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A Treasure Trove of Statement Jewellery

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

From Dawn to Dusk

30/9/2016

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Hello folks, and how are you today? Have you been watching the Presidential campaign and the debate?? Truly!! I cannot believe that morons and/or the morally corrupt will have their finger on the nuclear button for the next five to ten years - the world is going to hell in a hand basket, whichever one of them wins! I rushed off to rummage in my stash of gemstones and began to bead around them furiously in an effort to alleviate the pain behind my eyes. 

Cariba

Cariba is a necklace made from sea sediment jasper tusk beads in beautiful greens and browns reminding me of a tropical sunrise. The pendant was made from three cabochons of solar quartz, surrounded by beads and soutache braids in coordinating colours. The beads themselves are unusual and the whole ensemble is very fetching. Making it certainly took my mind off the world's troubles.
Cariba - solar quartz, beadwork and soutache pendant, sea sediment jasper tusk beads by Caprilicious Jewellery
Cariba - solar quartz, beadwork and soutache pendant, sea sediment jasper tusk beads by Caprilicious Jewellery
Cariba - solar quartz, beadwork and soutache pendant, sea sediment jasper tusk beads by Caprilicious Jewellery
Cariba - solar quartz, beadwork and soutache pendant, sea sediment jasper tusk beads by Caprilicious Jewellery

Dusk

I do so love pearls - their luminescence when worn close to the face gives one a healthy glow. However, I'm not keen on granny's pearl necklace - I like mine to have a modern twist.
On a visit to China, we visited a government run pearl farm, and watched as they injected particles of sand into the oysters before lowering them into freshwater pools to wait for the pearls to form. I didn't know that pearls were merely Calcium Carbonate - how depressingly mundane! The Chinese eat ground up pearls as a calcium supplement, grind them up for face powder and add them to lanolin, beeswax and cocoa butter to produce face creams and exfoliants, as well as antiseptics. 
Drilling holes in pearls can be tricky as the calcium is likely to crumble if handled wrongly - which is possibly why tiny pearl beads can be more expensive than the larger ones.
Dusk - three strands of peacock pearls, prehnite teardrop beads, carved shell clasp by Caprilicious Jewellery
Dusk - three strands of peacock pearls, prehnite teardrop beads, carved shell clasp by Caprilicious Jewellery
Dusk - three strands of peacock pearls, prehnite teardrop beads, carved shell clasp by Caprilicious Jewellery
Dusk - three strands of peacock pearls, prehnite teardrop beads, carved shell clasp by Caprilicious Jewellery
The pearls in this necklace are dyed in grey with an iridescent sheen, and drilled from side to side at the top, which means that they hang in a manner that suggests a double string. A hand carved mother of pearl shell clasp worn to one side like a corsage complements the piece beautifully. Hand fulls of waxy prehnite teardrops were strung onto all three strands, and the necklace was finished.

Mamounia

La Mamounia
La Mamounia is an opulent hotel in Marrakesh, originally a palace built in the 12th century. Prince Mamoun who owned it turned it into a hotel in the 20th century and it certainly is one of the most beautiful and opulent places I have visited. We were fairly recently married and Mike took me there, sat me down in front of the grand piano in the foyer and played 'As Time Goes By' for me, the romantic sap that he is. I have to say I was a bit overwhelmed by the beauty of the hotel - the floors are so shiny that I swear that one could see the underwear of the women who walk upon it in skirts!

La Mamounia
The enamelled amulet in this necklace comes from Morocco, and the beads are bamboo coral teardrops dyed a vibrant green, reminding me of the beautiful gardens surrounding the Mamounia.

Mamounia - a Moroccan amulet, bamboo coral teardrop beads, cat's eye glass beads by Caprilicious Jewellery
Mamounia - a Moroccan amulet, bamboo coral teardrop beads, cat's eye glass beads by Caprilicious Jewellery
Mamounia - a Moroccan amulet, bamboo coral teardrop beads, cat's eye glass beads by Caprilicious Jewellery
Mamounia - a Moroccan amulet, bamboo coral teardrop beads, cat's eye glass beads by Caprilicious Jewellery
The large coloured beads are cat's eye's - they have a reflective fibre-optic thread running through them that gives them a sheen.
I've now booked my annual trip to see my mother back in India and will take some of my jewellery back with me for my third show in Bangalore.  I do look forward to meeting old friends and relaxing in the environment that I grew up in and remember with great fondness and the rose tinted glasses of the retrospectoscope. 
That's me for this week, folks. Have a fabulous week, and I'll catch you next week, same time, same place.
Until then
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Divya N link
1/10/2016 05:18:58 pm

I love the pearl necklace - its a "not you boring grandma's pearl necklace" but its a piece that a young, bold, free spirited woman would wear

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Neena Shilvock link
2/10/2016 09:34:37 am

Thank you Divya, I try. Do try to come to Bangalore if you can - I will be having my exhibition on the 10th and 11th of February, I would come to Chennai, but have already a wedding in Mysore to attend and cannot eat into any more time with mom

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loner link
2/10/2016 03:25:53 am

did you ever find your cat i sure hope he turned up. i really like your art work you do outstanding job working with all sorts of shapes and sizes of jewelry. keep up the good work. loner USA

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Neena Shilvock link
2/10/2016 09:38:40 am

Hiya loner, thanks for your appreciation of my work - I try to work with odd shapes - it is almost a challenge as far as I am concerned - anyone can do round beads, right :)
No unfortunately, Charlie is still AWOL - someone phoned me yesterday and said there was a stray cat that looked a lot like ours, so we rushed round but no, it was another ginger and white, sadly not ours :( Oh well, sigh, and the search goes on! Neena

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