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Thursday, February 9, 2017

The Bringer of Dawn

I love it when I can find earring components with the graceful curves of a goddess, and Kristi Bowman Design's beautiful copper components never disappoint.  Whether the components are slender or zaftig, dramatic or delicate, it always makes me happy to make a beautiful pair of goddess earrings with Kristi's copper pieces.

Here are just a couple of examples of goddess earrings I've made over the last couple of years.  

These earrings, with Kristi's richly textured shield-shaped components, have an ancient, feminine, Tribal Goddess feel to them.  I also had a lot of fun playing with fiber. (Lampies are by Magdalena Ruiz.)

These earrings with tapestry-textured copper points are also tribal in tone, but they have a more modern and casual spirit, mostly because of Julie Sontag's colorful, fun enameled lampies.

Given my penchant, you have to know how excited I was when Kristi made some new goddess components recently:

They're graceful and shapely and beautiful--and of course I bought a set of them.  When they arrived and I had a chance to run my fingers over them, I knew what I wanted to make and what goddess I wanted to celebrate:  Aurora, the goddess of the dawn.  This goddess offers dawn's hopeful, renewing energy and is known for the elements of love, joy, beauty, health, and fertility.  

You can find Aurora here. 
As the goddess of the dawn, it stands to reason that her colors are the bright, warm colors of a beautiful sunrise: pink, red, magenta, gold, lavender.  I added to the beautiful copper components hot pink Czech glass flowers, magenta Czech glass rondelles, and copper accents and then wrapped and knotted everything together with magenta waxed linen cording.


Shapely, graceful, lovely...the Bringer of the Dawn.

May you all have a wonderful dawn, no matter what time of day (or night) you're reading this.  I'll see you next time!

Meridy  
xoxo


14 comments:

  1. Oh my Meridy!! I adore your work and I'm always thrilled to see what you create with my components. I love your use of fiber! All of these earrings are just beautiful, thank you so much!

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    1. Thank you kindly, Kristi! I had a few other pairs I could have shared too but thought it might be overkill--LOL! It's always such a pleasure to work with your components--they just resonate with me, always have. :)

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  2. So pretty! I adore Kristi's components! Love what you've done with them.

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  3. You do such beautiful ethereal work, Meridy! Kristi's pieces are so inspiring, and you know precisely what to do with them. Love them all. :)

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    1. Aw, thanks so much, Norbel! Kristi's work has always spoken to me, that's for sure. :)

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  4. Beautiful earrings Meridy. The combination Kristi-Meridy is magic. Especially the last pair.

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    1. Thanks so much, Janine! I always appreciate your comments! :)

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  5. Beautiful 💕💕💕

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