tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49946363755312130722024-03-05T03:17:11.506-08:00Spirit Dance Adornmentsoriginal, one-of-a-kind, wire wrapped jewelry Spirit Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16579538526051084157noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994636375531213072.post-89819402619980272312020-06-24T19:25:00.001-07:002020-06-24T20:13:54.474-07:00Guitaurus; a look back to go forward<font face="inherit"><br /></font><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPebzFo08sQ8zScSMD5VjZPxMA1JmUyh9tC9v-08DNYqXjBazv25i6K25SRw48MsrBe6Ld1PkT4s16omFdXBqe4ebdlE2HyPvz4dOF-BnbdtE3nC9u40E-pJSmj0iAoS3Voab_wuSTMNX/s1600-h/3ver_gitarus.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364401485218072082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPebzFo08sQ8zScSMD5VjZPxMA1JmUyh9tC9v-08DNYqXjBazv25i6K25SRw48MsrBe6Ld1PkT4s16omFdXBqe4ebdlE2HyPvz4dOF-BnbdtE3nC9u40E-pJSmj0iAoS3Voab_wuSTMNX/s400/3ver_gitarus.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 381px;" /></a><font face="inherit"><i>I first published this post July 30, 2009. With all that's going on in the world around me today and all that is going on inside of me today I find that to go forward I must first look back. SANKOFA! </i></font></div><div><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div><font face="inherit"><i>This post or re-post is me looking back at where I've been in my wire wrapping journey to determine where I will go.</i></font></div><div><font face="inherit"><br /></font></div><div><i><font face="inherit">Originally posted</font></i></div><div><font face="inherit"><i>~July 30, 2009~</i><br />I talked to Gemi Taylor about creating a piece for him using the logo of his company <a href="http://www.gemitaylor.net/">"Guitaurus Music.</a>" Gemi plays guitar with<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/MANDRILL/6753300641?ref=ts"> Mandrill</a>, has a soon to be released CD on which he is producing and performing and it features the poetry of Maya Angelou.<br /><br />I started free form wrapping copper on the larger pendent-- 8 1/2" from top to bottom-stop!<br /><br />Then I tried something a little more stylized, and I wanted to include some significant gems with the copper--turquoise because by this time I had been thinking about the idea of Taurus and stepping the mythology back a culture. Tarsus, Horus--hum! Horus the Egyptian mythical character was married--at one point to Hathor. 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A sun stone at the top of the pendent between the horns. Green turquoise referring back to Egypt, fire agates and reconstituted turquoise detailing the outside of the pendant-stop! What is this I'm not sure. Go back to paper and I have to admit my father's drawing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8aEcWNSzF6ItQyXqd8GYGWixULXcqJZLIgdeLAFnDns6eHd6_gnXINCCPFHGUwOyKHpZ7RC21gJlo-iiMAsETA6NK6Ntn65QgXUjyXx8ljucdOdbQN4OQIo_RfvGJSRgCI1J-S0fDCvg/s1600-h/IMG_1747.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="inherit"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364426775152467026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8aEcWNSzF6ItQyXqd8GYGWixULXcqJZLIgdeLAFnDns6eHd6_gnXINCCPFHGUwOyKHpZ7RC21gJlo-iiMAsETA6NK6Ntn65QgXUjyXx8ljucdOdbQN4OQIo_RfvGJSRgCI1J-S0fDCvg/s320/IMG_1747.JPG" style="cursor: move; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 181px;" /></font></a></div><font face="inherit"><br />Okay, so now I have a template and some raw undrilled turquoise slabs my mother brought from a trip to New Mexico. The finished pendent front and back, 4 1/2." "S" hooks in the horns. Hope you like it Gemi.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirk3ZqcmbbfdVI2y6CEeuTJZcUGn5XSQM7GcmuU92KlINB-wLszDfPWyRND9Rx9G_M-JqZ2pkuDJWgpmAR8iUoIgQ9kPBhmS-aDxiL1OLG5Rwum7r6e56SRSpL5BmrE00awOyOFuT-YMfH/s1600-h/cu_gitarus_Ft_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364426268886118882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirk3ZqcmbbfdVI2y6CEeuTJZcUGn5XSQM7GcmuU92KlINB-wLszDfPWyRND9Rx9G_M-JqZ2pkuDJWgpmAR8iUoIgQ9kPBhmS-aDxiL1OLG5Rwum7r6e56SRSpL5BmrE00awOyOFuT-YMfH/s320/cu_gitarus_Ft_web.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 252px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEf-_RjHv9zwAWm4Tcosv8Myq_9kPbrUSyGTR9SwhdeDb8wRCUcaxwd1-e4Gv72_4vthWfY0oRKJueOVQdFJEtx7WJCxFN1rS_XxcTo8hnVAUI0KuGqFMDaKeJtdtdXOn41eYqo3TxKh3Z/s1600-h/cu_gitarus_bk_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364427650926139474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEf-_RjHv9zwAWm4Tcosv8Myq_9kPbrUSyGTR9SwhdeDb8wRCUcaxwd1-e4Gv72_4vthWfY0oRKJueOVQdFJEtx7WJCxFN1rS_XxcTo8hnVAUI0KuGqFMDaKeJtdtdXOn41eYqo3TxKh3Z/s320/cu_gitarus_bk_web.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 144px;" /></a></font></div>Spirit Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16579538526051084157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994636375531213072.post-69230137297718487142019-12-10T17:54:00.001-08:002019-12-10T17:54:28.754-08:00Wire Wrapped Eyeglass Frames<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spirit Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16579538526051084157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994636375531213072.post-74156839474181978802016-05-05T20:05:00.000-07:002016-05-05T20:05:06.539-07:00Spirit Dance Adornments Exhibited at Alkebulan Pasadena May 11-18, 2016 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Original wire wrapped necklaces and rings of copper and gemstonesSpirit Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16579538526051084157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994636375531213072.post-23109740611939300832014-02-13T10:07:00.002-08:002014-04-15T09:11:39.661-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I dug back on the image I found that it is credited with the geograplhic location of Ghana / Ivory Coast, circa.1935. The ring is in the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.</span></div>
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I love how wire responds as it warm up in my hands. All of the links and the cages in the necklace of this video are free-form. The necklace came to be by just letting the wire tell me how it wants to embrace the stones and link each element to the other. The two big chunks of red jasper are undrilled. Therefore the wire cages. This work is so therapeutic.<br />
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I was going to post a video on creating wire cages or wire bundles as of Szarka of <a href="http://www.magpiegemstones.com/" target="_blank">Magpie Gemstone</a> calls them. Szarka does such a complete job of setting the foundation of this technique that there is nothing more I can say. In fact I can do nothing but learn from Szarka. What I can do and what I don't see as much of, is creating a cage for a stone that hasn't be cut into one of the classic jewelry design forms or shapes. Let me know if that is something you would to see or if you already see a lot of it on the web.<br />
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<li> <a href="http://spiritdanceadornments.blogspot.com/2011/08/earth-has-weight.html" target="_blank">The Earth has Weight</a> a collar I made with a 1-3/4" Green Aventurine undrilled cabochon.</li>
<li>I reposted the following video from Youtube. The artist is creating a necklace from - sea glass. The glass is undrilled so she uses cages to make the sea glass a part of the <a href="http://spiritdanceadornments.blogspot.com/2013/02/wire-cages-alternative-to-drilling.html" target="_blank">necklace</a>, </li>
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<li>Adninka motif focal Sesa Wo Suban - "Transformation and change" - pearls, opalite, cooper beads, sodalite , cooper and alunim wire, white jade, crystal</li>
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<li>2 - wire wrapped glass, cobalt blue, "trade beads"</li>
<li>1- ceramic elongated drop, blue with gold-like flakes (has a <span style="color: #444444; line-height: 17.77777862548828px;">Lapis Lazuli</span> look)</li>
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<li>1 - "star child" symbol (little more than 1" in any direction can be used to join necklace extenders and focal or used alone as a focal. At the center of the symbol is a sodalite bead and 2 Montana Blue crystals.</li>
<li>12" copper chain necklace extender with small "s" link closures a each end</li>
<li>16.5" blue suede and leather necklace or necklace extender with;</li>
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<li>3 sets of earrings - all sets are finished with a coil</li>
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<li>1 set white jade globes encircled by tiny moonstone with a drop of Montana Blue crystal and a tiny triangle of moonstone with a fierce blue fire inside. (These fantastic bits of moonstone fire came from <a href="http://www.magpiegemstones.com/" target="_blank">Turquoise Magpie</a>.)</li>
<li>a tiny triangle of moonstone with a fierce blue fire inside tops a Montana Blue crystal</li>
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<li>Ear Cuff and dangle - cuff randomly embroiders the ear with fresh water pearls, sodalite and tiny drops of flashing moonstone. Cuff ends at bottom of ear and has a space for dangle to hook into a pierce ear. Dangle is shaped as a Nsoromma, <span style="line-height: 12px;">"child of the heavens or morning star." </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px;">meaning - "Change or transform your character "</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thank you Simbi Kali for wearing my "Cuff 4 the Hand"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">K A L I akemi...for those times when you need to adorn your body with something for your soul or when you need to wear nothing at all...you can find her beautiful products her blog </span><a href="http://kalialkemi.com/blog/?page/109108/home" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://kalialkemi.com/blog/?page/109108/home</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Be sure and make the video full screen before you start it. Do loose a single speck of it lovelyness.</span>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/68252607">K A L I alkemi</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/jjhuckin">jj huckin</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Just received a purchase of Rhodosite coins and a bonus of matching pearls...Nirvana ... Sugar Creek Beads is so fast and communicative. I was working on my project when the mailman delivered the beads. The rest of my day is blocked out because their delivery was so quick and exactly what I expected. You can find <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sugar-Creek-Beads/332325826853074?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank"> Sugar Creek Beads</a> is on Facebook . Also look for<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sugarcreekbeads" target="_blank"> Sugar Creek Beads</a> on Etsy. </div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Shealynn's Faerie Shoppe...offers one (actually 3, scroll to the end of this post) of the best ear cuff tutorial(s) I've seen! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">I urge you to go directly to her her blog "Shealynn's Faerie Shoppe" and see all the great work she is creating.</span> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ear Cuff Tutorial: The Double-Loop Technique</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a bit since I've done a proper tutorial, hasn't it? Don't worry, I'll be doing some craftsy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ones soon-- but fellow jewelers are in luck today! I've photographed the making of another kind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of ear cuff (which I'm calling the "Double-Loop" because you kind of loop it twice... I'm having</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a really hard time coming up with names for these different ear cuffs!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those unfamiliar with ear cuffs, they are awesome and comfortable pieces of jewelry that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">simply wrap around the cartilage of the ear-- no piercings required! They are easy to put on and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">really stay put! If you aren't up to making some yourself, be sure to visit my Shoppe, where I sell </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some and also do custom orders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before you begin, I recommend that you check out my tutorials on the basic ear cuff </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the swirly ear cuff. You should be able to create both styles proficiently. You can also </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">check out the bow-tie ear cuff tutorial (which is about the same difficulty as this ear cuff). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now then. With a few cuffs behind you, it's time to get started with this fun technique! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are creating a left ear cuff. Simply mirror the design to create one for the right ear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This particular design is a bit more understated than the other ear cuffs because the decorative </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You will need:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 8 inches of 18 ga wire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- needle-nose pliers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-a marker (see my discussion of the type of marker or mandrel you will need)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- (optional) beads, other wire for decorative wrapping, headpins to add dangles, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cut a length of wire at least 8 inches long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bend it at the three inch mark. Make sure that the small loop this creates is actually a loop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- it's not as comfortable to wear ear cuffs in which the wire is pinched together tightly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is where the "double loop" comes into play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, bend the wire into a 1 inch zig-zag (just as you did with the swirly ear cuff). The next</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">part is a bit tricky if you are working with tough wire like me (hard copper is not recommended to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">begin with). Take the tail end of the wire on the right-hand side and fold it down and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">around the right-hand loop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did that make sense? Here's a picture of the finished double loop:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next few steps are just like the other ear cuffs, so I won't narrate these photos...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, now you get to have fun. How do you want the ends of the wire to look? What beads will </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you add? What loops and swirls and decorations will you make with the wire? Have at it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found that I had a bit of a hard time keeping mental track of the placement of the ear cuff, so</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I kept putting it on the marker (or my ear) as I designed, in order to make sure the swirls and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">beads were just perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are adding beads, be sure to very, very slightly bend the wire just above and</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I only recently perfected this design, so I don't have any more double-loop ear cuffs to show you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Please be sure to leave a comment if you used it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, please note that you may use this tutorial to make your own jewelry to sell, but only if you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">credit me for showing you how. It does take time for me to make these tutorials! Thanks!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nopeitsnotpainted/8662234588/" title="...They're purse handles. by dixie103, on Flickr"><img alt="...They're purse handles." src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8241/8662234588_646e8b6ca8.jpg" height="375" width="500" /></a>
<i>Julie wrote...</i></b></span><br />
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...They're purse handles.
I've been working on this on and off for so long, I thought it would never come to fruition. Finally, the prototype is finished and I'm ready to start knocking them out! Yee-Haw!
It's a stylized version of an Indian Wedding Bag. This one uses old silk men's ties for the body.
The handles are quite a bit larger than a bracelet bangle and quite a bit thinner. I wanted them to easily slide over one's arm.
There's a heavy wire going all the way through each handle and they're double cured for strength. The seam, where the ends meet, is sewn together with many strands of heavy Nymo thread and covered with seed beads. These handles won't break. I've tried.
I've thrown them on a sidewalk 20 times ("Oh no, I dropped my purse!") and smacked them on a hard table at least 20 times. Not even a scratch...well, mabe a little scratch...and not these actual ones - my practice ones.
Field tested and approved.
The bag design is my own after looking at countless pictures of real ones.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nopeitsnotpainted/8662234534/" title="Just another view of the Indian Wedding bag by dixie103, on Flickr"><img alt="Just another view of the Indian Wedding bag" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8245/8662234534_0d67856688.jpg" height="375" width="500" /></a><br />
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Spirit Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16579538526051084157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994636375531213072.post-74708922113127922192013-04-13T12:34:00.000-07:002013-04-13T12:37:29.787-07:00Tree of Life by Copar Aingeal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghV6QRlxYjgUJ6LiVqqE_p6AeN5-1Eo1m5sRA50-6AcmPdz7Mv4U6OPXL3Xa87Hv7RmL4uLHJBAk7qCNRb9a3POq4C5DtpqiX6sXxkuF-W1hcifwjWmo9Fmg51MTluO34z_sd6_-AO3ink/s1600/redtree3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghV6QRlxYjgUJ6LiVqqE_p6AeN5-1Eo1m5sRA50-6AcmPdz7Mv4U6OPXL3Xa87Hv7RmL4uLHJBAk7qCNRb9a3POq4C5DtpqiX6sXxkuF-W1hcifwjWmo9Fmg51MTluO34z_sd6_-AO3ink/s1600/redtree3.JPG" height="200" width="163" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I really enjoy and admire the "Tree of Life" forms (most often created as pendants) but this one by Copar Aingeal and posted</span><a href="http://www.jewelrylessons.com/copar-aingeal" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.jewelrylessons.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>copar-aingeal</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> speaks to me most elegantly...the color, the use of metal and beads, the shape and the balance...</span><br />
<br />Spirit Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16579538526051084157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994636375531213072.post-16239917499510026282013-03-30T21:41:00.001-07:002013-03-30T22:05:25.111-07:00KALIalkemi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEi6Z-eTTDtoEPVI9PRU1JNeAicmf6ZNKbxIiXOr0repWOmfBxJcaecuRvNycUAbLCo_RlYeyRZE2jmNjNOfpNStFvmYLBhRwGIbt-qWYUwisrnyf8I45VpE8iULV-9wejT4kdPFPyO89/s1600/KALIalkemiFull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEi6Z-eTTDtoEPVI9PRU1JNeAicmf6ZNKbxIiXOr0repWOmfBxJcaecuRvNycUAbLCo_RlYeyRZE2jmNjNOfpNStFvmYLBhRwGIbt-qWYUwisrnyf8I45VpE8iULV-9wejT4kdPFPyO89/s1600/KALIalkemiFull.jpg" height="200" width="144" /></a>I want to introduce my friend Simbi Kali...artist, photographer, writer, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451078/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">actress</a>, alchemist (Qgong4life@aol.com). She has just started a new product line "KALI alkemi" that features essential oils, bath salts and fragrances.<br />
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Over the years she has gifted me with oils and sprays (for the home) that were just what I need, when I needed my mood altered.<br />
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Simbi has been such a support to me...taking many photos of my jewelry as well as being a patron of my work. Back in July of 2009 I featured a ring I made for her. I had one trying time finding Hessonite Garnets. But it was a pleasure also.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-y6qE05jCQerBFgIgz3wosYX-q6W9Ktn2UvJ75EIdWvXHeo9zlPnW476QiXHRtw-k2vWa52VjXOgaRn9jrp86CKI2mk9OUO70DAz-WH4Uq7xjQxTrRQlbpTsYvX6US3QvNrD2Rie_jRN/s1600/DSCF7831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-y6qE05jCQerBFgIgz3wosYX-q6W9Ktn2UvJ75EIdWvXHeo9zlPnW476QiXHRtw-k2vWa52VjXOgaRn9jrp86CKI2mk9OUO70DAz-WH4Uq7xjQxTrRQlbpTsYvX6US3QvNrD2Rie_jRN/s1600/DSCF7831.JPG" height="200" width="116" /></a> When Simbi began to coordinate her "looks" for promoting "KALIalkemi" she asked me if I had any pieces that might work with the image she was trying to create. As we talked a memory was pulled out of the back of my mind of very organic vine like jewelry that I saw and tried to recreate a few years ago. That night I began to pull out incomplete pieces; a focal of copper and brass that featured a Labradorite briolette, veining earnings and necklace that I had cut up so I could use the beads on another project. I pick this focal because Labradorite is for me the physical manifestation of the word--alchemy.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4blb6SRUXQgtSdZwvoNiW6DcCPsS7Fok5JpuZZjow53xMPxV1VJ9oMkrKkMGef_Ju1YL1G320Ed33OujcvzbaJW8QHbZXheEC1fH-XLENFO6Dmzyb59YdoVgh7XyX6UuEYvv06VBZBA3D/s1600/sk_007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4blb6SRUXQgtSdZwvoNiW6DcCPsS7Fok5JpuZZjow53xMPxV1VJ9oMkrKkMGef_Ju1YL1G320Ed33OujcvzbaJW8QHbZXheEC1fH-XLENFO6Dmzyb59YdoVgh7XyX6UuEYvv06VBZBA3D/s1600/sk_007.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a>I had some quality Critne chips I brought years back from <a href="http://www.silverskyint.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Silver Sky</a> in North Hollywood. I had organized the Citrine on loops of copper wire by color. The richest color on one loop, palest on another and all of those in-between on a third wire loop. When Simbi saw these she automatically put the loops and focal together as if the loops were an element not just a way to organize some of the chaos in my work space.<br />
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On the vining side of the adornment I decided that my color pallet would include every copper, green copper, gold copper, cream and clear bead and fresh water pearl I had in my stash.<br />
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