So I'm OFF...

I'm off to Cape Town!! Hopefully I'll find some inspiration. I desperately need some. I will be stocking the KZNSA with some of my Gud.enuff range pictured in my last post. It it's about to rain and thunder and I'm boarding a plane to Cape Town... should I be worried?

The softer side

I've been making these cushy hearts out of fabric that I had around from my serious sewing days. I enjoy making these. I would like to find other shapes though and other fabrics. It could be cool for my Gud.enuff range of jewellery.

Funny Faces

On a rainy Saturday we found some funny faces. I had fun doing this!!!

Gud.enuff.to.wear!!!

I came up with this name Gud.enuff. to. wear for a line of jewellery that is made easy with everyday things. I know this is not a novel idea but I want to try it and see what I see. So I just saw a post on the Studio Violet blog that gave me inspiration. The post is called Faces we meet along the way. That looks so cool and fun. And Girls just wanna have fun you know!. So I'm going to try it too this weekend and see what comes up. Maybe it will inspire my Gud.enuff.to.wear range. Yey exciting!!!

Bonda Women

I found this picture on one of the blogs I follow called fashionphile. I have only a few blogs I follow and fashion is a weakness and I want to know whats going on in that industry even though I would like to think I'm "above" all that "materialistic stuff". Well I'm not. I think these ladies from East India in the Orissa region are beautiful. The colourful beads are held together by what looks to me like hair pins(guess they would fall out). The use of colour makes me want to cut all my hair off( I think not). The silver neck pieces look used and handmade. The imperfections make them look real or authentic (they are). I particularly like the clasps. They just look easy and form a feature in the piece.

I think I have to make myself some head gear. I have been frustrated with my hair now I have some think to look forward to. YAY!!!!!

Story so far!!!

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Art Smith... Made me over!

I become interested in Art Smith's jewellery because he used forging techniques in his work. It was described as Linear Undulations and I related to those words. Linear meaning created by lines and undulations meaning wave like in form and motion. I think these work explain the look of my work and this ring. It creates a wave like motion formed from soft rounded shapes. There is the illusion of movement to go with the movement of the body.

The setting really intrigued me. The rounded shapes also serve a function of setting a stone. Form follows function. I liked the cleverness of the design. It still keeps that rythmic flow flow yet serving a function.