Fare trade silk from Nepal

I have purchased some sari silk from Nepal for my new series. It is all about color... See the color of these beauties?

And it is fair trade from Nepal from this seller on Etsy.

I can't wait to have it!

The tribal art of Susan Lenart Kazmer

Susan Lenart Kazmer makes contemporary mixed media jewelry with a tribal feel.


I have found myself inspired by the way she mixes elements and saturates her pieces. I would like to be able to achieve such perfect compositions with many elements. I am also drawn to the tribal feel, the sense that the pieces would be worn by a contemporary shaman.


With my new series, Synesthesia, I have been integrating a lot of gemstone elements. Some how, compared to how much Susan Lenart Kazmer is able to incorporate, I feel my creations need more, they need to be less polished, less shiny, more rustic and antiqued. I love old things, antique dolls, rusty things. But so far in my jewelry I haven't been able to incorporate this aesthetic. But with this inspiration, we will see!

Synesthesia

My new series will be called Synesthesia

Synesthesia

In certain forms of synesthesia, perceiving letters and numbers (grapheme–color synesthesia) or hearing musical sounds (music–color synesthesia) will lead to the unusual additional experiences of seeing colors. Behavioral and functional neuroimaging experiments have demonstrated that these color experiences lead to changes in behavioral tasks and lead to increased activation of brain regions involved in color perception, thus demonstrating their reality, and similarity to real color percepts, albeit evoked through a non-standard route.

Multicolour gemstone necklaces and bracelets

I have been making a lot more necklaces with multicolour gemstones. I love semiprecious stones and colorful freshwater pearls, they are so powerful and beautiful and full of colour and life. I must thank fancifuldevices for her post and inspiration about colour.

Multicolour gemstone necklaces and bracelets

Even more colours

I am still thinking in color gradations and making pieces with lots of gemstones, like this blue and purple extravaganza featuring amethyst, opalite, peacock freshwater pearls, blue freshwater pearls, deep blue Swarovski crystals and two vintage rhinestone pieces. Now in my Etsy shop.

Multicolor

I got inspired by a post by my friend from fancifuldevices talking about multicolor beads, and I decided to make this necklace featuring gemstones and a couple of vintage rhinestone pieces. I like a lot how it turned out!

Earrings

Mexican silver charms and Swarovski crystals with teal and gold silk.
Millinery flowers and Mexican charms with garnet freshwater pearls.
This ones are fire labradorite, flower and metal frame.

I have been making earrings, inspired by some things given to me by my friend Marina from fancifuldevices. I like the Mexican surreal components. I just posted them in my shop.

Sale

Some stuff in my store is now for sale, some assemblage pieces with the German porcelain doll I made last year, part of the series "Inner child - cosmic child". Please check it out!

Eye Candies giveaway

This week, my friend Aphrodite from Eye Candies is arranging a giveaway of one of my pieces. You can choose from one of the pieces below. The conditions are as follows:

This week’s lucky winner will have the chance to choose between 2 surreal moving part brooches featuring a porcelain doll leg from the 1890s and decorated with vintage elements. Utterly fabulous and original! In order to enter the contest and win one of the brooches by Venus, you have to: 1) Choose and comment on your favorite piece from Vintage Venus online shop, and 2) Be a follower of the EyeCandies Blog or Facebook Group. You can gain ONE additional entry if you also follow Venus’s blog!

You can find the post here.

Green

An inspired creation in greens and whites. With jade, mother of pearl, rhinestones, Swarovski crystals and sea shells.

Exhibit

I had an art opening, one of my films was showing as a video installation at Gallery Gachet. A couple of dear friends showed up wearing jewelry made by me. Looking great!

Aviva and her necklace

This is a photo took of Aviva, featuring a piece her husband bought her for their anniversary. I think it suits her really well.

Treasury

A treasury with one of may strangest pieces featuring a rat skull embedded in resin.