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Beautiful Handmade Statement Necklaces and other Fabulousness from Neena Shilvock - Inspirations and Designs From the Week Gone by

Colliding Galaxies by Caprilicious Jewellery

14/12/2018

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PictureHo Ho Ho!
Hello folks, how are you. Only 11 days to the big day now and I have to say this year has been a bit bleah! I haven't been able to muster up the enthusiasm to bring the decorations up from the garden shed and now it seems like it is too late to even bother, as we'll be putting them away pretty soon. I'm working on Christmas day and New Years Eve so not much festive cheer in our house this holiday season. Still, rather than turn into the Grinch, I've been trying to make an effort to join in at the hospital.

I love Dragonflies, don't you? I love the shimmer of their wings as they zoom about their business and I make them over and over again, tirelessly. The latest one I made is called Dragonfly Dreams and made from a wire design by Nicole Hanna. I've made this one in the past, and I looked for pictures of the previous versions.
Wire Dragonfly necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Wire Dragonfly necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
And here's this years iteration, Dragonfly Dreams..............
Wire Dragonfly necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Wire Dragonfly necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Wire Dragonfly necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Wire Dragonfly necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
I even made a pair of earrings to go with the necklace.
Wire Dragonfly earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery
Wire Dragonfly necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
​I've been looking at the piece of embroidery I started, and it's still fugly! Nothing has changed!! Drat, I was hoping the embroidery fairy would have come by while I was asleep and done the needful, but no, it hasn't happened. To get away from it I bought three wire design tutorials and flung myself into a tangle of wire. I appear to have bought the most complicated ones I could find and my fingertips are shredded so badly that I've had to stop at regular intervals. 

Colliding Galaxies

I was introduced to the poetry of Sanober Khan by a friend, and I fell in love. Little couplets, easy to read with a sweet wistfulness and some longer poems, all written eloquently, leaving you wanting to read more. 
The malachite beads I used in the necklace look like little planets, I added seed pearls and a little box clasp and a very pretty necklace was born. Gratifyingly, someone else thought so and she picked it up almost straight away
Wire work pendant on a malachite necklace by caprilicious Jewellery
Wire work pendant on a malachite necklace by caprilicious Jewellery
Wire work pendant on a malachite necklace by caprilicious Jewellery
Wire work pendant on a malachite necklace by caprilicious Jewellery
I started on the second tutorial, and boy! this one's ever so difficult with twists and turns over and over, it's taken me a couple of days to get halfway through it. I'm having to stop ever so often to rest my poor fingers. I honestly think this one is one of the most difficult I've ever made, but it will be rewarding once it is done. 

That's me for this week folks. Have a fabulous week and I'll catch you next week, same time, same place.
​ Until then
​xx
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Divya link
15/12/2018 03:41:54 pm

Your wire work is lyrical and poetic. So its no wonder that these pieces get sold very fast

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Neena Shilvock link
15/12/2018 09:33:38 pm

Thank you so much for that comment Divya, it means a lot coming from you

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