Dickens' Amelia Earhart
Need some jewelry design inspiration for your next fabulous configuration of silver charms and precious findings? Check out the work of my dear friend Dickens Bascom (also known as Dickens 44, born in 1944). His work is wacky, fun, and totally creative… and the best part? It’s made completely out of stuff that any other person would call trash. He calls it “found art.” I call it pure inspiration!
Dickens’ intricate sculptures (including a life-size Amelia Earhart!) and spiritually symbolic paintings elevate artistic creativity to a new dimension. He has totally inspired me to create jewelry out of found objects. I believe that “found jewelry art” has great potential to be an innovate trend in jewelry design. (I need to be selective in my decisions though, because it could also turn out looking rather trashy).
Here are a few ideas I had:
1) Pair our sterling silver buttons with old buttons out of your collection at home.
2) Braid a few strands of our hand-dyed silk ribbons with vintage fabric scraps.
3) Match assorted sizes of our hammered flat teardrop silver pendants with decorative fishing lures (be sure to remove hooks)!
4) Contrast any of our silver coin charms with real old coins (I especially like old corroded pennies that have turned green)!
5) Weave vintage bottle caps into our colorful leather cords.
The ideas are spinning in my head like a merry-go-round. The possibilities are limitless when you expand your jewelry to found items! One woman’s trash is most definitely another woman’s treasure!
