Artists across many genres naturally tend to draw inspiration from what they see and observe around them. That often goes for jewellery designers too...
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| Bothernabreena, Dublin, Sept 2013 |
I'm as proud to show off the lush, green Irish countryside, so close to our capital city, as I am to use Irish materials including Connemara marble.
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| Connemara marble and sterling silver pendant 'Calm' |
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| Golden field en route to Greystones/Bray cliff walk, Sept 2013 |
Harvest shades and late summer sunshine inspired me to wire up these honey coloured, citrine earrings in September.
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| Citrine earrings |
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| Boat at Balbriggan harbour, Dublin, August 2013 |
One of the best things about Dublin is how easy it is to get out of it, into the fresh air in the hills or sea. I like to breathe sea air as often as I can and this summer I visited several of our beaches, cliffs and harbours. The photo above was taken in
Balbriggan, 40 minutes North of the city by train.
Marine blue is a gorgeous colour, often seen on fishing boats up and down the coast. I had a couple of lengths of velvet ribbon in my stash and dug it out when I was uploading this photo to my computer. It drove me to experiment with a different type of necklace for my
sea pottery and sea glass pendants.
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| Blue and White Sea Pottery pendant... |
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| ...on royal blue velvet ribbon necklace |
Anne Marie, .love the colour of Harvest and blue sea harbour...and to compare with your jewelery ...to know what inspire a crafty people is very interesting ! thanks for sharing AM...
ReplyDeleteI love the earrings, so luminous...they actually have that exact colour.
ReplyDeleteyup the honey colour of citrine is very cheering. And it's from Spain, where I lived during my 20s so it's my other home :-)
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