Birthday present

My daughter in London turns 23 in this week, so time to make something nice for her, 'tho it will probably be a week late by the time it gets to her.
I have been enthralled with the recycling of old chains into new necklaces - seeing as the long dangly bits are in fashion at the moment, I am in my element.  Adding personal bits of crystals, bone beads, antique glass, all adds to the story. I even found a 9ct crocodile articulated charm that I have joined onto the chain :)

...this is a close up I have played with in photoshop - just a bit of fun and a break from the L brain computer stuff...

...packed in the box, ready to go...

I love that this piece can be worn in so many different ways - as Fiona says, lots of fun fiddling and playing to get the right look.

Nothing 'new' went into this piece, although I did go to the local opshop and buy $20 worth of old chains.

New work

What is this you may ask?
I am thrilled with this little curly scribble of stainless steel wire. It is the start of my new range of 'wabisabi jewellery' -time to get a body of work together for my local gallery 'Art on Caircross' in time for the Christmas rush [ positive thinking].
I have heaps of s.s. wire offcuts [10 - 15cm] from when I had my deck rails upgraded a few weeks ago. Not being one to throw anything out, I kept these shiny linear treasures, and have unwound the wire, and curled the ends to create a fabulous feature for jewellery.
A neck piece and earrings are just awaiting the findings to finish them off.

I have been 'working' on a commission for a few months now - a client wanted me to make a piece of jewellery from two old Chinese brass medallion segments - one a pendant, one part of a bracelet. They have sentimental value for her.

I have been really struggling - the arched pendant piece obviously needed to go on top, but the visual weight was wrong. Everything I tried was too 'kitch' for my liking, and if I went 'way over the top' with the design, the client may not have liked it. I settled for this compromise - still too conservative for my tastes, but hopefully it will fit the bill,

... and remember the commissioned red teabag tissue earrings I did many months ago?  - I thought they were too OTT so I did 2 more pairs, a little less 'out there,' - well the client liked the OTT ones - here they are again.

...and if you are hanging out to see more of Morocco, I am posting heaps of pics on my facebook page, for public viewing. Make a coffee before you go to the albums!!