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

Tactile Texture Week, by Caprilicious Jewellery

5/7/2018

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Howdy folks,how are you this fine and sunny day. It's been a glorious summer this year, with more to come in the UK and I am so happy. You can feel the elevation of your mood when the sun shines all day long, we are able to take off our customary swaddling layers and wear clothes that we only normally get to wear on holidays abroad. 

I've enjoyed the week so much that my creative juices were running and consequently my output was pretty high. The Mitchell Art Gallery from Warwick where I used to place my jewellery contacted me with a proposal to exhibit some pieces at a show in November, and they wanted a few pieces to photograph. I'm of course the classic 'I don't have anything to wear' type of woman, and so I had to make new pieces to show the management of the Gallery at the end of July and I started a small collection of statement jewellery.
The theme for this week was all about tactile texture - texture and pattern are intricately intertwined, for instance a brick wall has a distinct pattern which can also be felt when touched. We react to textures in our psyche, which  allows us to mentally feel things without ever actually touching them. 

The Oil Slick Necklace Mark 2

Titanium and gold plated druzy agate beads in a multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Titanium and gold plated druzy agate beads in a multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Titanium and gold plated druzy agate beads in a multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Titanium and gold plated druzy agate beads in a multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
The beautiful druzy beads, coated with a vapour of gold and titanium, with Kenyan lost wax cast beads and a smooth moss agate clasp make up this fabulously tactile necklace. Mark one now lives in Scotland with a lady who fell in love with it almost as soon as I put it on the website a few months ago.

Runes

Black ceramic beads in a multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Black ceramic beads in a multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Black ceramic beads in a multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Black ceramic beads in a multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Cool ceramic black beads I found in a shop in India, with brushed silver plated copper beads and a smooth black agate clasp - this one sits close to the neck like a cravat and will do well in the neckline of a shirt, among other ways to wear it. 

Lodestone Love

Magnetite/pyrite and sterling silver pendant in a pyrite necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Magnetite/pyrite and sterling silver pendant in a pyrite necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Magnetite/pyrite and sterling silver pendant in a pyrite necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Magnetite/pyrite and sterling silver pendant in a pyrite necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
The pendant is made of sterling silver set with magnetite and pyrite. Magnetite is called the lodestone, due to it's being weakly magnetic and a seam of pyrite runs through the main stone. Another dagger shaped piece of magnetite descends into the decollete' and has a subtle texture to it. Faceted pyrite beads in round and teardrop shapes carry the pendant, echoing the pyrite in the main stone.
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  1. The beads I made a week or so ago were buffed and shined until they glowed and a necklace was made up with them - it was easy to remake this necklace as the design elements were already put together, so it was just a matter of minutes to string these beads and produce a replica of the original. As all the beads are handmade, I can only ever promise its owner a similar piece, not the same one and she understands that.

Handmade polymer clay and glass bead necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Handmade polymer clay and glass bead necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
So that's my week, then folks. Actually it's been a hard week at work and I've needed distraction therapy to keep me going. Perhaps that's why I found myself making so many pieces, or maybe it was the thought of the photographs for the exhibition at the Mitchell Gallery?  Whatever it was, the week was very productive and a lot of fun.
That's me for this week, folks. Have a wonderful, sunny week and I'll catch you next Friday, same time, same place,
Until then
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Divya link
8/7/2018 01:09:25 pm

Exactly what I thought the first time I saw these pictures of Facebook - where do you find such fabulous beads? I don't mind going halfsies on that pass to Alladin's cave. Lol

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Neena Shilvock link
28/7/2018 04:03:26 pm

Thanks Divya, that's very kind of you to say so

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