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!
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:
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 CraveI chose red as my colour family, and this is the palette that Erin assigned me - such gorgeous rich colours!
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| 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:
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| 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.
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
13 Amy Freeland ~ Gray ~ Cultured Tones
14 Alice Peterson ~ Blue ~ Island Play
15 Rose Noble ~ Gray ~ Autumn Stacked
16 Kristina Johansson ~ Yellow ~ Sunny Flower
17 Kirsi Luostarinen ~ Teal ~ Dragon Hues
18 Tari Kahrs ~ Orange ~ Citrus Tones
19 Mallory Hoffman ~ Purple ~ Petaled Dark
20 Molly Alexander ~ Brown ~ Peppered Tones
21 Regina Santerre ~ Red ~ Frosted Berry
22 Emanda Johnson ~ Teal ~ Color Purl
23 Amy Severino ~ Orange ~ Winged Tones
24 Bobbie Rafferty ~ Teal ~ Lime Hues
25 Tanya Goodwin ~ Gray ~ Pecked Tones
26 Lisa Lodge ~ Blue ~ Nocturnal Tones
27 Hope Smitherman ~ Blue ~ Bloom Tones
28 Linda Landig ~ Green ~ Cacti Dark
29 Ambra Gostoli ~ Teal ~ Perched Autumn
30 Lori Bowring-Michaud ~ Blue ~ Sharpened Blue
31 Pippa Chandler ~ Teal ~ Hungarian Hues
32 Keirsten Giles ~ Purple ~ Mineral Brights
33 Jennifer Justman ~ Blue ~ Autumn Rays
34 Sandy Richardson ~ Purple ~ Moroccan Brights
35 CJ Bauschka ~ Teal ~ Teal Air
36 Shaiha Williams ~ Teal ~ Sushi Hues
37 Kay Thomerson ~ Purple ~ Autumn Spectrum
38 Sally Russick ~ Purple ~ Golden Gate Tones
39 Cilla Watkins ~ Purple ~ Autumn Infused
40 Shirley Moore ~ Purple ~ Frozen Heather
41 Jenni Connolly ~ Gray ~ Paw Tones
42 Tamara Soper ~ Green ~ Field Tones
43 Sharyl McMillian-Nelson ~ Blue ~ Nested Blues
44 Jen Velasquez ~ Pink ~ Sweetened Tints
45 Maria Grimes ~ Red ~ Bright Bloom
46 Elisabeth Auld ~ Gray ~ Petaled Tints
47 Susan Kennedy ~ Pink ~ Zinnia Tones
48 Shannon Chomanczuk ~ Gray ~ Autumn Leaf
49 Holly Westfall ~ Yellow ~ Sprinkled Tones
50 Patty Gasparino ~ Red ~ Color Carton
51 Angela Little ~ Pink ~ Singapore Brights
52 Lizzie Zawinski ~ Green ~ Budding Hues
53 Kristen Stevens ~ Pink ~ Scooped Tones
54 Dawn Doucette ~ Brown ~ Jarred Tones
