion.
I bought this to wear to my good friend young Daniel’s Barmitzvah although I ended up not wearing it as I thought that the dress code would be more sombre for the temple. Duh…my friend wore gold spangles and others wore bright colours so it would have been both tasteful and different as a lot of women wore suits. I ended up wearing a black skirt and a black with teal swirls knitted top with a teal long cardigan…nice but not as special as this. Think I shall wear it for our 25th wedding anniversary celebration in September…if we
get there that is!!!.
As I was going to wear this I felt that some special jewellery was called for and so I sorted through my beads and found only a handful in the colours of the jacket and realised I would need to buy a lot of beads to get the mix of these shades that I desired. Luckily our local shops have a good quality discount shop which stocks products from businesses that have closed and I was able to find some glass bottles of mixed beads and mixed packets as well. These had lots of different colours which were not in my colour scheme so I bought several packets of the smaller beads and two bottles of the larger ones so that I would have enough beads in these colourways. I really love the bronze and slate grey in these necklaces…would never have dreamed of that myself and also find that they soften the green beads which were much darker in shade than I usually use! For a while I was going to make three necklaces but settled for two as one sits nicely inside the other and they really dress up an outfit.
Tags: Barmitzvah, beading, dressing for temple, glass beads, knitted boucle jacket, necklaces, set of jewellery, where does the inspiration come from?
