From Flat to Dimensional with a Fold
April 3, 2014
Inspirational Art
This colorful striped moibus necklace by Peg Gerard is a series of folded-over cane slices. Both sets of corners are brought up in opposite directions to create the dimensional beads. Simple but a really dramatically effective technique.
Peg’s jewelry is often inspired by the petroglyphs and the black and white pottery of the ancient Mimbres people of New Mexico which would explain her being drawn to the black and white accents in her work. You can see more of Peg’s work on her website or her Flickr photostream.
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Folded Pods
October 16, 2013
Inspirational Art
Barbara Fajardo spent some time back in 2008 playing with the pod shape. She placed canes or mokume slices over scrap clay and hand formed these lovely beads. She played with how they hung, both dangling downwards and being strung lengthwise, and with how the canes were laid. I thought these gave a nice sampling of her color work inspired by the New Mexico desert, a place of many odd pods, let me tell you.
It was hard picking an image from her collection of work on Flickr, so please do pop over to the page and get a glimpse of the necklaces she also makes, playing off the mirror effect of the folded layer look along with some other lovely cane covered pods.
This colorful striped moibus necklace by Peg Gerard is a series of folded-over cane slices. Both sets of corners are brought up in opposite directions to create the dimensional beads. Simple but a really dramatically effective technique.
Peg’s jewelry is often inspired by the petroglyphs and the black and white pottery of the ancient Mimbres people of New Mexico which would explain her being drawn to the black and white accents in her work. You can see more of Peg’s work on her website or her Flickr photostream.
If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.
Barbara Fajardo spent some time back in 2008 playing with the pod shape. She placed canes or mokume slices over scrap clay and hand formed these lovely beads. She played with how they hung, both dangling downwards and being strung lengthwise, and with how the canes were laid. I thought these gave a nice sampling of her color work inspired by the New Mexico desert, a place of many odd pods, let me tell you.
It was hard picking an image from her collection of work on Flickr, so please do pop over to the page and get a glimpse of the necklaces she also makes, playing off the mirror effect of the folded layer look along with some other lovely cane covered pods.
