Tentation...

A little treasure... Un petit trésor...

A little treasure that I will definitely miss... a gorgeous rock crystal brio with a hat of crystals, freshwater pearls and silver-plated wire. I know you'll look after it Chris!!



Un petit trésor qui va me manquer... a superbe goutte de cristal de roche surmonté de wire plaqué argent brodé de cristaux et de perles d'eau douce. Chris, je sais que tu en prendras soin!!!

Rapunzel & Cinderella... Rapunzel & Cendrillon...

'J'en ai ras la natte d'attendre ce Prince Charmant!! Cendrillon, ramène ta fraise et ton carrosse, on se casse!' dixit Rapunzel, dans une version du conte de Grimm inconnue jusqu'à ce jour...



"I am tearing my hair out waiting for this Prince! Come on Cinderella, get your carriage ready, we're off!!" says Rapunzel in a newly discovered version of Grimm's fairy tale...

Fuji

Mount Fuji is Japan's highest mountain, a sacred place, a religious symbol whose history is filled with legends, it is also a volcano that's considered still active, though the risk of eruption is low. The last one dates back to 1707.
For this necklace I have chosen red River Jasper stones, the focal bead is a cone, albeit a 2D one, to echo the shape of the mountain. Its markings are amazing, looking like lava pouring down. I like the particular red colour of this type of jasper, a vintage kind of red which went well with the history of Mount Fuji (well I thought so anyway)! :)
Decorated with freshwater pearls, crystals, mother-of-pearl, red coral, garnet, onyx and glass seed beads.





Le Mont Fuji, point culminant du Japon, montagne sacrée, symbole religieux aux multiples légendes, Fuji est un volcan toujours considéré actif (le risque est faible apparemment) et dont la dernière éruption remonte à 1707.
Pour ce collier j’ai choisi du jaspe ‘rivière’: La pierre centrale est un jaspe rouge strié de minéraux divers, comme des coulées de lave sur les pentes d’un volcan; la pierre apparait fissurée mais elle est parfaitement lisse, de plus la couleur rouge particulière à ce type de jaspe lui donne un petit air vintage, qui je trouve se marie bien avec l’histoire de la montagne. Qui sait combien de magma se cache encore au sein du Mont Fuji??
Le collier et le pendentif sont décorés de perles d'eau douce, petits cristaux, nacre, onyx, corail rouge, grenat, et de petites perles de verre.


MERCI DE VOTRE VISITE!!

Deep Waters... Eaux Profondes...

Merry-Go-Round!!!!!!

It's Merry time!!!!
This month's question: what do I hope to achieve this year?

There are only two things I REALLY want to achieve this year:
The first is to continue my collaborations with these two lovely people: Isabelle and Chris
As soon as I saw Zaza's mindboggling patient and neat work I thought we could combine our skills into truly unique creations. Zaza bought some of my tutorials and is now well into wire-wrapping and has her own unique creations mixed with her fabulously neat beadwork, and we just started our collaboration with these 2 HUGE rings!!!



Chris works with silver, natural stones and has the most amazing eye for finding truly amazing handmade lampork beads. She regularly checks up on me and what I create, pounces on what takes her fancy and incorporate my work into hers. This is her latest materpiece and it takes my breath away everytime I look at it... Chris has SUCH a gift for making stones and beads look as beautiful as they possibly can, absolutely amazing!!!!



My second goal this year is to keep having fun creating of course, and to go beyond what I have done so far... Now here's the tricky bit... what does it actually mean??? Well, it may mean 'go beyond in size' and I actually have one on-going project with a huge raw amethyst that I want to make into a decorative item... but I also want to progress in wire-wrapping and make something that makes me gawp and say: did I make that??? And subsequently have a big grin on my face... =D

And also, I want to get to grips with Facebook... because, dear me, I am so lost in there, I reckon it's a great marketing tool, but phew... they have not made it simple... Or am I too old for it??? LOL!!!

Please visit the other Merry-Go-Rounders' blogs!! We have 3 new members this month, Kim, Mitsy and Alison (Welcome!!!!), and all direct links to everyone's blog can be found on the sidebar.
Happy reading!!!

Raspberry & Apricot...Framboise & Abricot...

7 pendants in 4 days... 7 pendentifs en 4 jours...

Pour l'adorable Teresa: 7 pendentifs fabriqués en 4 jours... Je n'ai jamais fait autant de créas en si peu de temps...



For lovely Teresa: 7 pendants in 4 days... This is a first, I've never made so much in such little time...

Sirop d'érable... Maple Syrup...

Une belle bague imposante pour commencer l'année, en perles et pierres naturelles bien entendu!! Avec un joli fil doré dont la couleur rappelle l'or 9 carat, vraiment joli!!

A nice golden cocktail ring to start 2010 in style, with of course natural stones and beads, with a very nice gold coloured artistic wire, that looks like 9 carat gold... A brilliant find from my lovely friend Ayperi, thank you my dear!!!

La Folie d'un Ange / Madness of an Angel

Gorgeous citrine, rose quartz and a huge amethyst, for all of you who like natural stones...
Belle citrine, doux quartz rose, une grosse améthyste... Pour tous ceux et celles qui aiment les pierres naturelles...

Le travail de Papillon

Deux belles interprétations par Papillon de mon tutoriel cage sculptée et tissée, et particulierement une belle variation avec la perle rectangulaire, une cage au 'feeling' tres créative et bien finie, bravo!!





Tres jolie photos en +!
Voici le blog de Papillon:
http://papillon20.over-blog.com
avec une tonne d'articles et tutoriels sur une myriade de techniques, fimo entre autres!!
Tutoriel 'cage' en vente dans mes boutiques tutoriels, lien direct sur votre droite... :)
Merci de votre visite!

Goutte de miel/Honey Drop

Double-sided agate drop, super luminous, a superb find from istanbul's Grand Bazaar by my lovely friend Ayperi! Thank you my dear!! This necklace sold the day I listed it... :)

Pendentif double-face, une belle goutte d'agate, partie en France chez Huguette... Merci ma poulette!!! :)

Cinderella's smallest carriage/le + petit carrosse...

Voici le + petit carrosse de Cendrillon que j'ai fait, ici en opalite et pendentif pirate!
Here's the smallest carriage I've made so far, in opalite, on pirate pendant!