Showing posts with label jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewelry. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

30 Day Picture Challenge- Jewelry Edition :P

If you're a facebook user you've seen or at least heard about the 30 day picture challenge.

If not here's a brief explanation.

The facebook user creates a new album (i.e. Monica's 30 Day Picture Challenge :D ). Then in this new album each day, for 30 days, they upload a new picture that follows the instructions for the 30 day picture challenge. For example, "Upload a picture of you and the person who you've gone through the most with".

So that got extremely popular, at least around the young people I have as friends on Facebook. I saw it, went through a few people's albums and decided "Neh. That's not for me."

I like to play by my own rules and yesterday while halfheartedly getting ready to go to work, I had an idea. BING! People are always suggesting that jewelry makers wear one of their creations each day. Why not take a picture and post it on my blog and fan page? I know it's going to be fun and get me motivated to make more jewelry. Plus I'll get more feedback from you guys. That's what this project is all about-- what you think.

See here's the plan.
1. I wear a piece of my own jewelry everyday (preferably a new piece of jewelry everyday...) for 30 days consecutively!

2. I photograph myself wearing it. Then I post the pics on FB and my blog.

3. For fun and to up the interest factor I will also be posting comments and reactions to this new project, in terms of what people are saying about my work. GOOD or BAD! I will be posting honest opinions.

That last step may sound like artistic suicide, but I think it is completely constructive. In art class we did critiques of each other's work on a regular basis. How can I improve unless I receive some constructive criticism? Anyway I've got tough skin and I can take it. And most people I've talked to about my work have something nice to say.

So please stay tuned. I will be posting the first picture of the 30 day picture challenge this evening! WOOT!

And who knows if I like this and you like this, I just might make the picture challenge a regular feature on my blog and facebook fan page!

Friday, May 13, 2011

Mobius Strips




I have been working on a commissioned jewelry set using Mobius strips. The Mobius strip is a pretty interesting concept. The Mobius is a surface with only one side and one boundary component. Trying to replicate a true Mobius strip surface as functional jewelry has really been getting my creative juices flowing.




Friday, January 21, 2011

Inspiration!

Saw this little guy on Etsy a few months back and ran into him again today.



Check out the shop he came
from at
this link:


I thought EsmeDodsworthDesign, which is the shop's name, had a great idea when she made this. In her item listing it says she took a large wooden giraffe bead and wrapped it up with news clippings.

So I'm inspired. There are so many projects I could do using a similar method. And you can, too.

Give it a try and post some pics! Let's see what you create :)