Saturday, February 13, 2010
Green Things Growing
Brass, turquoise and a dragonfly inspiration
My mind has turned to growing things, to imagining the world outside my door alive with all that flies and flourishes on gossamer wings. In the summer, so many varieties of dragonflies sail by the river, I lose count. There are the neon fliers with black velvet wings, the steely grey ones that look straight out of robo world, the magnificent wide-bodied jets who spoil their impressive effect by flaunting black and yellow pj-like colorings along their torseaus. I love them all. They are my flags of summer. So, as always, they have inspired me with jewellry designs and a vest design still unfolding.
Recently, I've been working a lot with brass and copper, using components gleaned on my trip to Spain. Spain is a fabulous country for beaders, by the way. Rock shops and jewellry-making suppliers abound, especically in Barcelona. Above, the copper round came from a little shop in the Gothic Quarter, the green turquoise from New Mexico and the bits of dragon-skin agate again from Spain.
Spring eternal
Above you see the intense green turquoise disks I found in Spain, very rare. Such a green needs very little in the way of supporting players to shine so I linked them in among real copper-covered leaves, bound in real copper wire and links, added dragon skin agate and fastened it all with a length of very soft silk ribbon. I won't be taking these to the shops until May so, if anyone's interested in having one, just contact me.
Oh, and what about knitting you ask? Well, here's a peak of the colors unfolding in one of my new designs:
Bring on the green the yellow the deep blues!
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Friday, February 05, 2010
LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN BEFORE
The Inspired Knitters Club
Geodal knitting February
The Inspired Knitter's Club is like nothing you've seen before. Nothing like it exists anywhere in the knitting world or beyond. It's a fusion of inspired writing, photography, ideas, concepts and techniques for the creative mind and, if you happen to work with two pointy sticks, all the better. Here is a treat for your spirit, a place to roam when seeking a bit of respite from your day-to-day life. Besides 150+ pages of inspiration spread across the months, you receive two of my evocative knitting guides plus access to the Inspired Playground website opening later this month. Oh, and discounts on excursions and patterns, too. Yes, it's a deal but so much more than that. It's a soul treat for you.
If you appreciate global culture, art, self-expression, creativity, history, color, texture, and the divine right to make beautiful things, this is the club for you.
Belong.
Join up today and receive the first two issues (50 inspirational pages) plus your choice of my evocative guides with two new ones coming this spring. We have a group on Ravelry plus the new members-only website will be stocked with resources plus a place for members to 'hang out'.
Join here: http://www.janethornley.com/blog/index.php/site/Inspired-Knitters-Club/ or click on the button on this page.
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From the entry 'MAKING SUNSHINE'.
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| By Kathie Brownlee on 2010 02 23 |
