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| c. 1920's Museum Quality Beaded Flapper Headdress (source and more pictures) |
Bead Day. Antique beaded headdress
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Sold one of a kind jewellery
Friday, October 16, 2015
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| A pendant with my signature ornament. Sterling silver, copper |
Jewellery history. Flower jewellery
Do you like jewelry that replicates flowers? I do! I do not make any, as it is just not something I like making of metal, but I love it when it actually looks like flowers, and made of silk, for example. There is also a modern material that is good for it and that is called polymer clay. Those are nice too.
The 19th century is known by flower jewelry and accessories. Women had them made of fabric, wax, porcelain and precious metals (if they could afford it). They wore real flowers too! There are many portraits of women wearing flower accessories in the 19th century.  |
| Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III and empress of France (1853–70) |
The flower fashion was started by the Empress Eugenie, but then went global! This piece can be found at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts:
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| Woman's headdress French, worn in America mid-19th century |
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| Natural pearl and diamond tiara, late 19th century |
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| Flower hair comb by GentleDecisions |
Jewellery maserpieces. Enamel jewellery by Diego Percossi Papi
Thursday, October 15, 2015
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| Earrings by Diego Percossi Papi |
Blog hop! Have fun!
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Welcome to this week's blog hop!
This blog hop runs from Monday 12:00 PM through Friday 11:59 PM EST.
Meet your co-hosts for the Month of October:
Featured posts of the week:
Posted below is the featured blog post of the week. I love to find unique blogs and post to share about and write little comments on their writings. I try my best to give every blog a chance to be chosen, so make sure to enter your blog every week!
Here's a new post for DIY Fried Rice from WannaTalk2Us. A healthier way to make fried rice, and it is cheaper than buying it from a take out place. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations to the featured blogs!
Here's a new post for DIY Fried Rice from WannaTalk2Us. A healthier way to make fried rice, and it is cheaper than buying it from a take out place. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations to the featured blogs!
Don't forget to check out the other blogs from last week!
What have I been doing?
Natalia's post: Wooden Candy Bowl - Guest post by VZBrelo
Sara's Post: Pinterest Experiment: Egg Muffin Souffles
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Now it's your turn! What have you been doing this week?
- Please post the link to a specific blog entry, not just the blog. I look at every link posted, and I comment in every entry. If you don't post a specific entry I can't comment!
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- All blog posts will also be pinned on my What Are You Doing? Pinterest board, so others can see the awesome things you are doing!
- Family friendly posts, please!
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Behind the scene. Let's see what is happening at the studio of a wedding accessories artist!
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
This is a guest post by Anna of Gentle Decisions. You can see all Anna's guest posts here.
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Hello all! Today I'll tell you about my work on one of the latest orders. I made two wedding combs. It was a difficult, responsible and interesting order. It was a great experience worth sharing!
I usually start with choosing my materials. There are many kinds of polymer clay, each of them is better than others depending on a purpose of the accessories that are ordered. For example, if we are talking of a comb for a bride that she is going to wear all her wedding day long, then the comb needs to be very light in weight.
I also need to know all the kinds of flowers and their colors and hues before I start. I would need to dye some flowers after I finish making them.
To avoid confusion I wrote a list of the flowers that I needed to make for both ordered combs. I needed to make an orchid, the daffodils and the hydrangeas for the first one and an orchid, the rose buds, the dogwood flowers, the daffodils and a few small chrysanthemums for the second comb. I took out the combs that were finished already, so it would be easier for me to copy the flowers attached to them.
All flowers are set on a piece of wire. Each flower requires different thickness of wire depending on its size. Each pistil and stamen needs to be set on a piece of wire too.
The orchids were going to be the center pieces of each comb. I rolled the clay by hand to make all the orchid petals. I chose not to use the cutters for that job. Then I textured the petals and set each of them on a piece of wire.
The color of the orchids needed to be off-white. I dyed each petal in a hue that my customer requested.
I took a few pictures to show my work in progress:
Everything is sorted out here, so I can start putting flowers into the "bouquets":
I sketched a few designs of the "bouquets". My customer decided to add a few more smaller flowers around the orchids. I took the "bouquets" apart to add new flowers, then put the "bouquets" together again.
All was left after that was attaching the metal combs to the "bouquets". They turned out very light weight, so the bride would feel comfortable without even feeling them in her hair on her wedding day.
The flower compositions were considerably longer than the combs. It just meant that they would need to be secured with a couple of hair pins.
I hope you enjoyed my story!
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