Rustic

This week I was in the mood for something rustic. Perhaps it's because autumn is on its way. I love the air in the autumn. I go on morning walks on the small road between the fields by my house. Lilo the cat, most often walk with me. He's very nice company. See picture further down :-).

Art beads:
Green ceramic charms - HappyFish

Other ingredients:
Black horn beads
Dark teracotta pony beads
Grey and aqua blue rustic glass discs
Pale yellow rustic glass beads
Hematite discs
Oxidized copper wire (messy wrapped)
Handmade earrings hooks (oxidized copper)

All my best,

Malin

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Lagoon Crescents

You know how you sometimes make a pair of earrings with which you just don't want to part?  I made some the other day.

It's partly because the ceramic crescents, made by Jana of Happy Fish Things, are so beautiful.  The glaze is just lovely.  But they also remind me of something precious from my childhood.  They instantly bring to mind a pair of paintings which belonged to my maternal grandparents.  These collage type pieces were created by Rowland Fade.  They're very late-1960s - early-1970s in style, which I love.  I now own the paintings myself but they're so large I don't have anywhere to hang them in my current flat. They're stored at my parents' place, waiting for the day when  I have wall space for them.  Frustratingly, I don't have images of my paintings, so I've pulled some similar examples from online sources.  

(Untitled - 1971)

(Ochre Cross - 1967)

My paintings have colours similar to these.  Hence my choice of the ochre accent beads on my earrings.    The shades in my blue painting are, however, much brighter, much more like the blue glaze on my earrings. 

I think I may need to ask Jana for more of these crescents!

Bye for now, Claire 

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