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

Memoirs of a Magpie

20/4/2017

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Hiya readers, thanks for coming back to the Caprilicious blog today. Easter came and went and everyone scoffed their chocolate eggs and hot cross buns - squillions of calories all in one large collective gulp. I was curious about the Easter egg and tried to find out it's significance.
Apparently, the custom of giving eggs at Easter celebrates new life. For Christians the egg is a symbol of Jesus' resurrection, and when they are cracked open they symbolise the empty tomb. Eggs are rolled by children as a symbolic re-enactment of the rolling away of the stone from Christ's tomb and they are painted (originally red, but now in every colour imaginable) to commemorate the blood of Christ. 

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​The Easter bunny is a throwback from pagan times when the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring, Eostre, had a hare as her companion. The hare symbolises fertility and rebirth, and so does the egg. Later Christians changed the symbol to the Easter bunny which is fluffier and cuter than a hare.

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While everyone else was eating their eggs, I was being industrious and making up a few pieces of jewellery for the Handmade Fair. Everyone who reads this blog know that Caprilicious is going to the fair, but if you've just joined us, welcome, I have put this poster on these pages just for you, in case you should wish to come to it.

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This week I was attracted to shiny - all the beads that came out of my stash were shiny, quartz chunks and needles electroplated  in a precious metal or tit​anium vapour. I felt like the proverbial magpie that is supposedly attracted to shiny objects.

Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
​ It started with a remake of my fantasy flower out of bronze clay. I went very slowly and carefully and was rewarded with a large flower that fit in the palm of my hand, about 5" across when I finally opened my kiln up. Here it is, strung on a necklace of Titanium coated quartz needles.

Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
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By this time, 'shiny' had engraved itself deep into my psyche and everything I was compelled to make was that way inclined. Without ever making a conscious decision, I was soon well on the way towards making part of an evening wear collection of necklaces. 

Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Evening necklaces for the sophisticated extrovert by Caprilicious Jewellery.
Both the Hamsa pendant and the beautiful tassel came from Turkey and I made all the clasps myself, to add further interest to the jewellery. The brown rough cut nuggets in the tasselled necklace are gold vapour coated quartz and they have a lovely dull sheen that a still photograph cannot really do justice to. 

While my bronze clay flower was going through it's cycles of creation and drying before going into the kiln I sat with Mike and watched a couple of old musicals while I stitched beads around an ammonite fossil, to end up with this cuff bracelet. The bracelet has an aluminium form inside it to keep it flexible, light and adjustable. 
Leather cuff with ammonite fossil, beadwork and soutache by Caprilicious Jewellery
Leather cuff with ammonite fossil, beadwork and soutache by Caprilicious Jewellery
I also put together another version of Berber Sunrise, with faux amber beads, some of which I made earlier right here at Caprilicious and others that I bought in India. The pretty little green patinated beadcaps came from the USA and the enamelled bead came from Morocco.
Faux amber necklace by Caprilicious jewellery
Faux amber necklace by Caprilicious jewellery
And that's a wrap for this week, folks. I aim to finalise the way my stall looks this week - it has to be stylish but simple to set up and I have a friend who is going to show me how to do this as she is a 'visual merchandiser' and knows all about these things. Have a lovely weekend, I'm on call at the day job and hope it won't be too busy. Take care of yourselves and I'll catch you next Friday, same time, same place,
Until then
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Divya link
21/4/2017 04:52:13 pm

Oh the bronze flower is stunning. I am sure that everyone would want to try it out at the fair

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