trend moodboard for mix'n craft

According to the jewellery trend forecasting website Trendvision, the trend that is hot at the moment in the jewellery world is mix'n craft. Mix'n craft is a name that Trendvision has come up with for for this particular theme. The theme is mixing  traditional with contemporary knowledge . "It is necessary to learn to live together, to reconcile various generation and  different cultures,looking for alternative ways to be together in a genuine exchange between old and new".

 http://www.trendvisionforecasting.com/public/eng/Pagina72.asp

Gucci Sping 2012

 http://stylebloguk.com/tag/art-deco/

I'm thinking about making a piece for one of the outfits on the Gucci spring\summer 2012 collection. It has green lines and I thought I would incorporate the colour by adding patina on some of the metal beads.maybe  I could also get  a different coloured string to see how it will look without the bright red.

Art-Deco inspired pendant

Still looking at my Art-Deco mood board I've and geometric lines on the clutch bag by Judith Leiber, I'm working on a pendant that in a follow up from the Art-Deco earrings I made.

problem solving

I'm trying to fix the pair of earrings that were  prototypes for the platinum project. The problem was trying to hide the red string when I make turns while stitching the metal beads up. The only way I can think of solving this is by deliberately making the string visible all around the earrings, now my only problem is ending my piece with out making it look ugly.    

Art-deco

first attempt with tubes

second attempt with chain


My first pair of earrings didn't  come out the way I wanted them to, first my beaded panel was a bit to big for the frame I had made so I was trying to force then panel in the frame which resulted to the frame bulging  on the sides and the the wire which I used to sting the metal beads for  the tassels was to stiff  so there was not much movement which was a disappointment. On my second  pain of earrings decided not to add the dots to metal because it wasn't neat on the first one and I made the beaded panel first so that it fits on the frame that i have changed slightly to to give it a more
art-deco feel from the curved lines. I went with chain for the tassels and i am now happy with the movement.

Art Deco

 This is a   art-Deco inspired gown by Georges Chakra. The pieces then I am currently making are for this dress and I chose it because of the simple but bold geometric line on them which I am trying to accomplish with my beaded panels.     

Art Deco

Trying to bead the Art Deco panel  design for the frame of the  earrings that I'm making of the top of my head has been a mission so to make my life a bit easier I have coloured
A clear panel on paper in the way I want to bead the black and gold beads to go.