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

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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.