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

Going to the Fair

11/12/2015

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Good morning readers, as you open the Caprilicious Blog this morning, I am frantically getting stuff together for the Artisan Market tomorrow. This is the first time I have taken Caprilicious to a fair in the UK and I most definitely have butterflies in my tummy. One of my friends is kindly coming up from Cambridge to help me on the Saturday and hopefully all will be well. Do spare a thought for me tomorrow, and if you can come up and see me. As I said last week, introduce yourselves as readers of this blog, and I will give you a 15% discount - a kick start to your Christmas shopping!

Aida

Aida is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Set in Egypt, it was first performed at Cairo's Opera House in 1871 and continues to be a staple of the standard operatic repertoire.
​As the story goes, t
he Egyptians capture and enslave Aida, an Ethiopian princess. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings. And on goes the triangle that is the basis of many a love story.
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Coptic crosses are influenced by the Ankh, the symbol of eternal life - the Coptic Christian religion follows the Gospel of Mark and broke away from mainstream Christianity due to theological differences.

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 Modern coptic crosses incorporate the ankh, circles representing divinity and the resurrection, and the lotus flower, another important symbol in pagan Egypt, relating to creation and resurrection because of the way the lotus appears to emerge from water in the morning and descend in the evening. 
The cross I have in this colourful necklace comes from Ethiopia and I teamed it with hand carved jade beads, chunks of waxy orange carnelian and colourful African seed beads in a necklace of many strands, all carelessly tousled into an attractive and messy necklace - I was trying for the inarticulately articulate look, and I hope I have achieved it.

Ethiopian Coptic cross on a multi strand necklace with jade and carnelian by Caprilicious Jewellery
Ethiopian Coptic cross on a multi strand necklace with jade and carnelian by Caprilicious Jewellery
Ethiopian Coptic cross on a multi strand necklace with jade and carnelian by Caprilicious Jewellery
Ethiopian Coptic cross on a multi strand necklace with jade and carnelian by Caprilicious Jewellery

Forever in Blue Jeans

An old favourite, Neil Diamond with  Forever in Blue jeans on Jools Holland's show - he has aged well and thankfully is performing in his blue jeans rather than the awful spray on tight trousers he used to wear until not so long ago.
Torque necklace with turquoise, wire weave by Caprilicious Jewellery
I was flicking through some of the wirework books I have in my little library, and I found a piece by Lisa Barth that I liked. Having made it before, I decided to up the level of difficulty by putting the stone at the end of a torque necklace and instead of attaching it at the end, I started with the pendant which meant that I had what seemed like miles of wire flailing about all over the place until I put my ring clamp to good use, helping me to hold the wires together. 

Torque necklace with turquoise, wire weave by Caprilicious Jewellery
Torque necklace with turquoise, wire weave by Caprilicious Jewellery
Torque necklace with turquoise, wire weave by Caprilicious Jewellery
Torque necklace with turquoise, wire weave by Caprilicious Jewellery
I love the torque style that curves around the neck and can instantly be made bigger or smaller by moving the ends. 

Wish me well and spare me a thought over the weekend. I hope it won't be too cold, and the weather will play nicely, unfortunately these are all variables that can make or break a weekend market in the UK. Have a great week and I'll catch you next week, same time, same place
​xx
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divya link
15/12/2015 11:11:07 am

I hope that you had all the men and women of UK swooned over your beaded beauties and have pledged to be customers for life :D

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