How-To: Hardware Store Jewelry
In this episode of Threadbanger, Abigail shows us how use hardware store finds to make your own city-inspired jewelry, and Corrine rounds up a bunch of prom-friendly accessory ideas.
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Playful Jewelry from Hairy Sock
I’m really enjoying the creative mixture of materials and concepts from Hairy Sock, including this eccentric “Drown in a Blossom” hair pin! I also really like the way the website is laid out; you can search by concept, type, and materials (including “hair”). There are also some wonderful photographs that make you look twice and […]
How-To: Tassel Earrings
By Leah Peterson I’ve loved making jewelry since I was a teen. I’d try to copy anything someone else was wearing and, most times, I’d be able to figure it out. When I saw tassel earrings come down the red carpet worn by Kate Hudson at the Golden Globes earlier this year, I knew I […]
Artist Explores Universe Through Solar System Necklaces
Artist Laura Cesari has worked with a variety of media throughout her education and career. She’s explored electronics and fashion and has studied with well-known quilt and bead artists. Her latest endeavor is translating the universe into gorgeous jewelry. Her collection of astronomy-inspired necklaces immediately caught my attention over in the Makers Market, so I […]
Upcycled jewelry from wire and cable
Courtney of St. Louis, Missouri’s Twisted Handmade takes “recycled/pre-loved/found” data wire and cable and artfully weaves and twists them into unique jewelry items. Twisted Sunshine Data Wire Bracelets Black and Green Hoop Earrings Cable Bracelets Weavy Data Wire Earrings Twisted Handmade is Courtney Chesley, aka Courtney Watson, who was born and raised in Bellevegas, IL, […]
Emily Miranda Jewelry
Barnacles, snails, shells, rhinestones, freshwater pearls, and gilded alligator feet … It’s as if Neptune proposed to a Sea Witch on a full moon. New York artist Emily Miranda has a neoclassical flair for the decadent and macabre. With a degree in painting and another in combined media, Miranda has found her calling in sculptural […]
Train Graffiti Hoop Earrings
These little train-tagging guys fit elegantly in these sterling silver hoop earrings by Etsy seller dmdmetal. Love them! [Thanks, Danger Peach!]
