Sterling Silver Pendants are the focus of our design session this week. Leah and I are in Bali working hard with breaks to walk in the rice fields. There is a gaggle of ducks just off our porch that quack just like Donald Duck and sound like they are laughing at our efforts, but they are super cute and funny, so we laugh too.
Bali is a very inspiring place to work. Everywhere we go, from the garden to the temples, there are shapes and textures that spark new ideas. Ancient stone walls are covered in frothy green moss, orange lichen and tiny orchids. Vines that look like braids climb rock enclosures. Paths are paved in small black and white stones, arranged in patterns of flowers, fish, and soaring birds. Even the enormous spiders have orange and yellow mandalas on their backs!
We are creating new filigree, mother of pearl and hammer finish pendants. Any suggestions?
Nina, Leah — I’m loving the simple cutout components you have been creating, ones that inspire and can be manipulated in many ways — rotated, layered, soldered.
Someone also suggested rough silver nuggets, which would be fab!
I’m also feeling very tribal — arrowheads, shields, ganeshas, icons.
best,
peggy
Comment by Handmade Jewelry by Peggy Li — July 12, 2010 @ 9:29 pm