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

Inside all of us is a Wild Thing

6/5/2016

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Hello readers, thanks for dropping by. I hope you enjoyed the guest post by Divya of The Jewels of Sayuri last week. I know I usually post just once a week on the Friday.  However, Divya's post came in and I felt I should share it with you straight away.
We finally did it - the Number 9 that I made for the door was framed and hung on the wall under the deep eaves of our bungalow so that the weather and rain doesn't get to it. The wall was originally densely covered over with ivy and Mike spent some considerable time hacking it all away. Under the ivy there were two screws already in the brickwork, as if waiting for the frame, so on it went - I started making this piece in January  and it has taken five months to finally get the finished number on the wall.
Polymer clay house number with a butterfly by Caprilicious Jewellery
Polymer clay house number with a butterfly by Caprilicious Jewellery
Polymer clay house number with a butterfly by Caprilicious Jewellery

Wild Child

Wild Child - a Banjara vintage Kuchi belly dancers necklace by Caprilicious Jewelery
This is a necklace I made last week - big, you say? - yes, it is big and beautiful. It is a vintage Banjara choker which was probably originally made for a young girl as it is difficult to get it up around the base of an adult neck without deforming the metal severely. I acquired it last year and held on to it until I decided how I wanted to use it. It is of course, a very ethnic piece and is looking for a home with someone who likes their jewellery unconventional and dramatic - a proper Wild Child.
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Wild Child - a Banjara vintage Kuchi belly dancers necklace by Caprilicious Jewelery
Wild Child - a Banjara vintage Kuchi belly dancers necklace by Caprilicious Jewelery
I restored it by cleaning and polishing it, gently hammering out all the dinks and replacing the glass that had fallen out of it's settings, finally adding a threadwork piece to the back using little colourful seed beads.

Simsim

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Simsim is the word for sesame in various languages of Arabic origin. I first heard the word when my mother read to me from the 1001 tales of Scheherazade, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves being one  of them. Ali Baba discovers a cave kept by forty thieves filled with treasure, whose entrance only opens with the pass word “Open Simsim”.  
The beads in this necklace are Red Sesame jasper, given to me by my friend BN who found them a bit too big for her taste in jewellery. I held on to them for a while as I tend to use brighter colours usually, but I reckoned that I could brighten the mix by adding another bright colour and a few pyrite beads. Red sesame jasper has a reputation as a stone worn to alleviate stress and reconnect with Earth’s grounding energies, and a  cleansing effect that eliminates negativity, stabilizing the aura. It is an ideal worry stone for soothing the nerves and restoring balance. It has other properties, including the enhancing of tantric sex - if you wish to read about this and it's other metaphysical properties in greater detail, I refer you to this site. 

Red Sesame Jasper necklace with pyrite and a polymer clay cabochon by Caprilicious Jewellery
 Red Sesame Jasper necklace with pyrite and a polymer clay cabochon by Caprilicious Jewellery
 Red Sesame Jasper necklace with pyrite and a polymer clay cabochon by Caprilicious Jewellery

Bluebell Fields Forever

Bluebells in Arbury hall, Nuneaton
The May day Bank Holiday rolled up and it rained - surprise, surprise! But the forecast said it would clear up by the afternoon, so we set out to look for bluebell fields - I got Mike to drive me to Arbury Hall, a stately home which is only open to the public on Bank Holiday weekends and pay the entry fees to wander around the gardens belonging to the Viscount of Daventry. Mike walked around behind me, grumbling about the landed gentry, money made from slavery and working the poor into an early grave, tax fiddles and other such like mutterings, making it clear that he didn't want to be there and resented paying money into the Viscount's already bulging coffers. Me, I just wanted to see the bluebell fields and try and get some photographs, and so we tramped around looking for the best views - once we had them, I was bundled into the car (which I wasn't complaining about as it had started to rain in earnest) and driven back home.

Arbury hall, Nuneaton
Arbury hall, Nuneaton
Gooseberry beads in polymer clay by Caprilicious Jewellery
When we got home, it was early yet and I had a play with clay and came up with these beads that I fancy are shaped a bit like gooseberries or Chinese lanterns. They are beige and black and chunky, but quite light as they are hollow.

Moroccan enamelled beads at Caprilicious Jewellery
And these came to me all the way from Morocco - they are so colourful, I shall enjoy putting them to use. The coin placed beside them  to give you an idea of their size, is an English ten pence piece.

That's me for this week folks, hope you've enjoyed your read. Do join me again next weekend, same time, same place,
Until then
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Divya link
7/5/2016 08:02:11 am

Oh the wild child requires not just a fabulous personality but also a fabulous occasion to wear to. It would be so much fun Traipsing around in that piece so that everybody looks at it

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4/10/2016 11:14:47 am

Thank you Divya, I love it too

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