White Sugar

On üks sort klaasist ehtekive, mis näevad välja nagu oleksid need suhkruga üle puistatud. Mõnikord on seed AB läikelised. Neid toodeti kunagises Lääne Saksamaal. Mul õnnestus kaks komplekti ebay oskjonitelt kätte saada :)
Valged lihvitud klaashelmed, seemnehelmed (11/0), väikesed kunstkristallid ja vasksed metallvidinad. Kasutasin esimest korda valmis ripatsi alust, mis koosneb kahest osast (augulisest pealisest ja siledast põhjast).

There is a sort of glass stones that looks if they were covered with sugar. Sometimes the also have ABsurface finish. They made these in West Germany. I managed to get two different kind of these from ebay auctions :)
White faceted glass beads, seedbeads (11/0), little crystal rhinestones and coppery findings. This is the first time I used a pendant finding with two parts (perforated top and a base with four prongs).

Simple flowers

Tegin vahelduseks lihtsaid kõrvarõngaid. Kasutasin kahekomponendilist liimi. Kõrvakad on üleval ka mu DaWanda poes. Las pildid räägivad enda eest:

I did some simple earrings for a change. I used a two component glue. These are also in my DaWanda shop. I let the photos speak for themselves.

Shopping

Mul on nende ehtekivide ostmine muutunud liiga sarnaseks kollektsioneerimisele :( Aga pole hullu :) Sest eriti rõõmsaks teeb mind see, kui saan asju originaalpakendis. Siin on kaks näidet. Mõlemad on vanaaegsed ehtekomponendid. Esimeseks on Jaapani Cherry Brand koralli värvi klaasist pressitud lillemustriga ehtekivid. Imeilusad ja peened. Sain need originaalpakendis, tahtsin küll seda kuidagi avada nii, et katki ei läheks, kuid see ei õnnestunud. Teine, kah originaalpakendis (väike pettumus, et nii lihtsalt kilekotis...) ost on käsitsi tehtud portselanist õrnroosad roosid. Naljakas mõelda, et kellegi vanavanaema või -isa on need teinud :)
Mõlema originaalpakendit ei saa enam kasutada, nii et otsisin kaks punast karpi ja pakkisin ilusti valge siidpaberiga ära :)

This rhinestone shopping has become more and more similar to collecting them :( But it's OK :) And I feel especially lucky when I get them in original package. Here are two examples. Both are vintage. First one is a lot of Cherry Brand coral glass flower patterned oval stones from Japan. These are gorgeous! I got these in original packing and tried to keep the seal intact but failed. The other items, also in original package (bit dissapointed that it was just a plastic bag...), were handmade vintage porcelain roses in pale pink color. Funny to think that perhaps someones great grandmother or -father made these :)
I could no longer use these packages so I put them in old boxes and put white paper in it :)

Cherry Red Bracelet

Vot see käekett tuletas mulle meelde, et see nn disainimise protsess võib olla väga aega ja vaeva nõudev. Mul on praegu selles ehete tegemises kõik kuidagi kaootiline. Poolikud ideed tormavad peas ringi, pildid suvalistest ehetest tulevad silme ette. Ka sellistest ehetest, mis pole minu maitse ja tehtud tehnikas, mida ma ei valda või ei soovi kasutada. Samas pole jõudu või tahtmist nendega tegeleda ja kui tulebki tegemise tuhin peale, siis kõik ideed poevad kuhugi peitu ja jään lollilt oma helmeste keskele...
Niiviisi olen saanud valmis ainult ehete tükke. Jah, TÜKKE. Mis ma nende tükkidega peale hakkan, on täiesti lahtine. Ka selle käeketi lille ja seemnehelmestega osa oli üks neist tükkidest, mis sai valmis ja jäi ootama. Ma vist tahtsin teha sellest kaelakee ripatsi... või oli see hoopis mõni kõrvarõnga idee... Igaljuhul ma murdsin paar päeva selle üle oma pead, kuni selgus, et valmis peab saama käekett. Siis kulus mul päevi, et aru saada, mismoodi see käekett peab välja nägema. Kui tööga lõpuks alustasin, siis tekkis jälle mingi päevane vahe, kus mõtlesin tehniliste lahenduste üle. Ma ei julge mõeldagi, kui palju aega mul selle käeketi peale kulus. Aga lõpuks, siin ta on :)
See on üleval ka mu DaWanda poes. Müüdud.

This bracelet reminded me that the process of designing can be really difficult and time consuming. I seem to have this weird phase when everything related to jewellery making is a bit chaotic. Unfinished ideas are running around in my head and I see images of random jewellery in my mind. Jewellery that isn't really for me and made with techniques that I can't or don't want to use. And then I don't have the strenght to deal with these ideas and when I do, all ideas run away and leave me alone with beads...
So I have made only bits and pieces of jewellery. Yes, PIECES. What am I going to do with these pieces, well I have no idea. The same thing was with this bracelet. The piece with flower and seedbeads was finished and perhaps I intended to make a pendant for a necklace... or perhaps it was ment to be an earring... Either way it took a couple of days for me to figure out that it's going to be a part of a bracelet. Then it took even more days to think what this bracelet will look like. When I started working on it then there was another day to figure out some technical problems. I don't dare to think about how long exactly did it take for me to make this bracelet. But finally, here it is :)
It's also in my DaWanda shop. Sold.

Mesh Ribbon

Ma olen ostnud viimased "antiik" ehtekivid ebay'st ja avastasin, et seal müüakse ka Miriam Haskelli ehteid! Need on hingematvalt kaunid ja hinnad, need võtavad samamoodi hinge kinni... Hakkasin siis ehete pilte lähemalt uurima, et teada saada, kuidas need tehtud. Üllatus üllatus, nende tegemisel on kasutatud sama lähenemist, mida minagi!!! Samas tundub see minu puhul väga tüüpiline, et leiutan asju, mis ammuilma on juba tehtud :)
Uurides veel netist, leidsin, et Miriam Haskelli firma tegutseb ka tänasel päeval! Siin on koduleht, kust lugesin, et väljakujunenud märgiks on Miriam Haskelli ehetel kaunid pressitud "filigraan" (stamped filligree), mis on kaetud Russian gold kihiga (ehk siis selline punakas-vasekarva kuld nagu vene ajal siingi kasutati), swarovskid/ehtekivid ja klaaspärlid ning kvaliteetsed klaashelmed. Kõik ehted pannakse käsitsi kokku kasutades traati ning erinevaid metallkomponente. See tundub mulle kohutavalt huvitav :)
Aga see täna valminud ehe on katsetus kasutada traadist kootud paela! Ostsin selle eelmise aasta lõpus (BricolArtist), kuid ei osanud sellega midagi peale hakata. Kasutasin seda siis selles kaelakees. Ma ei tea, kas see pael mulle meeldib või mitte, kaelakeega olen muidu rahul. Tuli välja parajalt uhke-sätendav ja parajalt tagasihoidlik (et kanda argipäeval), ja mis samuti oluline, tugev. Ehtekivide värvid on crystal ja capri blue (swarovski ja Tšehhoslovakkia kivid). Keskosa on 3cm läbimõõduga. Tagumine pool.

I've been purchasing vintage rhinestones from ebay and discovered that there are many sellers who have jewellery of Miriam Haskell! The beauty of these takes my breath away and the prices well, are also breath taking... I looked more closely the photos to see how these were made. I really was suprrised to see that the same technique was used as I use!!! But then again it's actually very typical to me and it has happened before that I discover and invent things that are done long before they'd come to my mind :)
When I searched more info from the net I found that Miriam Haskell is still in business today. Here is the site where I read that the signature to Haskells jewellery was the use of stamped "filligree", covered with Russian gold plating, swarovskies/rhinestones and glass pearls with quality glass beads. All was hand picked and assembled with wire and different metal components. It all seems very interesting to me :)
This necklace here is my todays attempt to try mesh ribbon.! Ibought it in the end of last year (from BricolArt) but didn't know how to use it. So I tried today. I'm not sure how I feel about this mesh ribbon, I'm happy with the necklace though. It glitters enough and is modest enough to wear everyday and also it's solid and strong which is very important. The colors of rhinestones are crystal and capry blue (swarovski and Czechoslovakias stones). The centerpiece measures 3cm. The backside.