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

Sizzling in Pink

29/7/2016

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Hello readers, how are you this weekend? Thanks for stopping by, it is always lovely to have your company. We've had a great upset - one of our cats went missing last Friday  and we have hunted high and low, leafleting all the surrounding houses and putting up posters in all the local shops, unfortunately  to no avail. We feel terrible about it and even writing these words hurts, so I shall say no more about it. 
With all this going on we did not enjoy a moment of the most beautiful weekend we are likely to have this year and it took me ages to finish the piece of jewellery I had started a week ago. I did force myself to play with clay and beads, just to lift the sadness that engulfed me all week.

The Kimono Collection

These are pendants made from polymer clay, made to resemble crackle glazed Raku pottery with a Japanese theme running through them. They are all coloured using alcohol ink and  I think they are quite fun.
Kimono collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a Kumihimo cord by Caprilicious Jewellery
Kimono Collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a steel cable by Caprilicious Jewellery
Kimono Collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a leather cord by Caprilicious Jewellery
Kimono Collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a steel cable by Caprilicious Jewellery
Kimono Collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a Kumihimo cord by Caprilicious Jewellery
Kimono Collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a steel cable by Caprilicious Jewellery
Kimono Collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a leathercord by Caprilicious Jewellery
Kimono Collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a leather cord by Caprilicious Jewellery
Kimono Collection - Japanese themed polymer clay pendant on a Kumihimo cord by Caprilicious Jewellery

Sizzle in Pink

Wallowing in clay, especially when it has to be pounded with a mallet to condition it, is a very satisfying way to dispel tension. I have a few blocks of slightly old clay and the plasticiser required to be re-dispersed through it to make it pliable again. I bashed away at it using a mallet and the pasta machine and all this took some of the edge off my frustration and anxiety. In the meantime, I had started a pendant with a beautiful solar quartz cabochon dyed to resemble watermelon tourmaline. Matching the braids and beads to the colours of the cabochon, I created Sizzle in Pink. It took ages to finish - what would normally take a week took me two, because of my preoccupation with Charlie. When I finally finished it, it certainly sizzled!  I hung it simply on a shepherd's crook torque necklace.
Sizzle In Pink - a solar quartz and soutache pendant on a shepherds crook torque necklace by  Caprilicious Jewellery
Sizzle In Pink - a solar quartz and soutache pendant on a shepherds crook torque necklace by  Caprilicious Jewellery
Sizzle In Pink - a solar quartz and soutache pendant on a shepherds crook torque necklace by  Caprilicious Jewellery
Sizzle In Pink - a solar quartz and soutache pendant on a shepherds crook torque necklace by  Caprilicious Jewellery
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A couple of weeks ago I sold some polymer clay roses to a lady who commissioned them to make a hairband for a little bridesmaid to wear to her mother's wedding. Elaine sent me a picture of the finished article and I thought I'd show it to you here. She wrapped a load of crystals all the way down the band and it looks really pretty.

That's all I had time for this week folks - we are exhausted, mentally and physically and I have decided to wean myself away from talking or even thinking about Charlie lest I make myself ill. We hope very much that he will come back, but who knows what the future holds?
Thanks for joining me, once again. Have a good weekend and I'll catch you next week, same time, same place. Until then,
​xx
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Divya Narasimhan link
29/7/2016 10:49:06 am

I hope that you find charlie soon, and am sending a meow prayer his way. On another note, the kimono pendants are gorgeous

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Neena Navaneetham link
29/7/2016 02:45:42 pm

Thank you Divya - I too hope and pray he comes back or is found. I enjoyed making the Kimono series too - with all the bashing of the clay, I made a faux bone cane and even a faux wood veneer cane, so lots more to come :)

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