Fun Funky Earrings Displayed on Vintage Vamp Card Stands...

Vintage Plate Shards with Found Charms

Bead Frames with Reticulated Fish

Blue & White Vintage Shards with Copper Rings

Silvertone Bead Frames & Three Ring Connectors

Hand Formed Copper Squiggles with

Earthenware Pot Shards

Hammered Copper Arches with Handmade

Eathenware Scarabs

Hand Formed Paper Disc Beads with Copper

EARRINGS for the Holidays Continue to Abound...

2021 The Allure of BLUE

Whether it's handcut BLUE Vintage Wasser-glass Hearts

from Emily Cohen, Catfish Studio...

Or a Subtle Wash of BLUE Underglaze on Ceramic Clay...

Or Tumbled Daiquiri Freeze Glazed Stoneware Shards...

Or Deep Azure Blue Sea Glass Hangies...

Or Blue Celadon Porcelain Shards from Karen Sacks...

Or Ocean-mist Beach Glass Under Stacked Amber...

You'll LOVE the WEARING of the BLUE!

 

Ancient Roman Blue Glass Bangles...

...can lead to so many things...

Accents on earrings made from hammered copper ovals

and vintage blue and white plate shards, for example!

The blue Roman glass didn't make it into this pair

 but the Karen Sacks tiny pottery shards

make a lasting impression on their own.

These plate shards were from a European collectible dish

and sent to me by Emily Cohen, all ready to go -

The ancient Roman Blue glass bangles

 make the perfect companion here,

As well as with these reversible scroddled ceramic discs

in their own subtle blue hues...

These discs make a statement of their own

as they dangle from simple brushed copper rings!

 

REVERSIBLE Clay Sculptural Earrings

I really love seeing earrings which look good both 

coming and going...

They can be worn either way as well by simply

inserting them in the ear lobe front to back...

or back to front!

The examples here are all made from stoneware clay,

unglazed and open to accept aromatherapy oils...

The sculptural aspect just happened when I discovered

leftover clay pieces on my work table.

They were so interesting I couldn't throw them away...

So this is what they became!

 

A fan or two of Daggers

Yes, I never really had a good grasp of how to use

these neat little glass drops; that is until I found

these Mykonos oxidized fans...

Then it all clicked!

I also found that the daggers looked super with

stacked rows of Trade & Bon seed beads...

But you've seen these in my last post

and in my Google album already!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3bi7GdjZ26aWdjne7

 

Make It Memorable! EARRINGS

Hand painted ceramic Spirit Hole discs dangle from

a copper wire swing under a hand cut Emily Cohen

cultured blue beach glass disc. The ceramic discs

are finished on both sides so you look good

both coming and going...

Hand cut Emily Cohen red glass hearts hover over

a pair of cultured freshwater pearls. They are accented

with copper discs and red crystal bicones...

Two faced ceramic beads - one looking forward the 

other looking back - so the wearer can stay safely 

in the present!

Royal Copenhagen porcelain shards tumbled over

100 hours to smooth the edges, accented with blue 

cultured sea glass elliptical drops...

Turquoise art glass hearts from Emily Cohen on a 

silver bail and accented with speckled Wasser glass

rectangles beneath...

Spirit holes in clay each with four bites out of their 

edges and painted on each side with colorful

patterns. The cultured sea glass daggers make their

own point!

Matte mushroom glass beads in aqua are clustered

over scroddled clay Spirit Holes playfully

dotted...

This time, the hand painted clay spirit holes are 

accented with cultured sea glass triangular rounds

making a statement all their own...

 

Hand Painted, Hand Cut Components for Earrings...

Emily Cohen's handcut glass hearts 

are a great beginning for these hand painted components...

Some are accented with copper findings while others

are finished with silver findings...

Glass hearts are made fun with the inclusion of

geometric designs and these have it on both sides...

These also are patterned with what I call Cobblestones

on both sides but in different colorways...

 

Frosted cultured beach glass pieces make a great canvas

for simple as well as complicated lines, dots or swirls...

And these round ceramic clay discs also become

more interesting with patterns and color...

Opaque mauve glass handcut hearts become

plaid (on both sides) accented with facetted glass

drops and copper pinch bails... 

Even textured glass squares become more interesting 

with the addition of color and some underglaze

patterned clay Spirit Hole discs...