Nature Inspired

I admire details.  Especially in nature; there is so much beauty in the details of nature.  Whenever I need inspiration for a new piece of jewelry, all I have to do is look out my back window to the landscape. 

I mentioned a few posts ago that I was working on a new design.  Well, here it is.  This one is called "Last Leaf."  My inspirational image was a fall tree, bare of all it's leaves save one.  It's branches delicate and knotted.  From a piece of broken jewelry, I repurposed a green glass bead that to me looks like a hypnotic leaf.  I paired it with some complimentary black beads and finished the necklace off with two braided ties.

Nothing beats the pride and accomplishment I feel when I hold a newly finished piece of jewelry, especially one like "Last Leaf".  I always think, wow, I really made this!  My own two hands are responsible for all these little details, and I feel closer to nature through those details.  And I can't forget to mention that the main component of the necklace is a natural material: Hemp! 

I hope the future wearer of this necklace will take a moment to admire nature and all the beauty in it's details.

Like this item?  Purchase it at:

www.etsy.com/listing/01234567/last-leaf-hemp-necklace

Danielle
Create Peace

Currently working on...

Right now, I am sitting on my basement floor listening to "All Right" by the Beatles on the vynal player.  My boyfriend Will is taking some pictures of my latest project.  I like having a second artistic eye to help see the angles I don't.  The project, by the way, is a necklace using a pattern I've never made before.  I learned it in a book I just found..."Making Beautiful Hemp & Bead Jewelry" by Mickey Basket.  (Even the author's last name says 'crafts!') I realized I have only been using two different knots in my jewelry, a square knot and a half-square knot.  The book teaches several other knots and while I'm really excited to try each and every one, I have to say I am a little intimidated by some as well.  Master one at a time I suppose, and as for me, I'm still on the square knot!  Only this time, I added more strands of hemp and I'm alternating a row of one, a row of two, a row of one, a row of two.  I had to mount the strings to a pencil to keep it steady, another first.  So far, so good.  Made one oops but i just took out the knot and went for the second try.  Looks kind of like lace.  Very sturdy, natural lace.  I don't want to totally give everything away yet, so have a peak and check back again soon to see the final result! (Hint: nature inspired!)



Danielle

Create Peace