01.20.07
Posted in art, good things, jewelrymaking, shiny at 9:10 pm by Hanne Blank
I’ve been working on a suite of items in advance of Valentine’s Day. The whole suite is, as an homage to Frank Zappa, called “Broken Hearts are for Assholes.”
These are two of the pieces I like best so far.
These are called “Rebound,” and are made of plastic (the hearts), bone (the skulls), and sterling silver (everything else).
This is a single earring (intended to be worn that way), which could also probably be converted to be a pendant if the wearer wanted. It’s called “Pirates Never Say Goodbye.” It’s made of plastic, bone, silver, peridot, cultured pearls, and jade.
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12.23.06
Posted in art, jewelrymaking, shiny at 10:15 pm by Hanne Blank
Busy learning more about making shiny things, that is. The pictures aren’t terrific (crap light, and crap photographer, namely me!) but anyhow…
Link to a large photo of a pendant whose name is “Jupiter Has Seven Moons, Or Is It Nine?”, which is made out of silver, glass, freshwater pearls, and variegated colours of spinel.
This is a bracelet and earrings set entitled “Under Doris’ Pillow.”
And these earrings are called “The Duchess’ Fruitful Patience,” as you can see.
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10.11.06
Posted in art nun, jewelrymaking, shiny at 8:16 pm by Hanne Blank
I finished a project today, my first foray into self-taught jewelrymaking. I wanted a necklace for La Dia de los Muertos, but couldn’t find anything I both liked and could afford. So I figured I’d just have to learn how to make myself something suitably noisy and skull-festooned.
So I did.
It’s called Santa Muerte (click here for an explanation of what Santa Muerte is); the materials are copper-core silver wire, base metal wire, and beads made out of plastic, carved lacquer, glass, bone, and ceramic.
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