Akhellouf

It is one of the places I dream of going to. I would love to discover every corner of the world this is why I never go to the same place twice, but if I had the chance to visit all the countries this would be the second to go to after Chile.

This year my dream might come true.

It all started with a magazine article I read many years ago, which described life in the most vibrant city of this country from the point of view of a foreigner who has got a house there. Ever since this has been the only place where I wanted to own a house.

I am not sure if this dream will ever come true, but if not, that is still not a big issue after all I hate the idea of owning a house in general.

This is why I named this necklace made of amethyst and wood Akhellouf - if you take a close look you will see the name of this village on the map.

Morocco...

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Mississippi

This weekend I had the chance to step a bit out of who I am and be somebody else. Not a different person 'cause it was still me but in the clothes of somebody else I was able to discover somebody else too inside of me. Tired of the fast lane, tired a bit of the same office, same email program, same faces every day, this was the best thing to happen.

We were at a masquerade party and I dressed up as Lady Gaga - don't ask what I was wearing...

This one evening gave me such a push, a big portion of creative power. Today I could hardly wait to get home and start working, I had so many new ideas in my head. Even though I made two earrings and one necklace I still feel like I could go on making jewelry for hours more tonight.

Here is one of the earrings I made: a pretty little ladylike piece for those who love rockabilly - or at least love being a young woman.

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The silk bracelet

I don't have many bracelets and as you see, it is not the main thing I usually make. But the ones I have are really bold pieces sometimes and they can make a whole outfit - you put on a black top and a bracelet that stands out and that's it. The same goes to earrings of course, but bracelets are sometimes more visible.

So I made this one to have a feminine black piece. I have a black one, my roommate with whom I was living together in Italy left it in the flat after moving out which means it is not really "mine".

The beads you see here are made of the usual stuff: ceramic and wood. The double thread is textile and silk. This one goes best with a suit or a simple blazer, I wore it only once so far matched with a white blazer.

Another member of the alliance

Do you remember my post Bracelet alliance? There I told you about four similar bracelets I made for Christmas, for my three friends and myself.

The one you see here is another piece of this tiny collection, with the main shade in pale blue and silver. The beads are of course made of ceramic again. The owner is "R", the same girl who got this necklace. As you see, in my eyes she is a light blue lady even though this is not the only colour she wears of course, but for me this is the shade that best suits her.



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Purple haze

This lovely colourful piece was also made this weekend. It was awfully cold outside so I opted to stay in the warm house and create. Only the photos were taken outside, as you see.

I experimented a bit with the materials, this kind of string is new to me and I have used it for the first time now, I hope this is a stronger one which quality will be needed for this design. The earring itself is very light as all the beads are of wood but I wanted to be sure the string will hold on with the bend too. Also, the lock is a new thing to me, so far I only used other kinds. I will check how this one works. I am sure I can also make many other uses of it other than this.

Anayway, they remind me of someone who I considered my friend and maybe one day I will again. We'll see. Until then, I have the earrings.

Black tufa

This morning I had some free time in the house alone so out of all the great choices on what to do I decided I would make a pair of earrings, this time for myself. Of course finally I ended up making several pairs as it all just went so fast.

My usual method is to pour on a plate all the beads I have and first to make compositions of matching colours and materials, and then I choose the one I like the most. As these days I have made a resolution that my ears will tolerate earrings from now on after this break of several months, I thought it was time to make something for myself and I always needed a good pair of sophisticated, black earrings. So here it is, made of wood and tufa.

I must say that I had two not-so-perfect, but very enthusiastic assistants at the photo shoot: Marvin and Indy, our dogs, who could not stop thinking that the little things I was walking around in the garden with are no other things than food I was about to give to them.

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Green earrings for Kata

To start the blog off I present here one of my very first works which I made not for myself. As for most beginners, I also experimented (and still do of course) on myself to make my technics more polished and find my own path, materials and style. I am still well on my way to get there so please do not get over-critical, but still, any opinion is welcome unless it expects more from me than what I am currently able to do. Hopefully I will improve from one piece of jewellery to the next one, thank you for the patience!



The earring was a present for the sister of my boyfriend whose only request was something green. In the end she only received it for Christmas accompanied by a bracelet as even though we both live in the same city we just could not find the time to meet. I was happy to make something green, this is my favourite colour but after a certain point you just cannot afford to have one more green thing on you without looking like a total idiot.

My overall philosophy is avoiding the usage of any artificial material as much as possible. I prefer working with wooden beads, ceramics, textile, or whatever I can find during the long walks with our dogs in the woods or on fields. The one thing I cannot wear on myself and also hate to see on others is plastic, please do not expect me to work with anything such.

Later on I made another pair of the earrings you see here but this time using pink as the base colour matched with black and of course the small beads were slightly different too. Unfortunately I failed to take photo of that one before giving it to my sister - I might do it next time we visit her at home.

So welcome to the blog and come back again! And do not hesitate to ask for any jewellery you would like for yourself, I wil be happy to make it for you!