Joanne Tinley Jewellery: challenge of color

I just couldn't resist joining in with ErinPrais-Hintz's Challenge of Color this year - I've been working hard to create new stock for the Handmade Winchester show this weekend, so I thought the challenge would be a great way of adding more colours to my designs. This year Erin has joined forces with Brandi Hussey who has worked her magic to create beautiful palettes based on amazing pictures from the Earth As Art exhibit from the United States Geological Service taken from the Landsat 7 satellite. You can read more about the pictures on Erin's blog.

Erin sent each of us two palettes and asked us to design a piece of jewellery using one of the palettes - or both of them if we were tempted! We could use all of the colours in each palette, or just a few. I was definitely tempted to use both palettes! Well, I did need to create more stock for my stall this weekend!

I took the red and blues from the palette from Colima Volcano (which is in Mexico btw - more here!) in the form of a red lampwork heart bead by Laura Sparling, and turquoise ceramic spacer beads, added in one of my lovebird clasps and some wood saucer-shaped beads to make this sweet bracelet. There's a little heart charm hanging next to the clasp too.

This next design is a slight cheat! All the colours I needed are in a beautiful lampwork glass cabochon by Mindy Macgregor. I kept the setting simple as the cab has enough detail in it, and I've turn it into a flower with silver leaves. The chain is attached to one bail hidden behind the flower and another behind the leaf. Part of my obviously really hopes that this sells at my show this weekend - but there's another part of me that will find it very difficult to part with!

It's probably going to take me all weekend to visit all the blogs taking part because of the craft show, but I'm really looking forward to seeing what everyone has made, especially those who got the same palettes as me! Do make sure that you visit Erin's blog - she has a giveaway planned!

Erin Prais-Hintz   http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2012/11/3rd-annual-challenge-of-color-reveal.html
Rebecca Anderson   http://songbeads.blogspot.com
Kris Auderer   http://strandedinthecity.wordpress.com
Chrizette Bayman   http://beadsoupmix.blogspot.com
Lori Bowring Michaud   http://artfullyornamental.blogspot.com
Courtney Breul   http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com/
Lynsey Brooks   http://yellowunicorncreations.blogspot.co.uk
Stephanie Buss   http://maxandlucie.blogspot.com
Iveth Caruso   http://www.creativeatelier.net/
Shannon Chomanczuk   http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com
Lisa Cone   http://inspiredadornments.blogspot.com/
Cece Cormier   http://thebeadingyogini.com
Lori Dorrington   http://lorisglassworks.blogspot.com
Dawn Doucette   http://designsbydawnmarie.blogspot.com
Jeannie Dukic   http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/
Kim Dworak   http://cianciblue.blogspot.com/
Beth Emery   http://storiesbyindigoheart.blogspot.com
Janice Everett   http://JLynnJewels.blogspot.com
Pam Farren   http://www.re-maker.blogspot.com
Donetta Farrington   http://simplygorgeous-donetta.blogspot.com
Gloria Ferrer   http://judetaama.blogspot.com.es/
Cherrie Fick   http://designsinthelight.co
Therese Frank   http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.com
Patty Gasparino   http://www.mylifeunderthebus.typepad.com
Tanya Goodwin   http://pixiloo.blogspot.com/2012/11/3rd-annual-challenge-of-color.html
Ambra Gostoli   http://chicandfrog.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/3rd-challenge-of-color
Jess Green   http://tabbiekoshka.blogspot.co.uk/
Denielle Hagerman   http://somebeadsandotherthings.com
Mary Harding   www.maryhardingjewelrybeadblog.blogspot.com
Karla Hartzog   http://www.karlakrafts.com
Kim Hora   http://www.kimmykats.com
Brandi Hussey   http://brandigirlblog.com
Emanda Johnson   http://ArtemisiaStudio.blogspot.com
Jennifer Justman   http://soulsfiredesigns.blogspot.com/
Sue Kennedy   http://suebeads.blogspot.com
Ema Kilroy   http://emakaye.blogspot.com
Lee Koopman   http://Stregajewellry.wordpress.com
Linda Landig   http://www.LindasBeadBlog.com
Kirsi Luostarinen   http://kirsiluokorut.blogspot.com
Cynthia Machata   http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com/
Alicia Marinache   http://www.allprettythings.ca
Beth McCord   http://www.ebbeadandmetalworks.blogspot.com
Mary K McGraw   http://mkaymac.blogspot.com/
Karen Mitchell   http://www.overthemoon-design.com
Cheri Mitchell-Reed   http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/
Aimee Moisa   http://threecatsdancing.blogspot.com
Karla Morgan   http://www.texaspepperjams.blogspot.com
Penny Neville   http://copperpennydesigns.blogspot.com
Becky Pancake   http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com
Kashmira Patel   http://sadafulee.blogspot.com
Alice Peterson   http://alice-dreaming.blogspot.com
Kayla Potega   http://www.teejewelry.blogspot.com
Debbie Price   http://greenshoot.blogspot.co.uk
Bobbie Rafferty   http://beadsong.blogspot.com
Caron Reid   http://caronmichelle.blogspot.com.au/
Nicole Rennell   http://nicolerennell.com/blog
Cynthia Riggs   http://cynthsblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/3rd-annual-challenge-of-color.html
Andrea Ross   http://silvermapledesigns.blogspot.com/
Sally Russick   http://thestudiosublime.com
Annie Scherz   http://www.studioluma.ca
Pam Sears   http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Renetha Stanziano   http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com
Sandra Stein   http://sannipanni.wordpress.com
Kristen Stevens   http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com
Tracy Stillman   http://www.tracystillmandesigns.com
Sherri Stokey   http://www.knotjustmacrame.com/2012/11/challenge-of-color-reveal.html
Lola Survillo   http://www.beadlolabead.blogspot.com
Kay Thomerson   http://KayzKreationz.blogspot.com
Jo Tinley   http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com
Emma Todd   http://www.apolymerpenchant.com
Cory Tompkins   http://www.tealwaterdesigns.blogspot.com
Pam Traub   http://www.klassyjoolz.blogspot.com
Melissa Trudinger   http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com
Michelle Tucker   http://michellescreativemusings.blogspot.com/
Shelley Graham Turner   http://www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com
Monique Urquhart   http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/
Rachel Van-Walsk   http://balancedcrafts.com/blog
Patti Vanderbloemen   http://www.myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com
Lesley Watt   http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.com
Lynn White   http://lynnwhitejewelry.com/Lynn_White_Jewelry/Lynns_Jewelry_Blog/Lynns_Jewelry_Blog.html
Joan Williams   http://www.lilrubyjewelry.com

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Challenge of Color blog hop

And here is my third challenge of the week! Erin of Tesori Trovati set the challenge of making a piece of jewellery with a palette of colours as the inspiration. The palettes she sent out after we all chose a colour family to work with are themselves absolutely beautifully put together and come from Jessica Colaluca's Design Seeds Blog. Jessica's blog is packed full of colour inspiration, and since the challenge started I've spent several happy hours on there. Her palettes and this challenge have definitely given me more confidence with working with colour mixes, and even the new colour scheme in our lounge diner have been inspired by one of the palettes - more on that next month!

I chose red as my colour family, and this is the palette that Erin assigned me - such gorgeous rich colours!

You can find the original palette here

With that rich raspberry red I just had to choose garnets for my design and continuing in my current liking for long dangly earrings this is what I came up with:

Decadent Earrings available here

All the metal components are made by me. The swirls connectors have been sitting in a pot on my desk for over a year, the result of a session teaching my friend Katie how to use silver art clay, and I'm really pleased to have used them finally! I made the settings for the rose cut (ie flat on the back but faceted on the front) oval garnets, and added light amethyst beads to represent the light grey/purple on the palette. Long elegant earwires complete the look!

The other Challenge of Color participants are listed below - I've had a quick look at a few of the blogs and the designs I've seen so far are really beautiful. Erin decided to give herself an extra challenge by picking a palette from each colour family and making a piece of jewellery for each - and they are each of them absolutely gorgeous! You can find her challenge pieces here.

1 Norma Turvey ~ Teal ~ Color Crave

2 Jeannie Dukic ~ Green ~ Mineral Tones

3 Mary McGraw ~ Teal ~ Embellished Hues

4 Jo Tinley ~ Red ~ Decadent Tones

5 Rebecca Anderson ~ Pink ~ Tulip Tones

6 Kristi Jaro ~ Red ~ Temple Entrance

7 Stephani Gorman ~ Green ~ Dew Tones

8 Melissa Meman ~ Green ~ Fruit Star

9 Kathleen Lange Klik ~ Teal ~ Silk Hues

10 Cynthia Riggs ~ Red ~ Autumn Comfort

11 Heidi Post ~ Teal ~ Flora Bright

12 Cece Cormier ~ Teal ~ Merino Teal