Spending
time in the Netherlands has it advantages. There are many arts & craft shops in the
small town where I used to live, carrying a myriad of things. As usual, I couldn't resist so I bought textile
hardener and some acrylic paint pens to play with.
These earrings
are my first try-out of both. I made a “cage” with wire and covered it with
bright orange sari silk. A great way of using left-over silk. I “painted” the sari silk with the textile hardener and let it dry.Voila, handmade, lightweight, paint-able headpins.
The textile hardener turned the bright orange color
into red. I painted some primitive motives with the acrylic paint pens on the headpins, added
some old trade beads and strung them on handmade ear wires made by Lucy Haslam
(Faerystones). The end result is completely different from what I envisioned as well as completely different from my usual style (if I have any) but I am very pleased how they turned out.
Thank you for looking. See you in a couple of weeks.And you know, I am always happy to read your comments, so don't be shy and let me know your thoughts. I will always reply.
Wishing you a wonderful day full of joy, sunshine and butterflies.
Janine
Esfera Jewelry
My etsy shop
My website/blog
My facebook page
Fabric hardener is new to me so I thank you for blogging about it. Your earrings are wonderful. Perhaps I will give this a try sometime.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathy for your comment. I am happy to have introduced you to something new. Fabric hardener was new to me too. It is sold by different brands and apparently used by lots of mixed media artists. It is quite easy to use. You can either soak the fabric in the fluid and drape it the way you want before you let it dry. Or you can apply it on the fabric with a brush.
DeleteJanine, the earrings are awesome! I love reading your blog because I learn so much! Thank you again for sharing! xo
ReplyDeleteThank you Denise :-) I am happy you like the blog.
DeleteGosh - inventive, or what!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lindsay. I never thought of it as inventive. I was just playing around. But the possibilities are endless.
DeleteHow very cool! Would have never thought to do something like this, even in my wildest dreams - they have a delicious Moroccan feel to them for some reason. Really cool pair!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Nikki :) I am thrilled you like them. Moroccan...you are right... Why didn't I see that. Thank you!!
DeleteWow, very cool techniques! I'd never thought of fabric hardener. Interesting! These earrings are fabulous! Love the design, color and feel. Just fabulous :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Nathalie. And I can now officially say...no fabric is save for me anymore LOL.
DeleteJanine, what an ingenious idea! I love your creative spirit; I love what you did with the silk, and I love your earrings! How cool. I do hope you are able to spend a little bit of time doing a bit more of this kind of work. You just never know what might pop up! Awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you lovely Norbel. I am heading back to the Netherlands tomorrow. And I will visit the craft stores again :)
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